AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, head of the Higher Islamic Council in Occupiedal-Quds (Jerusalem), has said that the Israeli occupation state pursues “a scorched earth and ethnic cleansing policy” against the Jerusalemites in the holy city through displacing them from their homes.
Talking in particular about Israel’s new plan to evacuate Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood next month from its local residents, Sheikh Sabri affirmed that the Sheikh Jarrah residents would defend their right to their homes through documents backing their position.
“The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) and its courts have no right to evacuate the homes of Sheikh Jarrah,” he said.
“The occupation does not follow fair laws, and it avoids delving into the issue of the land ownership because the settlers are unable to prove their ownership of the area,” the Jerusalemite official added.
He accused the IOA of manipulating its laws to lay its hands over large areas of al-Quds (Jerusalem) in order to completely Judaize it and change its demographic status quo.
He appealed to the international community and its human rights institutions to necessarily intervene to stop Israel from evacuating Sheikh Jarrah of its residents and put an end to its ethnic cleansing policy in al-Quds.
In May, Israel intends to carry out a mass displacement campaign in Sheikh Jarrah as a part of its systematic Judaization policy in the holy city. Accordingly, 25 families are at imminent risk of forced displacement.
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28 April 2021 - 09:49
News ID: 1135731
Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, head of the Higher Islamic Council in Occupiedal-Quds (Jerusalem), has said that the Israeli occupation state pursues “a scorched earth and ethnic cleansing policy” against the Jerusalemites in the holy city through displacing them from their homes.
