{"id":29779,"date":"2023-07-06T17:47:28","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T17:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/?p=29779"},"modified":"2023-07-06T17:47:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T17:47:28","slug":"ag-warns-government-against-attempts-to-influence-police-response-to-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/?p=29779","title":{"rendered":"AG warns government against attempts to influence police response to protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<h4>UN chief says Israel &#8216;obviously&#8217; used &#8216;excessive force&#8217; in Jenin operation<\/h4>\n<p>UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says Israel used excessive force in the counter-terrorism operation in Jenin last week.<\/p>\n<p>He said he was &#8220;deeply disturbed&#8221; by news of the operation and &#8220;strongly condemns all acts of violence against civilians&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if his condemnation applies to both sides of the conflict, Guterres says it &#8220;applies to all use of excessive force, and obviously in this situation there was excessive force used by Israeli forces.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Israeli airstrikes and ground operations in a crowded refugee camp were the worst violence in the West Bank in many years, with a significant impact on civilians,&#8221; Guterres says.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/static.timesofisrael.com\/www\/uploads\/2023\/07\/jenin-couch-destruction.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Palestinians inspect a damaged house in the Jenin refugee camp on July 5, 2023, after the Israeli army withdrew its forces from the militant stronghold.  (AP Photo\/Majdi Mohammed)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I once again call on Israel to fulfill its obligations under international law, including the duty to exercise restraint and use only proportionate force,&#8221; he says.  &#8220;The use of airstrikes is incompatible with the conduct of law enforcement operations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I understand Israel&#8217;s legitimate concerns about its security, but escalation is not the answer,&#8221; he adds.  &#8220;It simply reinforces radicalization and leads to a deeper cycle of violence and bloodshed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli operation was in response to a series of deadly terrorist attacks, many originating in and around Jenin.  The IDF says all 12 Palestinian fatalities were combatants, and most have been claimed by terrorist groups.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, the UN special rapporteur for the Palestinians, Francesca Albanese, accused Israel of committing war crimes during the Jenin operation.  Albanese has a history of anti-Semitism and inflammatory rhetoric against the Jewish state.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about the allegations of war crimes, Guterres avoids answering.<\/p>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/liveblog-july-6-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UN chief says Israel &#8216;obviously&#8217; used &#8216;excessive force&#8217; in Jenin operation UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says Israel used excessive force in the counter-terrorism operation in Jenin last week. He said he was &#8220;deeply disturbed&#8221; by news of the operation and &#8220;strongly condemns all acts of violence against civilians&#8221;. Asked if his condemnation applies to both sides of the conflict, Guterres says it &#8220;applies to all use of excessive force, and obviously in this situation there was excessive force used by Israeli forces.&#8221; &#8220;The Israeli airstrikes and ground operations in a crowded refugee camp were the worst violence in the West&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":29780,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29779"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29781,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29779\/revisions\/29781"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}