Mustafa Barghouti: Israel resuming its 'ethnic cleansing' of the Gaza Strip

Mustafa Barghouti, secretary-general of the Palestinian National Initiative, has called the end of the truce on Friday a "premeditated" move by the Israeli government to resume the "ethnic cleansing" of the Gaza Strip.

In a statement, the politician called on Arab and Islamic countries to impose a boycott and sanctions on Israel and to link the interests of western countries "to their position on stopping the aggression against our Palestinian people".

"The resumption of the barbaric aggression against the Gaza Strip was premeditated and planned by the Netanyahu government, and their goal was and still is the ethnic cleansing of the entire Gaza Strip through brutal bombing, but they fail to achieve this because of the steadfastness and bravery of the Palestinian people," he said.