UN Charter allows “all forms of resistance,” claims PA minister of justice
Headline: “Palestinian satisfaction over the [UN] Human Rights Council’s decision to launch an investigation of the occupation’s crimes in the Palestinian territories”
“[PA] Minister of Justice Muhammad Al-Shalaldeh said: ‘The [UN] Human Rights Council’s decision to launch an investigation of the occupation’s crimes in all the Palestinian areas constitutes a victory for the civilian victims and the Palestinian cause.’
In an interview with [the official PA] radio [station] The Voice of Palestine, Al-Shalaldeh noted that the establishment of an international investigative committee constitutes recognition that the occupation authorities have committed crimes requiring international investigation…
He emphasized that there is a difference between the right to self-determination [that Palestinians fight for] and [Israel’s] state terror, and that the Palestinians have a legitimate right to use all forms of resistance (i.e., term used by Palestinians, which also refers to the use of violence and terror), based on UN Charter Article 151 (sic., 51; Article 51 refers to the right to self-defense from an armed attack against a UN member state, not the right to carry out terror attacks). He also said that the entire world has unanimously agreed on this matter.”