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Mustafa Barghouti: ‘The occupation is committing ethnic cleansing in Jenin’

January 25, 2025 at 10:36 am

Mustafa Barghouti, leader of the Palestinian National Initiative party, speaks during a press conference about the humanitarian crisis and the political situation in Gaza Strip, in the West Bank city of Ramallah on October 15, 2023 [JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP via Getty Images]

Secretary-General of the Palestinian National Initiative (PNI) Mustafa Barghouti accused the occupation state of committing the crime of “ethnic cleansing” in the Jenin refugee camp in the northern occupied West Bank.

Barghouti stated on Friday: “The occupation is committing a dangerous ethnic cleansing operation in Jenin, forcing civilians and families to leave their homes on foot after subjecting them to humiliating repression and searches.”

Barghouti explained that what is happening in Jenin: “Is a reflection of the statements by the occupation army’s Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi stating that their repressive goals and practices are similar between Gaza and the West Bank, as the latter is being subjected to a campaign of collective punishment that includes checkpoints, arrests, and abuse.”

Barghouti stressed the need to achieve Palestinian national unity to confront the genocide committed by the Israeli occupation state against the Palestinians.

For the fourth day, the Israeli occupation army continues to escalate its military operation against the Palestinians in the city of Jenin and its camp.

In recent days, the army has burned Palestinian homes, deployed heavy machinery to demolish more homes, arrested dozens of Palestinians and transferred them to interrogation centres near the city.

Since Tuesday afternoon, the Israeli occupation army has launched a large-scale military raid in Jenin under the name “Iron Wall”, which has killed 12 Palestinians and injured 40 others as of Thursday evening, according to official Palestinian sources.

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