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MADRID 16 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry indicated this Friday that the demolition ordered by the Israeli Government of homes in Jerusalem constitutes one of the “par excellence” manifestations of the “crime of ethnic cleansing.”
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates considers that the demolition by the Israeli occupation authorities of the headquarters of the Al Bustan Association, in the city of Silwan, in occupied Jerusalem, is one of the manifestations of the widespread crime of ethnic cleansing “, said the aforementioned portfolio in a statement shared through Facebook.
Thus, the Palestinian Government has stressed that, as a consequence of the reported attacks, “whose objective is to demolish the entire Bustan neighborhood, more than 1,500 Jerusalemite citizens” will be forcibly displaced.
This “crime” is, in the eyes of the Palestinian authorities, the materialization of the Israeli policy that seeks to empty Jerusalem of “its original owners”, as well as one of “the most horrible forms of forced displacement and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian presence in occupied Jerusalem, to perpetuate its Judaization, annexation and connection with the depths of Israel,” according to statements collected by Wafa.
Along these lines, Foreign Affairs has also called all occupation measures carried out in Jerusalem “illegal” and “invalid” under International Law, defending that “East Jerusalem is an integral part of the occupied Palestinian territory, and is the capital.” of the State of Palestine”.
This condemnation from the Palestinian Foreign Ministry comes after the president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, stressed this Friday that the Palestinians “will not abandon their search for freedom and independence”, ensuring that his hand “remains outstretched to peace”, although “not at any price”, in a speech on the occasion of the 36th anniversary of the Palestinian Declaration of Independence.