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A Palestinian authority said on Wednesday that the Israeli demolitions targeting Palestinian facilities in the neighborhood Wadi Al-Jouz In Jerusalem It has political purposes, not economic goals, as the occupation promotes.
The Islamic Christian Organization for the Support of Jerusalem and the Holy Sanctities warned in a statement, received by Al Jazeera Net, of the accelerating pace of occupation bulldozers demolishing commercial establishments in the neighborhood to implement the “Silicon Valley” plan on the ruins of the neighborhood.
She said, “Contrary to what the occupation claims that this project aims to develop East Jerusalem and create job opportunities, the occupation is trying Through this project Achieving political goals, which are to consecrate the city of Jerusalem, with its west and east, an interconnected city that is difficult to separate, or to demand Palestinian sovereignty over East Jerusalem as the capital of the Palestinian state.
She added that the project aims to change the historical landmarks in the heart of the Holy City, Judaize the neighborhood, and create a settlement reality that prevents the city from being redivided and geographically integrated with West Jerusalem.
She said that the neighborhood witnessed the fifth demolition operation carried out by the Israeli municipality yesterday, in addition to the renewal of demolition orders for 11 other commercial facilities in the neighborhood.
She continued, “This project constitutes a flagrant violation of international law and international legitimacy resolutions that prohibit Israel, the occupying power, from carrying out any actions that lead to changing the status of the city of Jerusalem.”
The Commission called on “the United Nations and UNESCO to intervene to stop these Israeli violations and its measures aimed at Judaizing the city of Jerusalem and obliging the occupation to comply with the resolutions of international legitimacy.”
Yesterday, Tuesday, Israeli vehicles demolished a commercial facility “for selling and bottling medical oxygen” in the Wadi al-Jouz neighborhood, according to what the Jerusalem Governorate announced.
The governorate stated that the facility is located in the industrial zone, and was demolished in favor of implementing the “Silicon Valley” project, which threatens to demolish industrial and commercial facilities with the aim of building a technology zone, “hi-tech companies,” hotels, and commercial spaces, at the expense of the lives of citizens in the area.
In conjunction with the war of genocide against Gaza, the occupation escalated its measures in Jerusalem and carried out 342 demolition operations in the city and its neighborhoods and villages, according to the governorate’s documentation.
