New warning about Israeli judazation policies in Quds

PLO Executive Committee Member, Hanan Ashrawi, has renewed the warning that Israel’s illegal steps in the occupied al-Quds ('Jerusalem') are “transforming it into an exclusively Jewish city” where Palestinian Christians and Muslims have become temporary residents in their own homeland.

“Israel is annexing Jerusalem and destroying the authenticity and character of the occupied city with its oppressive and severe laws,” said Ashrawi during a keynote speech delivered on October 18th in Washington.

The speech entitled, “Framing the Current Issues in Palestine,” discussed the escalation of Israeli violations of international law and Palestinian human rights, and the status of Jerusalem and its Muslim and Christian Palestinian population.

Ashrawi stressed that without al-Quds as Palestinian capital, there can be no Palestinian state or chances for peace or stability.

“With its illegal measures of demolishing Palestinian houses, evicting Palestinians from their ancestral homes, revoking Palestinian IDs and constructing settlements and apartheid walls, Israel is transforming Jerusalem into an exclusively Jewish city where Palestinian Christians and Muslims have become temporary residents in their own homeland,” added Ashrawi.