RAMALLAH, November 28, 2011 (WAFA) – Employees of the ministry of health carried out Monday a sit-in in response to holding World Health Organization – European region (WHO/Europe) conference at the invitation of Israel, in Jerusalem, according to a statement issued by the employees.

During the sit-in held in front of the United Nations office in Ramallah, the employees handed a denouncing statement, to the UN representative, of holding the WHO/Europe conference in Jerusalem, considering it as an infringement of Palestinians’ health rights.

The statement stressed that Israel, as an occupying country, blatantly violates all Palestinian rights, on top of which is health rights; the separation wall and hundreds of military checkpoints, which impede the access to the health services, demanding the world to condemn the occupation and work on establishing the independent Palestinian state.

Minister of Health, Fathi Abu Moghli, stressed that Israel prevents Palestinian right to receiving health services, calling on UN organizations to work on giving the Palestinians their rights and stop the conference from being held.

He stated that this sit-in carries a message to the world, which is to do justice to Palestinian rights and not to reward Israel for its continued occupation.

He condemned holding the WHO/Europe conference in Jerusalem, at Israel’s invitation, which is a violation to all WHO basic rights and principles.

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