Sameh Shukri, said the international community must bear responsibility vis-à-vis the recent crackdown on the Palestinians and discuss it in the Human Rights Council.
"How are we able to discuss human rights when Palestinian rights are violated in such manners? The international community has to rise to protect Palestinian rights and to work towards peace," Shoukry added.
On Friday, at least 17 Palestinians lost their lives and more than 1,400 others sustained injuries when Israeli military forces opened fire on thousands of protesters who had flocked to a sit-in near the Gaza border.
Palestinian protesters jump over a tear gas canister during clashes with Israeli forces in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on March 31, 2018. (Photo by AFP)
Friday's demonstrations turned violent after Israeli forces used tear gas and live fire to force back demonstrators who had approached within a few hundred meters of the heavily-fortified fence.
The rallies coincided with the 42nd anniversary of Land Day, which commemorates the murder of six Palestinians by Israeli forces in 1976.
