Hanan Ashrawi, a member of the PLO Executive Committee, on Wednesday called on the international community not to allow Israel to take advantage of the global health and economic crises to "annex Palestinian occupied territories," as she put it.
In a statement, Ashrawi said that "Israel is taking advantage of the spread of the coronavirus to accelerate the process of annexing territories in Judea and Samaria and provide protection for the armed extremist settlers to continue their 'terror' against the 'helpless' Palestinian people."
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