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Herald Correspondent
The Palestinian Embassy in Harare has condemned the ongoing violations, crimes of occupation, ethnic cleansing and forced displacement of Palestinians from their homes by Israel.
It said the situation was part of a frantic Israeli apartheid campaign to steal the neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem.
In a statement yesterday, Palestinian Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Tamer Almassri, said the situation was worrying in the Sheikh Jarrah.
“The Israeli apartheid forces have closed the western entrance to the neighbourhood with iron mounds and have expelled Palestinians, Israelis, and international activists from the vicinity of the home of the Salem family, which is threatened with imminent expulsion in yet another State-sanctioned settler attacks,” he said.
“This is in addition to the colonial projects that aim to demolish thousands of Palestinian homes in Jerusalem, as is the case in Silwan, and more settlement units that lead to changing the features and identity of the city.
“The operations of Israelisation and Judaisation of Jerusalem are null and illegitimate and constitute a flagrant violation of international law. We hold the Israeli government fully and directly responsible for its consequences and its dangerous repercussions.”
Ambassador Almassri urged the international community to address the crisis, saying urgent action was needed to save Palestinian families from further dispossession and forced displacement by the illegal occupation.
“This must start now with accountability measures for Israel’s blatant schemes to drive Palestinians from their homes and land, in grave breach of international law,” he said.
“We affirm that international positions are inconsistent with the suffering and pain of our people and their successive generations as a result of the continuation of occupation, settlements expansion, daily repression or abuse, which requires an international legal, moral and humanitarian awakening to take the necessary measures to end the historical injustice that has befallen our people.”
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