Brussels: Europe and the Arabs
The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Lynn Hastings, warned of the imminent danger of forced evacuation from the Old City of Jerusalem, and called for an end to this practice, noting that it is not in line with international law.
According to the United Nations Information Center, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said that the UN coordinator recently visited two elderly people who may soon face forced eviction from the house they have lived in since 1954.
According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, at least 970 Palestinians, including 424 children, in East Jerusalem are at risk of forced eviction due to cases brought before Israeli courts.
The Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, warned against the implementation of plans by the Israeli occupation government to build thousands of settlements in the occupied West Bank, pointing out that such plans undermine the two-state solution by grabbing the lands on which the Palestinian state should be based in the future.
Aboul Gheit called on the US administration to take a firm stand against the planned Israeli plans in defense of the two-state solution that Washington is promoting, stressing that settlements undermine peace and that it is not possible to talk about a settlement between the Palestinians and the Israelis, or about a regional peace in the region, while the Palestinian lands are being gnawed away every day.
Jamal Rushdi, spokesman for the Secretary-General, stated that there is information circulating in media platforms on the matter, and that the right-wing Israeli government is seeking an American green light to proceed with its plans. Aboul Gheit was quoted as saying that the Netanyahu government refuses to be a partner in a peaceful political process leading to a comprehensive settlement, and that its first and foremost concern is to satisfy the most extreme wings in the domestic political arena, and appease the settlement groups and religious nationalist currents.
Source: agencies