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Press statement issued by the Jerusalem Governorate
Jerusalem Governorate: The extremist Israeli occupation government continues to carry out its heinous massacres against Palestinian homes in Jerusalem, in conjunction with a visit by the US Secretary of State to the region, and the policy of Netanyahu and his government will drag the region into the abyss, and we call on the international community to intervene immediately to stop the massacre of house demolitions before it is too late, and to provide international protection for Jerusalemites .
Jerusalem – The Jerusalem Governorate called on the international community to intervene immediately to stop the massacres of demolition and displacement that are committed daily in the occupied city, which was announced and personally supervised by the extremist minister, “Itamar Ben Gvir,” the minister of what is known as the Israeli national security.
The governorate said in a statement issued this afternoon: “The Netanyahu government receives the visit of the US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, with massacres of demolition and displacement, and the enactment of laws and legislation that contravene international covenants and norms against Jerusalem and its suburbs and Jerusalemites in full view of the world, in a flagrant defiance of the international community and its decisions and covenants issued by United nations.
In its statement, the governorate called on the international community and its international and humanitarian organizations to provide international protection for our people in occupied Jerusalem, explaining: “Their lives, children, and homes are threatened at every moment with killing, displacement, and demolition, and they are on the increase in light of the racist policy of the Netanyahu-Ben Gvir government, which the community must The need to provide them with international protection under international supervision.
The governorate stated in its statement that Resolution 2334 issued by the United Nations in 2016 “explicitly condemns the construction and expansion of settlements; the confiscation of lands; the demolition of homes and the displacement of Palestinian civilians in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem.” However, the successive and current governments of Israel They consider themselves above international law and do not care about any decisions issued by the international community, and that the international community’s failure to take action against the crimes of the occupation has made it persist in killing, demolishing and displacing us.
In its statement, the governorate called on the International Criminal Court and the rest of the international legal bodies and institutions to consider all the killings, demolitions and displacements that are taking place in Jerusalem as war crimes, and to demand that the occupation leaders be brought to fair and impartial international trials.
The governorate concluded its statement with greetings of pride and admiration for our people in the capital, the best soldiers of the land, guardians of the trust and custodians of its sanctities, calling for more unity, close ranks, and facing our destinies with all valor and vigor, having mercy on the souls of our martyrs, wishing recovery for our wounded and our prisoners with freedom, and for our people victory and independence.
