H.E. Mr. Ahmad Abdelrazek:

Since 1967, Israel has appropriated the land and been condemned by everyone, but that does not stop it from continuing to appropriate the land. Before the Oslo agreement 20 years ago, there were 132,000 Israeli settlers in the occupied Palestinian territories and now we have more than 560,000 settlers there. The majority of settlements grew during the peace process. That is why more steps need to be taken to stop the gangrene of appropriating the Palestinian territories. That is why the European guidelines and the recent steps that have been taken are important. Radical steps in this direction should be taken that finish with the occupation of the land.

On the execution of the people accused, President Abbas and the Palestinian Authority condemn the executions because we are against any extra-judicial execution or punishment, whatever it is. We ask Hamas to stop these executions.