Maqdesi: Israel's violations against Palestinians in J'lem ongoing

[ 04/09/2010 - 04:34 PM ]

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- Al-Maqdesi for society development (MSD) foundation said in its weekly report that Israel is still persistent in its violations against the Palestinian citizens in occupied Jerusalem, especially the demolition of their homes.

MSD's report, that covers the violations between August 27 and the second of September, explained that the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) still prevent the Palestinians from building homes on their own lands, adding that 600 Bedouin families living in the area between Jerusalem and Ariha are facing displacement after they received evacuation orders lately.

The violations mentioned in this report are many including the restrictions imposed on the Palestinians' travel and movement, and the arbitrary detention of Jerusalemite lawmakers.

The report also highlighted the Judaization projects in Jerusalem including the building of an underground shrine below Al-Buraq wall (wailing wall) and a plan to market Palestinian archaeological sites as Jewish ones in the context of Israel's scheme to create fake antiquities referring to its alleged temple of Solomon.

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