From the Liveblog of
Monday, August 3, 2015
PA, Jordan demand world’s protection for Palestinians
Jordan and the Palestinian Authority agree to draft a joint appeal to the UN Security Council demanding “international protection for the Palestinian people and an end to the Israeli occupation” in response to the killing of 18-month-old Palestinian baby Ali Saad Dawabsha.
Saeb Erekat, a chief Palestinian negotiator recently appointed as secretary of the PLO, has discussed the matter with Jordan’s foreign minister, says Jordanian daily al-Ghad.
“We will turn to the Security Council requesting to place the Zionist gangs on the terror list and define them as terrorist organizations which must be confronted by the international community,” Fatah official Azzam al-Ahmad tells al-Ghad.
Ahmad says that the Palestinian leadership is now “seriously reconsidering” the economic and security agreements signed with Israel in the past.
— Elhanan Miller
The Times of Israel Community.