Former President Mohamed Nasheed has voiced discontent with the Israeli treatment of protestors that clashed with their army at its border with Gaza, describing it as a massacre.
In a post on his Twitter account late Wednesday, Nasheed said that the heavy violence is a ‘grave violation of human rights’.
While all nations reserve the right to defend themselves, Israel’s massacre of Palestinian demonstrators in Gaza is disgraceful, & a grave violation of human rights. Peace can only be achieved through a two-state solution.
— Mohamed Nasheed (@MohamedNasheed) May 16, 2018
Demonstrators have been gathering at the Gaza-Israel border to protest the US decision to move its embassy to Jerusalem, which supported Israel’s contentious decision to declare the land as its capital.
The Palestinian health ministry said that 58 of their citizens have been killed by Israeli gunfire and that 2,300 had been injured.
