Senior PLO official Dr. Hanan Ashrawi condemns Israel for razing a Palestinian school in East Jerusalem, and says the international community’s failure to hold Israel accountable is increasing extremism in Israeli politics.
In a statement, Ashrawi says yesterday’s demolition in the Shuafat refugee camp is “part and parcel of the relentless Israeli plans to uproot Palestinians from the occupied city of Jerusalem.”
She says the international community is failing to address the “grave escalation” of Israeli violence towards Palestinians as well as the “unprecedented expansion” of settlement building in the West Bank.
PLO Executive Committee member Hanan Ashrawi speaks at a press conference in Ramallah on February 24, 2015. (WAFA)
“This international failure also feeds into and encourages the rightwing and fascism frenzy in Israeli politics, as evident in the objectionable campaign video by Israel’s so-called justice minister promoting fascism as an element of democracy.”
Yesterday, Israel’s Defense Minister Ayelet Shaked drew criticism for a political ad ahead of April elections in which she mocked critics by modeling a faux perfume called “Fascism.”
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