Netanyahu: Israel ‘rejects’ pressure not to build Jerusalem | Benjamin Netanyahu News

Israel “firmly rejects” pressure not to build Jerusalem, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in the following days they have condemned unrest and growing international condemnation planned releases Palestinians in urban homes claimed by illegal Jewish settlers.

Netanyahu’s comments came on Sunday as the Israeli justice ministry said the case of Palestinian residents in the occupied Sheikh Jarrah district of East Jerusalem was being delayed from hearing Monday’s key.

“In all situations and considering the request of the Attorney General, tomorrow, May 10, 2021, the regular hearing [is] it has been canceled, ”he said in a statement, adding that he will hold a new hearing within 30 days.

Tensions around the Sheikh Jarrah district have sparked daily clashes in recent days.

Washington said Saturday it was “very concerned” and wanted to “bring the authorities closer to the residents … with compassion and respect.”

East Jerusalem is among the territories that Palestinians seek to achieve a future state. Negotiations with the US-backed state stopped Israel in 2014. Israel considers Jerusalem as its capital – a status that is not recognized abroad.

“We strongly reject the pressure not to build in Jerusalem. I feel that pressure has been on the rise, ”Netanyahu said in a televised speech ahead of national memories of Israel taking over East Jerusalem in the 1967 war.

“I also tell our best friend: Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and just as each nation builds its own capital and builds its own capital, so do we have the right to build Jerusalem and build Jerusalem. That is what we have done and will continue to do,” Netanyahu said. .

Palestinian doctors say at least 90 people were injured Saturday after Israeli police crack About Palestinian protesters in the occupied Old Town in East Jerusalem.

The crackdown came as about 90,000 Muslim worshipers prayed at the nearby Al-Aqsa mosque, the most sacred prayer in Islam on the holy night of Laylat al-Qadr – or the Night of Fate – in the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.

The violence came after Israeli forces the Al-Aqsa mosque was attacked and injured more than 200 Palestinians on Friday night. Israeli forces say 17 of their officers have been wounded in the past two days.

Netanyahu said Israel supports freedom of worship but “we will not allow any extreme elements to disturb the peace in Jerusalem … We will not accept unrest.”

Israeli journalist and author Akiva Eldar told Al Jazeera, “We have no light at the end of the tunnel because there is no tunnel, because there is no peace process.”

“East Jerusalem is occupied, there is no Israeli sovereignty in East Jerusalem, it is not accepted by the international community, so we are sitting on a volcano.”

Also, the Israeli police on Sunday kicked off the annual Jerusalem Day parade, a display of flags of Israeli protests in the city.

On Monday, about 30,000 Jewish settlers will take part in a march in support of the Damascus Gate in the Old Town.

Amos Gilad, a former senior military official, told Army Radio that the parade should be canceled or routed through the Damascus Gate in the Old Town, saying “the ashtray is burning and could explode at any time.”

Monday’s parade is usually attended by fierce Israeli nationalists and is perceived as provocative.

Pope Francis called for an end to the violence in Jerusalem, saying it was concerned about the events and urging parties to seek solutions to respect the cultural identity of the Holy City.

“Violence creates violence, stop clashes,” the pope told pilgrims who gathered in St. Peter’s Square in Rome on Sunday.