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21-04-06, 18:58
Aqsa Khateeb condemns Olmert’s plans for Jerusalem
Apr 21, 2006, 20:31
Occupied Jerusalem – The Mufti of Jerusalem and Palestinian Sheikh Ekrema Sabri condemned statements made by the Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert regarding the future of Jerusalem. Olmert had said that he plans to increase Jewish presence in the city and decrease Arab presence.
The process Olmert is talking about had started back in 1967 by annexing Jerusalem and started settling Jewish extremists in and around it, at the same time they started making life for the Palestinian population in the city unbearable to cleanse it from its indigenous population. Olmert plans to expand Jerusalem to include Jewish settlements around the holy city while excluding Palestinian neighbourhoods.
Sheikh Sabri warned against the Zionist plans for the city during the Friday sermon at the Aqsa Mosque. He said that the Israelis fear that by 2020 Palestinians will constitute 44% of the population in Jerusalem and that they are trying to make that figure not exceed 25% by annexing Jewish settlements around the city and excluding Palestinian neighborhoods.”
He described Israeli measures in Jerusalem as illegal.
He also condemned the Israeli economic strangulation policies against the Palestinian people saying that: “We will not submit and we will not surrender and we will not starve, God willing”
He also condemned the Israeli measures against the Palestinian MPs and ministers and urged the Muslims allover the world to support their brothers in Palestine.
© Copyright 2003 by palestine-info.co.uk
Apr 21, 2006, 20:31
Occupied Jerusalem – The Mufti of Jerusalem and Palestinian Sheikh Ekrema Sabri condemned statements made by the Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert regarding the future of Jerusalem. Olmert had said that he plans to increase Jewish presence in the city and decrease Arab presence.
The process Olmert is talking about had started back in 1967 by annexing Jerusalem and started settling Jewish extremists in and around it, at the same time they started making life for the Palestinian population in the city unbearable to cleanse it from its indigenous population. Olmert plans to expand Jerusalem to include Jewish settlements around the holy city while excluding Palestinian neighbourhoods.
Sheikh Sabri warned against the Zionist plans for the city during the Friday sermon at the Aqsa Mosque. He said that the Israelis fear that by 2020 Palestinians will constitute 44% of the population in Jerusalem and that they are trying to make that figure not exceed 25% by annexing Jewish settlements around the city and excluding Palestinian neighborhoods.”
He described Israeli measures in Jerusalem as illegal.
He also condemned the Israeli economic strangulation policies against the Palestinian people saying that: “We will not submit and we will not surrender and we will not starve, God willing”
He also condemned the Israeli measures against the Palestinian MPs and ministers and urged the Muslims allover the world to support their brothers in Palestine.
© Copyright 2003 by palestine-info.co.uk