Sinn F\u00e9in\u2019s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Se\u00e1n Crowe TD, has condemned the Israel army\u2019s latest killing of two Palestinians during a Nakba day demonstration near the West Bank city of Ramallah.<\/p>\n
Nakba day is an annual commemoration for Palestinians, who remember the estimated 800,000 Palestinians who were expelled or forced to flee from their homes and land during the war in 1948.<\/p>\n
Deputy Crowe said:<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery May 15th Palestinians marked The Nabka, or catastrophe, to remember the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians that were forced to flee from their homes and land, and the towns and villages that were demolished by Israeli forces in the 1948 war.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Palestinians displaced during this time became refugees throughout the region and have been banned from returning.<\/p>\n
\u201cAccording to the Ramallah-based Central Bureau of Statistics, who released new figures this week, the number of registered Palestinian refugees is now at 5.3 million. <\/p>\n
\u201cIn demonstrations today to mark the Nakba many Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli forces, as protesters were met with live fire, teargas and rubber-coated steel bullets.<\/p>\n
\u201cSadly we know that two protesters were killed by Israeli forces at a demonstration just outside Ramallah, and I
\ncondemn the heavy handed actions of the Israeli forces.<\/p>\n\u201cWhile it is 66 years since the Nakba, Palestinians still remain vulnerable to expulsion and having their homes and villages destroyed by Israel.<\/p>\n
\u201cIsrael is continuing to build illegal colonial settlements in Palestine and settlement building actually reached a 10 year high in 2013, including proposed settlement building in East Jerusalem.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe only solution to this conflict will be a negotiated peace agreement based on two independent and sovereign states, Israel needs to recognise this and end its illegal settlement programme.\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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