Occupied Jerusalem/PNN/
Since the first day of the holy month of Ramadan, the Israeli occupying authorities have been intensifying their restrictive and oppressive policies against the Palestinians in occupied Jerusalem as part of their continuous attempts to ultimately alter the Arab and Palestinian character of the city in defiance of international legitimacy. Such cruel acts are part and parcel of Israel’s illegal policies and practices, mainly it’s colonial- settlement expansion, home demolitions, and forced evictions of Palestinian families, including in Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan, in addition to its current denial for Palestinians in Jerusalem from running as candidates or participating in the upcoming Palestinian elections.
Latest Libel: Dancing, Drunk Jews At Entrance of Al Aqsa Mosque
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The following video – supposedly of Jewish revellers desecrating Al Aqsa Mosque by dancing and drinking alcohol up there – is being disseminated by anti-Israel social media accounts.
Given the sanctity of Al-Aqsa Mosque, alcohol drinks are surely not allowed around, but these two Israeli settlers were seen dancing with a bottle of wine at the entrance of Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound today. pic.twitter.com/OeDJdapOA6
Watch the extremist occupying Zionists provoke Palestinian Muslims in front of one of the doors of Al-Aqsa Mosque … #Jerusalem#Palestine#PLM#BDS#icc4israelpic.twitter.com/GEyqu102eP
Report by Negotiations Affairs Department/ Ramallah/
From Jericho, the oldest city still inhabited, to the first place of religious pilgrimage in Jerusalem, Palestine’s geography has many of the world’s richest archeological sites. Palestine’s historical and cultural heritage is a source of national pride that has molded the country’s national, cultural, social, and economic identity. The Israeli occupation does not only deny Palestine’s cultural potential and other resources but has weaponized archeology as a political tool to normalize its occupation, annexation plans, looting of artifacts, and an extremist Zionist religious-fundamentalist and historically erroneous narrative.
The State of Palestine recognizes around 7,000 archeological sites in its territory[2], of which over half are located in areas under full Israeli control[3]. This includes over 200 sites taken over by illegal colonial-settlements and other 1,000 sites either damaged or destroyed due to Israel�