Holy Land: President Abbas exposes Israel's environmental assault at COP21

River Jordan, image Peter Bjorgen Wikimedia Commons

President Mahmoud Abbas termed Israel's ongoing violations of international law regarding preserving Palestine's environment a "major challenge". Speaking at the Paris Climate Change conference he called upon the entire international community to expand international participation in the achievement of peace...and the establishment of an international system of protection for the Palestinian people...through a resolution from the United Nations Security Council and within a specific timeframe.

Palestine has taken serious steps to tackle climate change and to protect the environment through laws and necessary strategies for this purpose. Israel's continuous violations of international law regarding preserving the environment in Palestine are a major challenge for Palestinians. Israeli violations include confiscating natural resources, destroying agricultural crops, uprooting trees, hindering developing vital infrastructure for Palestine, dumping all kinds of wastes in Palestinians' lands and polluting the groundwater through a system of a racial segregation, which violates of international law.

From a report in WAFA, read more here: http://english.wafa.ps/index.php?action=detail&id=30020