Palestine’s Mufti condemns Israeli plan to Judaize Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood

Palestine’s Mufti condemns Israeli plan to Judaize Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood
The Mufti of Jerusalem and the Palestinian territories and rector of Al-Aqsa Mosque, Sheikh Mohammed Ahmed Hussein, condemned the right wing deputy mayor of Jerusalem, David Hadari for touring the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood which included a visit to the Palestinian houses that were seized to be used as his new office.

Sheikh Hussein said, “This policy, pursued by the Israeli occupation authorities, seeks the Judaization of the Palestinian neighbourhood as a whole, and the expulsion of civilians from their homes so that the settlers could build thousands of housing units in the neighbourhood and impose new facts on the ground.” He criticized the recently announced Israeli decision pertaining to building hundreds of housing units in the Betar Illit settlement situated on the Palestinian land in Bethlehem.

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Sheikh Hussein called upon the international community to condemn the occupation authority’s plans to obliterate the identity of the city of Jerusalem and displace its indigenous inhabitants. He also called upon the Arab summit, which will be held later this month, to take concrete actions to address the Israeli threats to Jerusalem and its holy sites.