Borel warns: West Bank will turn into new ‘Gaza Strip’

Violence in the occupied West Bank has escalated since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas in the besieged Palestinian enclave. The head of European diplomacy warned today of the danger of the West Bank transforming into a new “Gaza Strip”. In recent weeks, Israel has stepped up deadly military operations in the West Bank, Palestinian territory it has occupied since 1967 and where violence by Israeli settlers has also increased. “A new front is being opened with a clear objective: turning the West Bank into a new Gaza Strip, increasing violence, delegitimizing the Palestinian Authority and encouraging provocations in order to have a strong reaction and not be afraid to say that the only way to achieve a peaceful resolution of the conflict is to annex the West Bank and Gaza,” Borrell said. Speaking in Cairo where he participated in a ministerial meeting of Arab League countries, he accused “extremists […]
Source: News Beast

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