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Friday, June 26, 2009

PA minister denounces Israeli actions in East Jerusalem

Ma'an
Palestinian Minister... denounced “the systematic policy Israel is carrying out inside Jerusalem, including expelling its Palestinian residents...... the latest of which, home demolition orders in the Al-Bustan neighborhood of Silwan" in a statement sent to Ma'an.

....“this comes as a continuous policy carried out against the city since its occupation in 1967, in contravention to the Fourth Geneva Convention in 1949.”

....... “they are attempts to forge the history of the city by substituting the Palestinian residents with Israeli settlers, substituting the Arabic names of streets with Hebrew words, substituting everything there including Al-Aqsa [Mosque].”

...[he urged] the international community to move toward stopping such acts carried out in Jerusalem and to implement international law." Full story
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