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Israel wants to dwindle number of Palestinians to zero: Pundit

Saturday, 06 October 2018 10:14 AM [ Last Update: Monday, 08 October 2018 5:02 AM ]

Palestinians carry the body of Nasser Mosabih, 12, who was killed in a protest along the Israel-Gaza fence, during his funeral in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on September 29, 2018. (Photo by AFP)

Israel is pursuing the policy of killing young Palestinians to pave the way for dwindling the number of Palestinian population to zero in the future, says a commentator.

Paul Larudee, Free Palestine Movement, told Press TV on Saturday that “Israelis prefer to kill young kids and anybody. It is because they want fewer Palestinians and in fact they want the number of Palestinians to dwindle to zero eventually if they could kill more.”

The Gaza Ministry of Health has announced that 12-year-old Faris Hafez al-Sarasawi and Mahmoud Akram Abu Sama'an, 24, were fatally shot during “The Great March of Return” protests east of Gaza City on Friday evening.

Larudee pointed to the reason behind the killing of a 12-year-old Palestinian, saying that “it is because a 12-year-old boy does not yet have any children and they want to make sure that he won’t have any children.”

So, “they (Israelis) want to get rid of as many Palestinians as possible, the sooner the better, the larger the number the better, by any means possible,” the activist said.

“In Israel, murder is not against the law, if you are the murderer and you are a Jew and the victim is not a Jew.”

Nearly 200 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces ever since anti-occupation protest rallies began in the Gaza Strip on March 30. Over 21,600 Palestinians have also sustained injuries.