Dr. Ashrawi condemns the deliberate execution of two Palestinian teenagers
May 20, 2014
Dr. Ashrawi condemns the deliberate execution of two Palestinian teenagers
Early this morning, Defense for Children International Palestine released footage of the two Palestinian boys, Mohammad Mahmoud Odeh (16) and Nadeem Siam Nawara(17), who were killed last week by Israeli forces.
PLO Executive Committee member, Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, stated: “In the strongest possible terms, we condemn the deliberate execution of two Palestinian teenagers (Mohammad Mahmoud Odeh and Nadeem Siam Nawara) who were fatally shot with live ammunition outside Ofer Prison last week. Both boys were unarmed and posed no direct or immediate threat.”
“Israel’s use of excessive and indiscriminate violence and live ammunition at non-violent Palestinian demonstrations constitutes war crimes and crimes against humanity under international law.”
“Last week’s killings are part of a deliberate policy of escalation and of violence targeting Palestinian children. Israel’s actions, in addition, are in direct violation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child Such which Israel ratified in 1991.”
“We call on the United Nations, the European Union, and other members of the international community to take immediate action and adopt the necessary punitive measures and initiatives required to hold Israel accountable for the extrajudicial killing of Palestinian civilians, and for its use of live ammunition on Palestinian civilians, among other violations of international and humanitarian law,” concluded Dr. Ashrawi.
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