Ahlul Bayt News Agency ; GAZA -- Dr. Yousef Rezqa charged in a statement Saturday that the French-hosted initiative for peace between the ministries of education in Israel and Ramallah in an apparent scheme to naturalize relations with Israel is “shameful”.
The French Foreign Ministry announced Friday that 22 Palestinians and Israelis between the ages of 15 and 18 will stay in Paris until Sept. 23 to mark National Peace Day.
“These schemes give equality to the Palestinian citizen and the Israeli usurper, and work to dilute the image of Palestinian figures and abuse them,” said Rezqa, who is the political advisor for Palestine’s Prime Minister in Gaza, Ismail Haneyya.
“This plan is part of a psychological defeat represented by the Palestinian negotiator,” Rezqa added, warning that such mind games risk easing global acceptance of Israeli occupation.
Naturalization of political relations works against the rights of the Palestinians and is not to their interest, he continued. As colonial powers weaken Arab-Islamic culture and figures to make this abnormal practice acceptable, the Palestinians must “crystallize” a national stand to reject such ideas.
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