Palestinian Judge: Israel is planning to Judaize Jerusalem

Palestinian Supreme Judge Taysir al-Tamimi spoke of an Israeli "scheme adopted by Israel's Premier Ariel Sharon to judaize Jerusalem and to expand settlement in the occupied Palestinian lands", saying "Sharon persists on partitioning the Palestinian territories."

In a statement on the sidelines of the 17th Conference of the Islamic Affairs' Higher Council Tuesday, Tamimi said "the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza Strip should synchronize with other withdrawals from the West Bank." He also pointed out that Sharon gave green light to expand settlements in the West Bank and Jerusalem when he issued his decision to withdraw from Gaza.