Israeli measures judaizing East Jerusalem
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 5/15/2007

The Arab Parliament denounced the Israeli approval on building 20, 000 housing units in the occupied East Jerusalem.

Speaker of the Arab Parliament, Mohammed al-Saqer, said in a statement last night, that such plan aborts the Arab efforts for achieving peace and stability in the region.

Al-Saqer added that in the time the Arab Summit, in Riyadh, presented the Arab Initiative, the Israelis approve a plan to abort it.

Speaker of the Arab Parliament asserted that the Israeli procedures in the occupied Palestinian Territory, including the building of the Apartheid Wall, contradicts the fourth Geneva Convention and the international human law.

The Israelis approved a plan on building new neighborhood consists of 20, 000 housing units, the matter will isolate Jerusalem from all Palestinian cities, including Ramallah, Bethlehem, and Jericho.

Egypt's Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul-Gheit yesterday denounced Israel's reported plan to transfer government offices to East Jerusalem (Al-Quds).

Reports indicated that Israel was planning to move most of the government departments to the Holy City as part of preparations for celebrating the 40th anniversary for unifying the two parts of Al-Quds, which is in fact the date of the occupation of East Jerusalem.

Abul-Gheit, in a released statement, said such reports, that coincide with the announcement of other plans for constructing thousands of residential units in Al-Quds, come in contradiction with the content of a recent meeting that grouped the foreign ministers of Egypt, Jordan and Israel.

Abul-Gheit explained unshakable inalienable Arab and Egyptian stance on Al-Quds being part and parcel of the Palestinian territories that were occupied in 1967.

He also renewed Egypt's categorical rejection of any Israeli settlement projects in Al-Quds. He highlighted the importance of explaining to the international community the religious, cultural and national dimensions of the Holy City in a bid to stop any attempts to obliterate its Arab character.

He pointed out that the foreign ministerial meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, set for Islamabad today, furnishes an opportunity for discussing the issue and affirm the Arab and Islamic countries stance on Al-Quds.

Abul-Gheit will send messages to the UN Chief, Arab league Secretary General and the OIC and NAM chairman to intensify political and diplomatic action behind the issue of Al-Quds.

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