Erekat: No Difference between ISIL, Israeli Terrorism
08 January, 2015 00:00
Top PLO Negotiator Saeb Erekat called the ongoing expansion of Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank “terrorism”, even making comparisons between Israel and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist group.
“There is no difference between the terrorism practiced by the group led by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and Israel’s terrorism,” he said, referring to the leader of the ISIL group during a speech at a festival celebrating the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)’s birthday in Jericho, Ma’an reported.
He added that “ending settlement activities is a prerequisite for eliminating terrorism”.
Erekat also slammed Israel’s decision to withhold Palestinian tax revenues, confirming that Israeli threats would not deter the Palestinian leadership and the Palestinian people from holding firm to their inalienable rights including the establishment of an independent state whose capital is Jerusalem.
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