A parliamentarian from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement on Saturday called for stopping the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in response to Israeli offensive against Gaza Strip.
"We expect a firm political response from the Palestinian negotiator to the horrible massacres against the Palestinian people," said Ashraf Jum'a, a Gaza-based lawmaker.
While Fatah adopts the peace choice as a strategic goal, the negotiations should not keep on without an end or a clear vision, Jum'a said.
Jum'a said the Israeli military operations into Gaza Strip were "war crimes reflecting the state terrorism that the Israeli occupation forces implement."
Twenty Palestinians were killed in an Israeli ground operation in northern Gaza Strip on Saturday, raising the death toll of a four-day offensive to 54, including 12 children.
Israel says the attacks were aimed at stopping Palestinian rocket-fire against southern Israel's territories. Hamas, which rules Gaza Strip, says it had resumed rocket barrages on Israel after the army killed five fighters on Wednesday.
"The Israeli massacres, committed in Gaza Strip and West Bank, will leave destructive results in the region because they will generate a wide Palestinian reaction that the whole region will not endure," Jum'a warned.
Source:Xinhua
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