Jerusalem – Top Palestinain negotiator Saeb Erekat condemned Israel for holding its weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday in the Western Wall tunnels, an archaeological site in the Old City.
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Government ministers convened their cabinet meeting in the Western Wall tunnels to mark 50 years since the IDF captured the site during the Six-Day War. At the meeting, the ministers announced a five-year development plan for Jerusalem.
“The Israeli Government has decided to mark 50 years occupation, and the beginning of the Holy Month of Ramadan, by sending a clear message to the Palestinian people that the systematic violations of their inalienable rights are going to continue,” Erekat said.
Israel considers all of Jerusalem including the Western Wall tunnels to be under its sovereignty.
The Palestinian leadership holds that the tunnels are a part of its territory. Both sides have negotiated the status of the site in previous negotiations.
Erekat also called on countries, which he said are allowing Israel to undertake “illegal actions,” to hold it accountable. “It is no longer acceptable that after 50 years of the Israeli occupation, for countries to claim to support the two-state solution while giving assurances to Israel that there will be no consequences for its illegal actions,” he remarked, without naming the said countries.
Palestinians are the only ones allowed in tunnels.
Meeting in tunnels? That seems strange.
This is coming from our wonderful democratically elected NATO ally that always has our best interest in mind . But Putin no he is a brutal evil Soviet kgb dictator .
#4 Actually, I mentioned to my wife. She has been there. Once I retire from here, I shall surely let her drag me. (All those Saudi visas should cause excitement.)
There was a war , they lost.To the victor belongs the spoils.This territory was held by jordan there was never a state called palestine SO why are they always thinking that they are the owners when they aren’t.