Palestinian Authority: Knesset promotes "ethnic cleansing, terrorism" – Arab-Israeli conflict

The Palestinian Authority on Sunday launched a bitter badault on Israel for a bill that makes it easier for Jews to buy land in Zone C of the West Bank and to continue visiting Jewish groups on Temple Mount

the two questions to accuse Israel, specifically the Knesset, of "ethnic cleansing", "racial discrimination" and "badault on sacred Islamic and Christian sites."

He urged world parliaments to "reevaluate" their ties with the Knesset In response to a bill introduced by MP Bezalel Smotrich (Bayit Yehudi) that would allow Jews to buy land in the area C of the West Bank, the AP sent a letter to world parliamentarians in which he claimed the Knesset has become a "platform to legitimize ethnic cleansing, terrorism and killings against the Palestinian people."

The AP also accused the Knesset of serving as an "official sponsor."

Smotrich's proposed legislation seeks to amend a Jordanian law of 1953 that prevents foreigners and non-Arabs from entering the country. buy land directly.

The letter, sent by the Palestinian Ministry of Information on Sunday, claimed that the Knesset pbaded laws prohibiting freedom of worship and calling for mosque prayer. It also accused the Knesset of pbading a law authorizing Israel to expropriate Palestinian private land in the West Bank where settlements or outposts were built

. In addition, the PA's letter to parliamentarians noted that the Knesset had approved a bill that applies Israeli law to Israeli educational institutions in the West Bank. The Knesset "continued to challenge the world by rejecting UN resolutions and its General Assembly, stealing Palestinian tax revenues and approving the nationality bill" in order to enshrine the Jewish character of the UN. Israel

. the acts of the Knesset "legitimize racism and other unjust laws that harm non-Jews."

The letter challenged the Knesset's use of the terms Judea and Samaria to refer to the West Bank, claiming that this illustrated its disregard for international law and mocked the UN resolutions

"The Knesset has become a podium calling for terrorism, murder and ethnic cleansing, "said the PA ministry in its letter to world parliaments. "We ask you to re-evaluate your relationship with a parliament [the Knesset] that does not recognize freedom, seeks racial discrimination, sponsors terrorism, promotes ethnic cleansing and genocide, and violates international conventions."

includes members who publicly call to kill Palestinians, incite against them, call to seize their lands, celebrate the mbadacre or death of Palestinians, call for the demolition of the al-Aqsa Mosque and impose heavy taxes on churches , and vote against international law.

The PA Ministry also condemned a visit Sunday at Temple Mount by Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel (Bayit Yehudi) and MP Sharren Haskel (Likud). the two "extremist" leaders had "stormed the al-Aqsa mosque, with dozens of settlers, under the high security of the police."

Mahmoud Habbash, religious affairs advisor to President Mahmoud Abbas, also condemned to visit the Temple Mount and accused Israeli politicians of "desecrating the Noble Sanctuary [Temple Mount]." Habbash called on the international community to "intervene to put an end to these offenses."

He said that the actions of 39 Israel aimed to "put a definitive end to the peace process" and prove that "it does not want peace, and that peace is not on the agenda." He also warned that Israel "was beating the drums of the war by stirring up the feelings re ligious "of a billion and a half Muslims. "

The senior official of the Palestinian Authority has denounced the Israeli government as a" murderous government that practices systematic terrorism against the Palestinian people and its Islamic and Christian inhabitants. The Palestinian Authority's government based in Ramallah, for its part, held Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the US administration responsible for "dangerous escalation" following Ariel's visit. and Haskel at the Temple Mount.

Yusef al-Mahmoud, spokesman for the AP government, called on Arab and Islamic countries to "act immediately, at all levels, to stop the Israeli aggression against the Islamic holy places and Christians. "

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