PLO official claims Israel is withholding Palestinian money, "murdering" Palestinian prisoners and utilizing Covid to "attack" Palestinians
Headline: “Khraishi calls on the international community to recognize Palestine and boycott the settlements”
“Permanent Representative of the State of Palestine at the UN and at the international organizations in Switzerland Ibrahim Khraishi… demanded that the states that are still avoiding talking about the human rights situation in Palestine and the rest of the occupied Arab territories reexamine their position. He added that the occupying power (i.e., Israel) is exploiting the fact that the international community is busy with the fight against the dangers and consequences of the Coronavirus epidemic; is escalating its attacks against citizens; …and also is not transferring the Palestinian money on the pretext that we are helping the families of the Martyrs, the prisoners, and the wounded (refers to the PA’s refusal to accept tax money following Israel’s Anti “Pay-for-Slay” Law to deduct PA terror salaries; see note below –Ed.).
He said that the occupying power is continuing to carry out waves of arrests against the Palestinian people, and that since 1967 more than 1 million Palestinians have been arrested, of whom 224 have died as Martyrs in the occupation’s prison following torture, medical neglect, premeditated murder, and direct gunfire (sic., Israel treats its prisoners in accordance with international law).”