Palestinian foreign minister Riyad al-Malki saays Palestinians are sacrificing themselves by carrying out attacks against Israelis for the sake of the rest of their countrymen.
Malki points to ongoing Israeli control of the West Bank, which began in 1967, saying Palestinians born under it have seen nothing “but humiliation, soldiers’ check-points, deaths and killing.”
“They are born without any hope for the future… that’s why sometimes they (teenage assailants) decide to sacrifice their lives even at the age of 15… for the better lives of the rest of the Palestinians,” Malki tells a press conference.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (2nd L) walks with Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) as they review an honor guard prior to their meeting at Abe’s official residence in Tokyo on February 15, 2016. (Nicolas Datiche/AFP)
He is visiting Japan with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who met Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe later Monday.
During the meeting, Abe pledged $78 million in fresh economic assistance, according to Jiji Press and Kyodo News.
Abe also “expressed Japan’s intention to continue its political and economic support so that Palestine will be an independent, democratic, viable and contiguous state,” Kyodo says a joint press release issued after the meeting as saying.
Malki, at his press conference, also says Palestinian authorities do not advocate violence and are trying to prevent it.
“But the international community has to understand that there is a limit to everything,” he said.
— AFP
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