Morocco strongly condemns Israel's decision to build new settlement in occupied East Jerusalem

Morocco strongly condemns Israel's decision to build new settlement in occupied East Jerusalem
Saturday 9 December 2023 - 15:00

The Kingdom of Morocco strongly condemned the Israeli authorities’ permission to organize a provocative march by Zionist extremists in the Old City of Jerusalem, and its approval of the construction of a new settlement in occupied East Jerusalem.

An official source at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed “the Kingdom of Morocco’s strong condemnation of these practices, which aim to attempt to change the legal and historical status of the Islamic and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem and the Holy Al-Aqsa Mosque.”

The same source confirmed, in a statement to Hespress, that the Kingdom of Morocco, whose King Mohammed VI chairs the Al-Quds Committee, considers the approval of the construction of a new settlement neighborhood in East Jerusalem a blatant violation of international resolutions and Security Council resolutions’ legitimacy, especially Resolution 2334, which affirms the illegitimacy of Israeli settlement. In the occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem.

“The Kingdom of Morocco affirms its categorical rejection of all unilateral measures that aim to undermine the historical and legal status of the occupied Palestinian territories, and affirms that unilateral practices undermine all efforts aimed at reviving the peace process, and leading to a just, comprehensive and lasting solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, in accordance with the two-state solution,” stated the diplomatic source.

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