Dr. Ashrawi strongly denounced recent statement by Israeli Deputy Minister of Defence Danny Danon
PLO Executive Committee member, Dr. Hanan Ashrawi strongly denounced recent statements by Israeli officials in which Deputy Minister of Defense Danny Danon made ludicrous claims that there would never be a Palestinian state, whether U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visited or not and that Palestinians will be governed by Jordan, and Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon rejected the Arab Peace Initiative and called it a spin:
“Such statements from Israeli officials, in addition to Israel’s actions on the ground, are the essence of the nature of this government and a clear negative response to Kerry’s initiatives. It is time for the international community, particularly the U.S., to cease its policy of ‘see no evil, hear no evil’ when it comes to Israel and to deal with reality when it comes to the deceptive mirage created by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s manipulative spin.”
Dr. Ashrawi added, “Neither the state of Palestine or its people are the property of Israel. Israel has no right to turn Palestinians into settlers on their own land or hand them over to Jordan, as it has no right to violate Jordanian sovereignty and national identity.”
"Given this overwhelming evidence of Israel’s verbal and actual rejection of the two-state solution and hence of peace, it is imperative that the U.S. and the international community as a whole start dealing with reality rather than fiction," concluded Dr. Ashrawi.
PRESS RELEASE
Palestine Liberation Organization
Department of Culture and Information
June 16, 2013