Hamas: Israel bans entry of UN monitors to hide its crimes

Israel has prevented UN human rights monitors from entering the besieged Gaza Strip in an effort to hide the crimes itis committing against the Palestinian people.

In a statement the movement’s spokesperson,Abdul Latif Al-Qanou, said: “The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights’ remarks about the Israeli occupation’s delay and refusal to issue or renew entry permits for UN officials, whose mission is to monitor the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territories, exposes the occupation’s policy of evading legal accountability and fearing its consequences.”

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“This conduct disregards all UN reports that expose the reality of the Israeli occupation’s crimes against Palestinian land, people and holy sites,” he added.

“The Israeli occupation’s impeding of international officials and all human rights and humanitarian organisations from exercising their functions is nothing more than a desperate attempt to cover up its policies of committing more violations and crimes against the Palestinian people, which will not be forgotten with time.”

Al-Qanou called on the international community to end its double standard where Israel is concerned.