'Israel continues to invade Palestinian territory'

By Atila Altuntas</p> <p>STOCKHOLM (AA) – Israel continues to invade Palestinian territory in violation of international law, a co-winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry said Wednesday.</p> <p>George P. Smith, professor emeritus of biological sciences at the University of Missouri-Columbia in the U.S., was in Stockholm to attend the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony. He was invited to speak at a conference organized by the Association of Palestinians, which was founded by a group of academics in Sweden who have dedicated themselves to the Palestinian issue.</p> <p>&quot;The people of Palestine and Israel should have the same rights and equally live in the territory in the form of two states,&quot; Smith said.</p> <p>While noting that Israel, with its disregard for any rules, doesn't allow it, Smith said Palestinians must return to the occupied territories and all their rights must be rehabilitated.</p> <p>He also stressed that Israel's activities in Gaza are unacceptable.</p> <p>&quot;Israel is not only pressuring the Palestinian people. There is also pressure on Jewish people who are disturbed by the wrong policies of Israel,&quot; he said, adding that Israel has to give up these actions.</p> <p>The 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was divided. One half was awarded to Frances H. Arnold — a member of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine — “for the directed evolution of enzymes,” while the other half was awarded jointly to Smith and Gregory P. Winter “for the phage display of peptides and antibodies”.</p> <p>Israeli newspapers published editorials earlier expressing their disappointment over the awarding of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry to the anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian activist.</p> <p>