Israel responsible for killing unarmed Palestinians - Kuwaiti envoy

CAIRO, April 3 (KUNA) -- Kuwait on Tuesday reiterated the need for Israel, as an "occupational force", to conform to United Nations Security Council resolutions, saying it bears "legal, political and moral responsibility" for killing several and wounding hundreds of unarmed Palestinians.
Kuwait's permanent Arab League envoy told fellow envoys that his country had called for urgent talks at the Security Council on Israel's use of live gunfire to kill 16 and injure over 700 unarmed Palestinians on Friday.
The move was made amid Kuwait's non-permanent UNSC membership and its commitment to supporting Arab affairs, Kuwaiti ambassador Ahmad Al-Baker told representatives at the Cairo-based pan-Arab body.
It aimed to underline that "the Security Council should bear its responsibilities in providing the Palestinian people with security and demanding that the 'occupational authority', Israel, bears its responsibility for killing and wounding Palestinian protesters." Al-Baker blamed Israel for "recklessness" in its refusal to abide by the Geneva Conventions. "This is the main reason for the worsening humanitarian tragedies the Palestinian people are subjected to." Palestinians were expressing themselves in a peaceful manner through protest, a legitimate right that was met with the direct targeting of civilians, he underlined.
Last week, Israel announced that it had instructed over 100 snipers to target the demonstrators. Reports showed that amongst those injured by the shooting were children.
Protestors by the hundreds, including families, had gathered close to Gaza's border with Israel in a march to commemorate Land Day, when the Israeli government annexed acres of Palestinian land in 1976. (end) mfm.sd