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JUST IN: Egypt’s MFA:
“Egypt condemns the Israeli Knesset’s ratification of the law to execute Palestinian prisoners
The Arab Republic of Egypt condemns, in the strongest terms, the Israeli Knesset’s ratification of the law to execute Palestinian prisoners, in a step that represents a dangerous and unprecedented escalation and a blatant violation of the rules of international humanitarian law and the Geneva Conventions, in addition to constituting a serious undermining of the fundamental guarantees of a fair trial.
Through discrimination in its application between Palestinians and others, in violation of the most basic principles of justice and equality, the law also represents a flagrant violation of the existing legal status in the occupied Palestinian territories, under which Israeli legislation does not apply to Palestinian citizens in the West Bank.
Egypt has repeatedly warned against ignoring the grave Israeli violations in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip in light of the current military escalation in the region, and affirms the seriousness of this measure and its repercussions on the stability of the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories and the prospects for containing the escalation, reiterating its categorical rejection of all unilateral Israeli policies and measures.
Egypt calls on the international community to assume its legal and moral responsibilities and to take firm and immediate positions to stop these blatant violations and to ensure the protection of the Palestinian people and the preservation of their legitimate rights in accordance with the resolutions of international legitimacy.”
Mike