Palestine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates warned Friday 22 April 2022 against the Israeli occupation’s continued aggression against holy sites and worshippers in the occupied city of Jerusalem.
“The State of Palestine rejects, in the strongest terms, Israel’s illegitimate decision to impose additional punitive restrictions on the entry of Christian pilgrims and worshippers to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher during the sacred service of Orthodox Easter,” said the Ministry in a statement.
“The State of Palestine holds Israel, the occupying Power, fully responsible for its aggression and extreme provocations, which will have far-reaching consequences for regional and international peace and security,” it added
“To be clear, Israel, the occupying Power, is not committed, as it falsely claims, to either bring about calm in Jerusalem or to guarantee the freedom of religion and worship for all. It continues to violate its obligations by failing to bring to an end its illegal occupation and the religious and racial discrimination inherent in the law and practice of its apartheid regime.”
It continued, “Over the past weeks, the world has borne witness to Israel’s militarization of Christian and Muslim religious ceremonies, the imposition of discriminatory and punitive measures, and the brutal violence inflicted against Palestinian worshippers, all while protecting and escorting Jewish in their provocative raids.”
“Israel is violating the Status Quo, upending centuries of Christian heritage and Palestinian traditions. The occupying Power is willfully provoking Christian and Muslim worshippers and threatening a religious war.”
It called on the international community to urgently act, collectively and individually, to implement the relevant United Nations resolutions and uphold the legal and historic character and the special status of Jerusalem.
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