Palestine official says Israel extremism, escalation will lead to ‘explosion’

The official spokesman for the Palestinian Presidency, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, said Israel daily killings of the Palestinian people – the latest of the killing of the Ahmed Abu Junaid in the Balata camp and Samir Aslan from the Qalandia refugee camp – and violations of international law and agreements as well as unilateral measures and provocations in the holy places will lead to an explosion that cannot be controlled.

Abu Rudeineh added that the state of tension with the far-right Israeli government, which seeks to expand Israeli settlements and annex more Palestinian lands, has created an atmosphere of instability and a situation fraught with danger, which will have serious repercussions.

“In the face of the international community’s hesitation to hold Israel accountable for its continued violations of international law and international legitimacy, and the vagueness of American positions between statements that talk about a two-state solution, preserving the status quo in Jerusalem, and stopping unilateral measures without any real action on the ground, there will be different and firm Palestinian positions and actions to confront these condemned and rejected Israeli actions, because we are facing a situation that cannot tolerate delay or hesitate to take what is necessary to protect our rights,” he said.

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