Khudari to Kerry: The only way to achieve peace is to end the occupation

Palestinian MP Jamal Khudari said, addressing U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry who is visiting the region, that the only way to achieve peace is to end the Israeli occupation and establish a Palestinian State with Jerusalem as its capital. Khudari, the head of the Popular Committee against the Siege, said in a statement on Saturday that Israel's settlement policy, Gaza blockade, and Judaization of Jerusalem aim to impose new facts on the ground. The MP stated that the Israeli violations are targeting all Palestinians, whether in the West Bank, Jerusalem, 1948 occupied land, or the Gaza Strip; pointing to the wall, settlement activity, the confiscation of Palestinian lands, and the siege imposed on Gaza. He added that Israel, as an occupying power, does not care about the international law which rejects settlement construction, and continues to expand and build more settlements. Khudari urged the international community to take serious and effective moves to stop Israeli procedures and Judaization plans, especially in Jerusalem.