APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Ramallah - 05 July 2021. Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Ishtayeh, speaks during the weekly meeting of his government, in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
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In his speech at the beginning of the (116th) government session today, the Prime Minister affirmed respect for freedom of opinion and expression and the freedom of work of journalists without being subjected to any harassment that hinders their work, and allowing them to perform their task freely and professionally and in accordance with national and international laws and regulations, away from hate speech and incitement that contradict our traditions and values. And our belief that urges us to argue with people in the way that is best.
Shtayyeh held the Israeli authorities fully responsible for the life of the prisoner Ghazanfar Abu Atwan, who has been on hunger strike for 62 days, and demanded his immediate release.
Shtayyeh condemned the new Israeli government’s intensification of its settlement plans and its continued demolition of facilities and citizens’ homes in the Al-Bustan neighborhood and Wadi Hilweh in Silwan, and tightening the noose around our steadfast people in Sheikh Jarrah, in addition to the settlers’ continuous violations of the sanctity of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque.
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