Cairo: Arab Parliament condemned on Monday the attempts of the Israeli government to escalate settlement in the West Bank and Jerusalem City, considering such practices a flagrant challenge for the laws of the international community.
In a statement, Arab Parliament warned against the menace of these Israeli practices that portend for further cycles of violence and blow up of the situations in the region, calling on the United Nations and the international community to immediately and urgently act to halt the settlement plots of the Israeli government, specially the settlement escalation in the Jerusalem City, which represent an attempt to alter the geographical and historic landmarks of the city, with the objective of Judaizing them, along with the persistent violations against the sanctity of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque.
The Arab Parliament called on the international community to give up the silence and act to counter these racist crimes, in addition to activating the mechanisms of the international law and the international humanitarian law, holding the perpetrators of these crimes responsible in pursuit of achieving justice and equity for the Palestinian people who are subject to all war crimes and crimes against humanity, whose lands are confiscated and demolished by force.
It also stressed on the importance of coercing the existing occupation force to comply with the international peace through engagement in the peace process and real negotiations that lead to a specified time frame to end the occupation based on the international peace references, Arab peace initiative and United Nations resolutions.
