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Demonstrators denounce what they described as ‘collective punishment’ in the current Israeli military operation in the West Bank following the kidnapping of three Israeli youths, Defense Ministry, Tel Aviv, June 21, 2014. (Photo by Keren Manor/Activestills.org)

Demonstrators denounce what they described as ‘collective punishment’ in the current Israeli military operation in the West Bank following the kidnapping of three Israeli youths, Defense Ministry, Tel Aviv, June 21, 2014. (Photo by Keren Manor/Activestills.org)

Counter-protesters at a demonstration denouncing ‘collective punishment’ in the current Israeli military operation in the West Bank following the kidnapping of three Israeli youths, Defense Ministry, Tel Aviv, June 21, 2014. (Photo by Keren Manor/Activestills.org)
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RAMALLAH, June 22, 2014 (WAFA) – Palestinian leadership Sunday embarked on intensive communications to hold an urgent session for the UN Security Council to address the ongoing Israeli military campaign and aggression, as well as to safeguard the Palestinian people.

The leadership condemned, in a statement Sunday, the Israeli “open-ended aggression” and the collective punishment in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

“The oppressive Israeli aggression during the past few days, which led to the killing of six of our people, violating the sanctity of homes, in addition to the raids on institutions, associations and universities, and the arrest of hundreds and re-arrest of ex-detainees, whose release was previously agreed upon – under the pretext of searching for the three missing settlers, means that the Israeli government is pushing towards more tension and towards an ‘outburst,” the statement said.

The statement added the aggression will drive the leadership towards more commitment to the national rights, of gaining independence, freedom and maintaining national unity.

M.N./T.R.
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By Activestills
|Published June 22, 2014
PHOTOS: Protesting 'collective punishment' at Defense Ministry

Around 250 people demonstrated outside the Israeli Defense Ministry Saturday night against the large army operation taking place in the West Bank that followed the kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers.

The protesters called on Israel to stop what it called the collective punishment of a civilian population under military occupation.

Haggai Matar reports on Local Call that following the protest, a number of passersby and counter protesters followed four of the protesters and attacked them in a nearby parking lot. Two of the protesters were brought to the hospital to treat their injuries.

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