Palestinian Premier, Foreign Ministry condemn Israeli occupation’s killing of Child Ghaith Yamen

OCCUPIED AL-QUDS, May.25, (ST)-Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned in two separate statements the Israeli occupation’s killing of the Palestinian child Ghaith Yamen.

Ghaith Yamen, 16, was shot and killed this morning by the Israeli occupation during the occupation’s storming into the northern West Bank city of Nablus to secure a break-in of settlers into neighborhoods of that city.

“Just as Thaer, Mohammad, and other children whose lives and dreams have come to an end by the Israeli occupation’s bullets, today, (Ghaith Yamen) was killed by a bullet in the head, leaving behind bereavement and the pain of loss in the hearts of his relatives, friends, and loved ones,” said Shtayyeh.

He called on the international community to put an end to the double-standard policy and provide protection to our children and people from the daily crimes of the Israeli occupiers.”

The Foreign Ministry also said the killing of Yamen this morning after breaking into the city of Nablus “is a continuation of a long chain of executions carried out by the occupation soldiers and officers upon orders from the political and military echelons in the occupation state.”

It blamed the Israeli occupation’s government for the crimes of its forces and settlers and the repercussions on the conflict in general, particularly the risks they pose to the chance of achieving peace based on international standards, the two-state solution, and the land for peace formula.”

It stressed that just because the killings are done on a daily basis, it does not mean that the international community can look at them as normal and familiar and therefore acts as if  there is no need to take a stand against them.

“Our people are not only a prey of the arrogance of the occupation and its racist colonial mentality but also a direct victim of the international double standards, and lack of international will to implement hundreds of resolutions adopted by the United Nations and its various bodies related to the Palestinian cause,” the ministry concluded its statement, according to WAFA News Agency.

Basma Qaddour