<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Occupied Palestine | فلسطين]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[occupiedpalestine]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/author/hajarhajar/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Barghouti: Domestic Israeli politics behind Gaza&nbsp;escalation]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Maan News Agency | Aug 20, 2011</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="42759" data-permalink="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/08/20/barghouti-domestic-israeli-politics-behind-gaza-escalation/180px-mustafa_barghouti/" data-orig-file="https://occupiedpalestine.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/180px-mustafa_barghouti.jpg" data-orig-size="180,258" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="180px-Mustafa_Barghouti" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://occupiedpalestine.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/180px-mustafa_barghouti.jpg?w=180" data-large-file="https://occupiedpalestine.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/180px-mustafa_barghouti.jpg?w=180" src="https://occupiedpalestine.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/180px-mustafa_barghouti.jpg?w=180&#038;h=258" alt="" title="180px-Mustafa_Barghouti" width="180" height="258" class="alignright size-full wp-image-42759" />RAMALLAH (Ma&#8217;an) &#8212; The escalation in violence by Israel against the Gaza Strip was planned in advance by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu&#8217;s government, a Palestinian lawmaker alleged Saturday.</p>
<p>Mustafa Barghouti said Israel &#8220;planned for the attack on the Gaza Strip to escape a social crisis, which Israel is currently going through, and from a political crisis with the United States.&#8221;</p>
<p>Now is the time for Palestinians to complete a factional reconciliation agreement signed earlier this summer in Cairo, said Barghouti, a former information minister and presidential candidate.</p>
<p>Palestinians should unite in order to campaign for sanctions against Israel, he said.</p>
<p>In Ramallah, meanwhile, a few dozen Palestinians in Manara Square condemned the continued operations in Gaza, which have killed 14 people since a deadly series of attacks in Israel on Thursday.</p>
<p>Protesters carried Palestinian flags and banners demanding that the international community intervene to stop the attacks and Israel&#8217;s &#8220;crimes against the Palestinian people in the Strip.&#8221;</p>
<p>The demonstrators also called for wrapping up the unity deal, which was signed in May.</p>
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