“Israel” Intensifies Judaization, Settlers Raze more of WB Land

By Staff, Agencies 

As part of the continuous “Israeli” settlers brutality against Palestinians, they razed a historic neighborhood near Ibrahimi Mosque in the occupied West Bank city of Al-Khalil.

This comes as the apartheid entity presses ahead with its plans to Judaize the Old City of Al-Khalil.

Palestine’s official Wafa news agency, citing a local source, reported on Monday that the illegal settlers, accompanied by “Israeli” soldiers, bulldozed 400 square meters of land near Ibrahimi Mosque, also called the Cave of the Patriarchs.

Tawfik Jahshan, head of the legal department of the Al-Khalil Reconstruction Committee, said the Old City of Al-Khalil is a cultural and natural heritage site of rare and exceptional value, which requires preservation and protection.

He called on the international community and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization [UNESCO] member states to assume their responsibilities towards the “Israeli” regime’s ongoing violations against Palestinians, stressing the need to take effective measures and protect the intellectual and cultural heritage of Palestine.
“This is a dangerous precedent in the history of Al-Quds,” the Palestinian Supreme Fatwa Council has warned.

In parallel, he appealed to the Muslim community to promptly intervene in order "to stop this destruction and this escalation and dangerous practices by the occupation and its settlers aimed at seizing the Palestinian land and altering its history and culture."

Separately on Monday, “Israeli” forces detained 17 Palestinians, including two injured teens, from various parts of the occupied West Bank as “Israel” steps up its campaign of mass arrests in the occupied territory.