Morocco renews firm condemnation of Israeli practices meant to Judaize the city of Al Quds

Geneva, March 18, 2013 (MAP)

Morocco, whose king HM Hassan II chairs Al Quds Commmittee, renewed its firm condemnation of Israeli authorities who persist to breach international law by judaizing the holy city of Al Quds, said on Monday in Geneva Morocco’s permanent representative at UN office in Geneva, Omar Hilale.

Morocco also denounced Israel’s unilateral and illegal measures meant to alter the city’s Islamic features and desecrate Muslim and Christian holy sites, particularly the destruction of Waqf property in Al Maghariba district, stated the diplomat during the interactive debate that followed the presentation of the UN fact-finding commission on Israeli settlements in the Palestinian occupied territories and other Arab occupied land.

The report findings confirm the reality of Israel’s expansionist, blatant and systematic practices that target all of the Palestinian territories and particularly the city of Al Quds Asharif, said Hilale who recalled that Morocco has been repeatedly denouncing and drawing the international community attention on the dangers of these practices.

Morocco has also been calling for action to preserve the cultural and historical identity of this city that is sacred for all celestial religions, he went on.

Noting that the report mentions the extent and acuteness of the hostile practices conducted widely and at various levels, the Moroccan diplomat also shared the commission members’ concerns regarding the political ends of these endeavours meant to alter the holy city, by wiping out its cultural legacy and changing the municipality borders.

The fact-finding commission has also noted that the city is targeted by the building of settlements and infrastructures around it to prevent any social and economic links with the rest of the Palestinian society at a time settlements are being linked, he added.

Hilal stressed that Morocco takes notes of the dangerous excavations conducted in the city and its vicinity and the digging of a network of tunnels to inter-link the settlements around the city.