Hamas denounces Israeli plan to build park on Palestinian land in OJ

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Hamas denounced the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) for planning to build a public park on Palestinian land east of occupied Jerusalem between Tur and Aisawiya towns.Hamas strongly condemned in a press release on Tuesday the IOA for robbing Palestinian land and demolishing Palestinian homes in occupied Jerusalem to serve its settlement schemes.It described the IOA act as a flagrant violation of the international law and a racist practice targeting the Palestinian presence in the holy city.The IOA policy of demolishing houses and stealing land would only boost the Palestinian people’s insistence on their rights and constants, the movement underlined.Hamas concluded by calling on the Islamic cooperation organization and human rights groups to stand up to such “Zionist policy”, and to check the IOA criminal practices against the Palestinian people and land.Hebrew daily Ha’aretz said that the organization and construction committee in the Jerusalem municipality had decided to build the park on an area of 734 dunums of land mostly owned by Palestinian citizens./129