[[{"content_id":"302016","domain_id":"0","lang_id":"en","portal_id":"2","owner_id":"114","user_id":"6","view_accesslevel_id":"0","edit_accesslevel_id":"0","delete_accesslevel_id":"0","editor_id":"0","content_title":"Palestinian center urges UNHRC to act on Israeli breaches","content_number":"","content_date_event":"2017-07-19 13:40:37","content_summary":"An urgent complaint was presented by the London-based Palestinian Return Center (PRC) to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday, calling for urgent intervention on Israel\u2019s closure of holy al-Aqsa Mosque and violations\u00a0of the freedom of worship.","content_summary_fill":"1","content_body":"&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAn urgent complaint was presented by the London-based Palestinian Return Center (PRC) to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday, calling for urgent intervention on Israel&rsquo;s closure of holy al-Aqsa Mosque and violations&nbsp;of the freedom of worship.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIn the memorandum, PRC sounded the alarm over Israel&rsquo;s incessant violations of the freedom of worship by stepping up crackdowns on the Muslim worshipers, shutting the doors to holy al-Aqsa Mosque, and setting up metal detectors near the main entrances to the site.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nPRC said it believes the measures have also affected the members of the Christian community in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip who have been banned the right to a free access to their holy sites.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nPRC said such Israeli measures represent blatant violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 9, which grants &ldquo;the freedom to exercise religion or belief publicly or privately, alone or with others&rdquo; and &ldquo;the freedom to exercise religion or belief in worship, teaching, practice and observance.&rdquo;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe complaint warned that the Israeli government is rapidly expanding its Judization activities in the occupied al-Quds (&#39;Jerusalem&#39;), desecrating the holy sites of Muslims and Christians, and boosting settler break-ins at al-Aqsa&mdash;the third holiest site in Islam, accoding to PIC.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIn light of the above cited violations, PRC called on the Human Rights Council to hold an emergency meeting to discuss the situation in Jerusalem, issue an urgent statement to denounce the new Israeli measures, and take whatever necessary decisions within the jurisdiction of the council to hold Israel to account.","content_html":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">An urgent complaint was presented by the London-based Palestinian Return Center (PRC) to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday, calling for urgent intervention on Israel&rsquo;s closure of holy al-Aqsa Mosque and violations&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;\">of the freedom of worship.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">In the memorandum, PRC sounded the alarm over Israel&rsquo;s incessant violations of the freedom of worship by stepping up crackdowns on the Muslim worshipers, shutting the doors to holy al-Aqsa Mosque, and setting up metal detectors near the main entrances to the site.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">PRC said it believes the measures have also affected the members of the Christian community in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip who have been banned the right to a free access to their holy sites.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">PRC said such Israeli measures represent blatant violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 9, which grants &ldquo;the freedom to exercise religion or belief publicly or privately, alone or with others&rdquo; and &ldquo;the freedom to exercise religion or belief in worship, teaching, practice and observance.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">The complaint warned that the Israeli government is rapidly expanding its Judization activities in the occupied al-Quds (&#39;Jerusalem&#39;), desecrating the holy sites of Muslims and Christians, and boosting settler break-ins at al-Aqsa&mdash;the third holiest site in Islam, accoding to PIC.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">In light of the above cited violations, PRC called on the Human Rights Council to hold an emergency meeting to discuss the situation in Jerusalem, issue an urgent statement to denounce the new Israeli measures, and take whatever necessary decisions within the jurisdiction of the council to hold Israel to account.<\/span><\/p>","content_source":"","content_url":"","content_columns":"0","content_date_start":"2017-07-19 13:40:37","content_date_finish":"2017-07-19 13:40:37","content_date_register":"2017-07-19 13:42:58","content_date_last_edit":"2017-07-19 13:42:58","content_show_img":"1","content_show_details":"0","content_show_related_img":"0","content_show_slider":"1","content_show_title_slider":"1","content_comment":"1","content_score":"0","content_recorded":"0","content_confirmed":"0","content_status":"1","content_kind":"0","old_id":"0","tag_id":null,"tag_word":null,"tag_service":null,"tag_total":null,"tag_soundex":null,"attach_token":"2734758058","attach_date_register":"2017-07-19 13:42:57","attach_id":"405126","attach_file_ext":"jpg","attach_file_header":"image\/jpeg","attach_img_type":"2","attach_img_width":"947","attach_img_height":"500","attach_file_media":"1","attach_show_watermark":"1","score_average":null,"score_count":null,"score_date_last":null,"visit_count":"741","visit_date_last":"2025-05-13 12:20:16","attach_title":"Palestinian center urges UNHRC to act on Israeli breaches 2","node_title":"news,Latest news","ot_node_left_right":"[{\"node_id\":122, \"left\":2, \"right\":53},{\"node_id\":144, \"left\":49, \"right\":50}]"}]]