Saturday, December 24, 2011

Official Condemns Statement by Israeli Mayor of Jerusalem

Palestine News & Info Agency - WAFA
JERUSALEM, December 24, 2011 (WAFA) - Ahmad Rwaidy, an advisor on Jerusalem affairs in the office of President Mahmoud Abbas, Saturday condemned statements by West Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat who called for ceding municipal control over some Arab neighborhoods in East Jerusalem.

Rwaidy told WAFA that Barkat’s “racist and political” statements aim to cancel residency in Jerusalem for tens of thousands of Palestinians living within the municipality border, and therefore decrease Palestinian presence in Jerusalem by 15%.

He condemned an Israeli plan, known as E1, to build a settlement linking Ma’aleh Adumim settlement to Jerusalem, which will effectively separate the north of the West Bank from the south, as well as isolate Jerusalem from its Arab surroundings with a ring of settlements.

Israel already started infrastructure preparations to implement E1 project and plans to expel Jahaleen Arab Bedouins who live in the area to start the construction.

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