Maher holds Israel responsible for escalations in Palestinian territories

Egypt's Foreign Minister Ahmad Maher held Israel completely responsible for the deteriorated situation in the occupied Palestinian territories due to Israel's brutal and aggressive practices against Palestinian civilians.

He condemned the continuous Israeli escape from joining to the peace process and her desire not to implement the main requirements of the just and comprehensive peace based on the international legitimacy resolutions stipulating the full Israeli withdrawal from the occupied Arab territories to June,4, 1967 line and giving the Palestinians their legitimate rights, on the top of which is the establishment of an independent state with Jerusalem as its capital.