Palestinians run to take cover during clashes between Palestinians and Israeli forces in the West Bank city of Jenin, on July 3, 2023. At least eight Palestinians were killed and dozens were injured in Jenin on Monday during the Israeli operation launched from midnight throughout the day, said the Palestinian Health Ministry. Photo: Xinhua

The international community must refocus their attention on the Palestinian question to collectively work toward helping the Middle East gain peace and stability, analysts reached by the Global Times said on Tuesday after Israel’s recent large-scale attacks on Palestine.

Palestine on Monday decided to stop all contacts, meetings and security coordination with the Israeli government in protest against the latter’s brutal raids in the West Bank, the Xinhua News Agency reported Monday local time.

On Monday, the Israeli army, backed by armored vehicles, bulldozers, drones and helicopters, waged a large-scale military attack against the northern West Bank city of Jenin and the refugee camps there, according to Xinhua

At least eight Palestinians were killed and 80 others were injured during the raids, which Richard Hecht, an Israeli military spokesperson, said was an escalation unseen since 2006, according to media reports.

The recent escalating situation in the Palestine-Israel conflict is just verifying what we have always been saying: The Palestine-Israel issue is the core of Middle East issues and the region cannot realize peace and stability unless the problem is solved, Li Weijian, a research fellow with the Institute for Foreign Policy Studies of the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies, told the Global Times.

Li further emphasized that the solution to the problem seems to be even more urgent now given the wave of reconciliation in the region. He called on the international community to refocus attention on the issue.  Lire la suite »