RAMALLAH, Palestine, Sept 3 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian Foreign Ministry said, continued Israeli settlement activities in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, reveal that the “U.S. peace efforts are fake.”
The ministry’s remarks came, against the backdrop of a new Israeli decision, to confiscate around 85 acres of land in East Jerusalem town of Shufat, to expand roads in a settlement named Ramat Shlomo.
The ministry condemned the U.S. administration’s support to the settlements, and accused Israel of attempting to evict Palestinians from the city of Jerusalem.
The Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of Wakf and Islamic Affairs, also slammed Israel’s demolition of a mosque under construction, in the south of Hebron, on Monday.
The ministry said that, “the demolition of a mosque under constitution is an assault on Islamic sites and on religious rights, which is considered a crime punishable under international law,” warning that, such assault are accompanied by settler assaults on religious sites, in both Hebron and East Jerusalem.
Earlier Monday, Israeli authorities demolished a 200-square-metre mosque under construction, in the south of Hebron city, without permit.
Israeli settlement activity is considered one of the thorniest issues that hindered peace talks between Palestinians and Israelis. It is one of the main issues of disagreement, since the stop of the peace talks in 2014.– NNN-WAFA
