The Commons MEP Jaume Asens denounced this morning the launching of tear gas and deafening bullets by the israeli army against the international delegation that is currently in Nablus (West Bank).
As he himself has reported in his account on former mayor of Barcelona Ada Colauwas attacked while they were accompanying Palestinians in the olive harvest. “A quite tense situation has occurred,” Asens said in a video, explaining that the presence of the international delegation was intended to be a “deterrent” element against the attempts of the army and the settlers to prevent the harvesting of the olives in this area. West Bank town. The Israelis, “without complying with international legality, have launched tear gas and deafening bullets», explained the purple leader.
As reported by the Commons yesterday in a statement, the mayor of Barcelona between 2015 and 2023 and the MEP Asens, member of the Palestine Commission, are part of a «international emergency mission to observe the systematic violations of international laws and call for an end to the genocide.
The Israeli army has launched tear gas against our human rights delegation while we accompanied Palestinians in the olive harvest. pic.twitter.com/f6YfcbQGCX
— Jaume Asens (@Jaumeasens) October 29, 2024
Asens and Colau yesterday entered Palestinian territory as part of an international delegation coordinated by the Progressive InternationalThe National Lawyers Guild of the United States and the International Democratic Lawyers Association.
According to the Commons note, the presence of at least two MEPs grants diplomatic immunity to a delegation that “aims to denounce the systematic human rights violations“, as well as demand the complete and immediate arms embargo by the European Union and the United States to Israel, so that the ‘apartheid’ and ongoing genocide can be effectively stopped.”
In an interview in Ser Catalunya simultaneous with the moment of the attack, the Commons MEP has accused the Government of being Israel’s accomplice and has asked the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, for explanations, after learning that the ministry had made a purchase of twelve million bullets to an Israeli company for almost seven million euros: “It is alarming and I think it requires an explanation.”
“Not only do they remain passive, but I believe they are complicit because they continue to support the military, politically and economically. Netanyahu government», he has maintained about the Western governments, among which he includes the Coalition Government, the Government of the Generalitat or the Barcelona City Council.
Last April, both Asens and Colau participated in the failed attempt to access Gaza aboard a ship with humanitarian aid for the civilian population.
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