"Israeli authorities try to change Holy places in Jerusalem," Islamic Commission states

The Islamic Supreme Commission in Jerusalem called on, yesterday, the Israeli authorities to immediately stop their unjust attacks against Islamic places in Palestine.

The Commission warned in a press statement yesterday, that the changes by the Israeli government, which would change the features of Jerusalem in general, the Yusufiya cemetery area and Bab al-Rahma cemetery, in addition to the Umayyad palaces in particular, are trying to manipulate Jerusalem and its Arab features, giving it Jewish features.

Last Sunday, the Israeli authorities in Jerusalem demolished the stairs leading to Al-Asbat Gate, which leads to Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Moreover, Israeli authorities order series of demolishing the homes and facilities of Palestinian peopl, violated by bulldozers and the criminal Israeli mechanisms, which finishes demolishing a house until it begins to demolish another.

From the other hand, the so-called "Committee for Supervising Settlement Construction" of the Israeli government had revealed that it would start building settlement units under Plan 23185 /A, within weeks.

The new settlement project would completely close the eastern are of Jerusalem, and restrict the areas (Anata, al-Tur, and Hizma), thus depriving it of any future expansion towards the east.

Source : Safa