Aggression, Settlement, and Imposing the Demographics of Occupation

The Israeli occupation authorities' permission for extremist settlers to bring in biblical Jewish "prayer leaves" during their incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque, in an attempt to violate the sanctity of Al-Aqsa Mosque and change the existing reality there since the occupation of Jerusalem in 1967, and this escalation comes at a time when the occupation authorities are tightening the noose on worshippers and guards of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, through arrests and issuing expulsion orders, in implementation of their extremist plans and policies towards it, in a desperate attempt to empty it of its defenders, in parallel with allowing extremist settlers to desecrate it under the protection of the occupation army and police, which constitutes a blatant provocation to the feelings of Muslims worldwide, and that the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque is a place of worship for Muslims, and the Islamic Endowments Department in Jerusalem is responsible for managing its affairs.
 
The continuation of the occupation's projects around the city of Jerusalem has become a serious danger and a dangerous escalation in the pace of colonial projects around occupied Jerusalem, following the implementation of Road (45), known as the "Quarries Road" north of the new Jerusalem, which connects the settlements north of the city and east of Ramallah with the colonial roads (443), (Atarot), and (Begin), and is built on about 280 dunams of Jerusalem Governorate lands, in addition to the "development" of colonial Road (437) extending from the Hizma checkpoint to the Jaba' roundabout and the beginning of Road (60), which completely changes the geography of the Jerusalem area.
 
These projects are not merely infrastructure development, but rather come within a comprehensive colonial strategy aimed at strengthening the network of settlements and imposing full control over Jerusalem and its surroundings, within what is described as the accelerating colonial creep from planning to implementation, as the occupation government exploits the current regional conditions, including the repercussions of the war of extermination on the Gaza Strip, to accelerate the pace of colonial expansion and impose new realities on the ground.
The fierce colonial attack against all Palestinian cities, villages, and refugee camps, and the settlers' thuggery and attacks on unarmed citizens, in addition to their destruction of Palestinian property and setting fire to the homes of unarmed citizens, all within the context of the new occupation plan aimed at annexing the West Bank and entrenching the occupation, and that the occupation policies aim to isolate Jerusalem from its Palestinian surroundings, and transform Jerusalemite towns into isolated and fragmented islands, in contrast to facilitating the movement of settlers and encouraging them to settle in the settlements through a network of fast and safe roads for them.
 
The occupation continues its aggression against the Ibrahimi Mosque and emptying it of its custodians and worshippers, and that is a heinous crime that leads to depriving Muslim worshippers of performing their religious rituals in this historical mosque, in exchange for leaving it open to settlers to perform their religious rituals, and that these arbitrary measures carry serious dimensions, and come within the context of implementing the plan to impose Israeli sovereignty over it amidst suspicious Arab, Islamic, and international silence, and that the Ibrahimi Mosque, like the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, belongs to Muslims alone, given that heavenly religions forbid harming holy places designated for worship, and emphasize their sanctity, however, the occupation authorities deny that, and by these practices, they violate the right to freedom of worship called for by heavenly laws and guaranteed by international laws and norms.
 
The cancer of settlement is spreading at the expense of Palestinian lands and their legitimate owners, in an attempt to impose new demographics, control and exploit Palestinian natural resources, and deprive the Palestinian people of benefiting from their property and the riches of their country, and to pressure them to force them to leave their homes and land, in implementation of a plan aimed at displacing Palestinians and emptying Palestinian land for the benefit of extremist settlers.