Dozens of Palestinian citizens were suffocated by tear gas fired at them by the Israeli occupation forces during prayers yesterday in Al-Sawiya village, south of Nablus in the West Bank.
According to Palestinian News Agency, the occupation forces suppressed the participants by targeting them with gas and sound bombs, causing dozens of cases of suffocation.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said that its staff dealt with a person injured by a gas bomb in the abdomen and was taken to the hospital, adding other injuries were treated in the field during the clashes in the town.
Meanwhile, Jordanian King Abdullah II said Israel’s annexation of parts of the occupied West Bank would lead to a massive conflict with Jordan, QNA reported from Amman.
In a interview with German magazine Der Spiegel carried by Jordan News Agency (Petra), King Abdullah II said “the two-state solution is the only way for us to be able to move forward” towards achieving peace between the Palestinians and the Israelis, adding: “Leaders who advocate a one-state solution do not understand what that would mean. What would happen if the Palestinian National Authority collapsed. There would be more chaos and extremism in the region.”
He also stressed: “If Israel really annexed the West Bank in July, it would lead to a massive conflict with the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.”
Asked about possible suspension of peace treaty with Israel, King Abdullah II said: “I don’t want to make threats and create an atmosphere of loggerheads, but we are considering all options. We agree with many countries in Europe and the international community that the law of strength should not apply in the Middle East.”
On Jordanian-German relationship, King Abdullah said the Jordanian-German relationship is at an all-time high. “We have an excellent working relationship, including our military and security services. Germany understands what the right decision is on the Israeli-Palestinian question. We will be allies and friends, I believe, on this issue going forward.”
Commenting on the global impact of Covid-19, he said: “The world is not the same since the pandemic. We should all start looking at each other with different eyes. There are trade pacts between the West Coast and the East Coast in the USA that ensure that the states supply each other. Something like this is also needed at the global level.”
Palestinian protesters stand amid tear gas smoke fired by security forces during a demonstration against Israeli settlements, yesterday, in Al-Sawiya village, south of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, as Palestinians mark the anniversary of Al-Nakba, or the u201ccatastropheu201d.
