Today, the League of Arab States expressed its strong criticism of the speech made by Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, on the establishment of the Israeli entity, considering that her statements clearly ignored the reality of the occupation and its practices, the deprivation of the rights of the Palestinians, their expulsion from their lands, and other practices contrary to the charters of human rights. The human being that European officials always like to refer to in their conversations. And Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Secretary General of the League of Arab States, said in a statement that "This discourse is not only offensive to the Palestinians and their historical suffering since the Nakba, but also reflects their complete identification with the Israeli narrative, which is unfortunate."stressing that these statements include "A denial of the historical injustice that the Palestinian people are still subjected to at the hands of the Israelis, and even reflects an inferior view of them that almost justifies the occupation and perpetuates the theft of land". He added that the Chairperson of the Commission "She needs an honest review of her position, especially since her speech was devoid of any reference to the need to work to end the occupation and to accelerate the emergence of a Palestinian state."He pointed out that such positions encourage Israeli governments to persist in their obstinate positions that reject the logic of a political settlement.
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