Palestinians Denounce Israel Bill To Legalise Settler Homes
Sumaira FH Published November 14, 2016 | 05:15 PM
(APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 14th Nov, 2016 ) - Palestinian leaders on Monday denounced an Israeli bill to legalise several thousand Jewish homes in the occupied West Bank, vowing to take up the issue at the UN Security Council.
They also sharply criticised a separate bill that would limit the volume of calls to prayers at mosques in Israel and Jerusalem, a measure government watchdogs have called a threat to freedom of religion and an unnecessary provocation.
A committee of Israeli ministers adopted the two bills on Sunday, though they must still be approved by parliament. The settler bill had been pushed forward by education Minister Naftali Bennett of the hardline Jewish Home party.
Bennett last week called for an end to the idea of a Palestinian state after Donald's Trump's election win in the United States.
"The recent Israeli measures are going to lead to catastrophe in the region," said Nabil Abu Rudeina, spokesman for Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas.
"The Palestinian leadership will turn to the UN Security Council and all other international organisations to stop those Israeli measures." Palestinian foreign minister Riad al-Malki accused the Israeli government of seeking to "impose facts on the ground and create new realities by legalising the illegal actions that it commits." The bill to legalise Israeli homes in the West Bank was pushed through the committee despite opposition from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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