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Israeli brutality sign of panic, weakness: Journalist

Saturday, 15 December 2018 8:20 AM [ Last Update: Saturday, 15 December 2018 8:24 AM ]

A Palestinian carries a young man away from the scene of demonstrations on the border between Israel and Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, on December 14, 2018. (Photo by AFP)

Israel has resorted to harsh tactics in the face of recent Palestinian protests, because the Israeli officials are well aware of their weaknesses in dealing with freedom-seeking Palestinians, says a commentator.

Syed Mohsin Abbas, journalist and political commentator, told Press TV on Saturday that Israeli troops have killed over 200 Palestinians and injured over 18,000 others since the Great March of Return began around March 30^th and this crime is a sign of the regime’s weakness.

“The people who are leading Israel at the moment are actually paranoid psychotic, they know they cannot hold on to Israel in the long run, [and] they can see the rise of a genuine resistance,” Abbas said.

“What we are seeing is a panic. We are seeing a panic of Israeli right-wing,” the analyst noted, adding that Palestinian Hamas resistance movement like the Lebanese resistance movement of Hezbollah stands against Israeli occupation policy.

About 600,000 Israelis live in over 230 illegal settlements built since the 1967 Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and East Jerusalem al-Quds.

Palestinians want the West Bank as part of a future independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem al-Quds as its capital.