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Pressures Stop Israeli Plan Aim to Seize Christian Sites in Occupied Jerusalem

February 22, 2022
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Pressures Stop Israeli Plan Aim to Seize Christian Sites in Occupied Jerusalem
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Israeli occupation is halting a plan to expand its national parks in occupied East Jerusalem onto lands owned by several churches and Christian denominations.

The controversial plan was introduced by the Israeli occupation nature and parks authority, which said on Monday that it is withdrawing the scheme following widespread opposition by leaders of local churches who lambasted it as a “premeditated attack on the Christians in the Holy Land”.

The scheme was met with fierce criticism. Leading church officials and rights groups had characterised the plan as a power grab and a threat to the Christian presence in the Holy Land.

Christians have also highlighted the ties between the INPA and nationalist groups that are working to increase the presence of settlers in occupied Jerusalem areas, including the flashpoint neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah.

Church leaders in Jerusalem said in a letter that the plan seems to have been “put forward and is being orchestrated, advanced and promoted by entities whose apparent sole purpose is to confiscate and nationalise one of the holiest sites to Christianity and alter its nature”.

“This is a brutal measure that constitutes a direct and premeditated attack on the Christians in the Holy Land, on the churches, and on their ancient, internationally guaranteed rights in the Holy City,” they added.

“Under the guise of protecting green spaces, the plan appears to serve an ideological agenda that denies the status and rights of Christians in Jerusalem.”

Left-leaning Israeli NGOs Bimkom, Emek Shaveh, Ir Amim, and Peace Now also criticised the plan saying that there is a “direct link” between Israeli efforts to expel Palestinians from the flashpoint East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah and the parks expansion plan.

“We object to the cynical misuse of heritage and environment protection as a tool by Israeli authorities for justifying settlement expansion, for re-shaping the historical narrative, and for determining ownership over the historical basin,” they said.

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