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US gives Israel green light to continue onslaught against Palestinians in Jenin

Tuesday, 04 July 2023 7:50 AM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 04 July 2023 8:42 AM ]

Men carry the body of a man killed during an Israeli military assult in the Jenin refugee camp, in the occupied West Bank, on July 4, 2023. (Photo by AFP)

The United States has given the green light to Israel to continue its crimes against the Palestinian people in the wake of the regime’s military aggression against the occupied West Bank city of Jenin.

A White House National Security Council spokesperson said on Monday that the US supports “Israel’s security and right to defend its people” against what he called “terrorist groups.”

The White House, he added, is “closely monitoring the situation in the West Bank.”

The remarks came hours after the Tel Aviv regime waged a major aerial and ground offensive in Jenin and its refugee camp, killing at least ten Palestinians and injuring dozens, some of them listed in critical or serious condition.

The military assault appeared to be the largest attack in the occupied West Bank in around two decades as the regime deployed armed drones and hundreds of troops against the innocent Palestinians.

Israel forces thousands of Palestinians to leave their homes in Jenin amid continued attacks

The Israeli military forces hundreds of families from their homes in the northern West Bank city of Jenin.

PA freezes ties with Israel over Jenin raid

In another development on Monday, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas suspended all contacts, meetings and security coordination with Israel in protest at the Jenin carnage.

The decision came after Abbas held an emergency meeting with other leaders of the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah.

“In light of the Israeli lack of commitment to the Aqaba and Sharm el-Sheikh understandings — the leadership announces that these understandings are no longer binding,” read a statement from Abbas spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh, referring to meetings held between the Israeli and Palestinian officials in Jordan and Egypt earlier this year.

The Palestinian Authority (PA) also decided to call for the implementation of anti-Israel UN Security Council resolutions and demanded The Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) expedite its proceedings against the occupying entity, it added.

“The leadership affirmed the right of the Palestinian people to defend themselves against the aggression,” the statement read, noting that “the mission of the Palestinian Authority is to protect the Palestinian people, and to put all its capabilities for this purpose” while adhering to international law.

The Jenin incursion was launched amid already elevated tensions across the West Bank, with the Israeli military conducting near-nightly raids against the Palestinian towns.

Some 190 Palestinians have been killed since the start of the year at the hands of the Israeli occupation forces.

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