Palestine’s UN envoy calls Israel’s incoming government ‘fascist’
UNITED NATIONS (AA) – Palestine’s UN Envoy Riyad Mansour labelled Israel’s incoming government likely to be led by Benjamin Netanyahu as “fascist” on Monday.
“There will be fascists holding cabinet positions in the Israeli side,” Mansour told reporters. “The attacks against the Palestinian people will increase”.
He said that the situation will “move from bad to worse” and called on the UN Security Council to deal with Israel’s new government in a different way to protect the Palestinians.
Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu started negotiations with the right-wing bloc leaders to form a coalition government after winning a majority in the Knesset earlier this month.
UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland sounded alarm by the intensity of violence in the occupied West Bank in his briefing to the Security Council.
“After decades of persistent violence, illegal settlement expansion, dormant negotiations and deepening occupation, the conflict is again reaching a boiling point,” Wennesland said.
“High levels of violence in the occupied West Bank and Israel in recent months, including attacks against Israeli and Palestinian civilians, increased use of arms, and settler-related violence, have caused grave human suffering,” he added.
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