The Arab League condemned on Sunday the recent Israeli killing of a Palestinian paramedic, who was rescuing injured people in the Gaza Strip. Israeli soldiers shot dead 21-year-old Razan al-Najjar near the border fence in Gaza on Friday, while she was treating injured Gaza protesters. “This Israeli crime along with others are a new chapter in the Israeli series of terrorism that does not provide protection for medical teams and rescuers, pursues and targets journalists and executes them in cold blood,” said a statement by the Palestine and occupied Arab territories branch of the League. It held the Israeli authorities responsible for Najjars murder, warning against the continuity of such “brutal practices” by Israeli troops. Since late March, Israeli forces killed at least 120 Palestinians and wounded thousands during protests calling for the right of return to their homeland and ending the Israeli blockade imposed on Gaza since 2007. The League called on the international community and international institutions, starting with the United Nations and its Security Council, to probe Israeli crimes and hold those responsible accountable. Najjar’s murder is a grave violation of International Humanitarian Law and the Fourth Geneva Convention, it declared. It condemned in this regard the Security Council’s ongoing inability to fulfill its pledges to the Palestinian people, singling out the United States for its veto of council resolutions. The League stressed that “the continuation of the current American approach, in blocking any resolution that would stop the bleeding of innocent Palestinians will only encourage the Israeli side to continue its role in its unfair and abusive practices, in violation of international legitimacy and the relevant rules of international law.” The statement also stressed the commitment to work to support the Palestinian cause and to protect the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people.