Occupied al-Quds- Saba:
Al-Quds governorate considered the opening of a settlement "sports club" in Ras al-Amud neighborhood of Silwan, south of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, a flagrant violation of international law and international legitimacy resolutions, most notably Security Council Resolution 2334 of 2016, which affirms the illegality of settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East al-Quds.
The governorate said in a statement Sunday evening that the so-called "sports club" is in fact an integral part of a broad settlement Judaization plan aimed at displacing Maqdeseyans from their lands and neighborhoods, as part of the "Greater Jerusalem / al-Quds" project aimed at changing the demographic and geographic character of the occupied city.
It added: "The construction of this club within the Ma'ale HaZeitim settlement, which was forcibly established on Palestinian land in Ras al-Amud, is a practical embodiment of the policy of imposing facts on the ground and completing the settlement ring around the Old City and the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque."
The governorate emphasized that the pretexts advanced by the enemy regarding "providing a recreational environment for all residents of Jerusalem" are misleading and unacceptable.
Past and current experiences have proven that such facilities, built on occupied Palestinian land, are the exclusive domain of Jewish settlers, and Palestinian Jerusalemites are not permitted to enter or benefit from them, deepening the policies of apartheid and systematic ethnic discrimination against the city's indigenous residents.
Al-Quds governorate recalled the enemy's targeting of the town of Silwan, as it is the southern flank of the blessed al-Aqsa Mosque, which has been subjected to an unprecedented settlement offensive for years.
It emphasized that this new project is merely a link in a series of attempts to Judaize the city and erase its Palestinian, Arab, and Islamic identity, a claim rejected by the Palestinian people in all its components and will not be accepted under any circumstances.
The governorate warned that international silence regarding these ongoing violations encourages the enemy to persist in its policies. It called on the international community, United Nations agencies, and human rights organizations to assume their legal and moral responsibilities, take urgent action to halt this illegal project, and hold the enemy accountable for its crimes against the city of Jerusalem and its residents.
The municipality had previously announced the imminent opening of a settler "sports club" in the Ras al-Amud neighborhood of the town of Silwan, south of the blessed al-Aqsa Mosque.
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