Fattouh claims Israel kills Palestinian children out of “racist motives”

Headline: “Fattouh condemns the execution of child Al-Za’arir by the occupation”

“Palestinian National Council (i.e., the legislative body of the PLO) Chairman Rawhi Fattouh condemned the execution of child Muhammad Al-Za’arir (i.e., terrorist, attempted to stab Israeli soldiers) from the town of Al-Samu’, south of Hebron, by the occupation army two days ago [Aug. 1, 2023].

In a statement, Fattouh said that the murder of the children of Palestine is an organized process that Israel is carrying outfor the purposes of racist annihilation [of Palestinians] from racist motives. He added that ever since the start of the occupation and until this very day, dozens of massacres, executions, and acts of murder have been committed against hundreds of Palestinian children, and that hundreds have been wounded in a way that caused them permanent defects, in a clear violation of the UN conventions and the international agreements protecting and defending the Palestinian child’s right to life and freedom.

He also said that the international community’s silence over the occupation’s crimes against our people encourages it to continue this.”

[Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Aug. 3, 2023]

Rawhi Fattouh also serves as Fatah Commissioner of International Relations

Muhammad Farid Shawqi Al-Za’arir – 15-year-old Palestinian terrorist who attempted to stab two Israeli soldiers at a bus stop in the southern Har Hebron region on Aug. 1, 2023. The soldiers shot and killed Al-Za’arir in self-defense. Al-Za’arir, a successful student, posted on his Facebook page on the day of his attack: “Only Martyrdom is fitting for the life of a Jihad fighter.”