Bardawil urges UNESCO to assume its role towards Islamic sites

PIC

[ 06/03/2010 - 09:39 AM ]

GAZA, (PIC)-- Dr. Salah Al-Bardawil, the spokesman for Hamas’s parliamentary bloc, on Friday expressed dismay at the absent role of the UNESCO and international human rights organizations in the protection of the Islamic holy and historical sites in occupied Jerusalem and the West Bank.

During a march held in Khan Younis, Dr. Bardawil urged the UNESCO and human rights organizations to assume their responsibilities and expose Israel’s violations committed against the Aqsa Mosque and the Ibrahimi Mosque.

The spokesman highlighted the need for a third Intifada (uprising) to defend the Aqsa Mosque and Islamic holy sites against Judaization.

He called on the Arab leaders to stand by the Palestinian people and not to give the Israeli occupation a chance to persist in its crimes through approving the negotiation with it.

“Sever immediately your commercial, political and economical relations with the [Zionist] entity and act. You should have the honor to confront the schemes plaguing the holy sites,” the spokesman emphasized.

In a related incident, tens of thousands participated in massive marches organized on Friday by Hamas in Jabaliya refugee camp and Khan Younis in response to the day of rage called for by Palestinian premier Ismail Haneyya in support of the Islamic holy sites in Jerusalem and the West Bank.

The protesters chanted slogans calling for unleashing the Palestinian resistance in the West Bank to respond to Israel’s crimes.

In Jabaliya march, senior Hamas official and lawmaker Mushir Al-Masri warned that the Judaization of Islamic holy sites in Jerusalem and the West Bank would blow up the entire region.

Masri called for not resuming the peace negotiation for it provides the Israeli occupation with a cover-up to persist in its violations against the Islamic holy places.

Thousands others also participated in a march organized on the same day by the Islamic Jihad Movement in Jabaliya and chanted slogans calling for protecting the resistance and the holy shrines.

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