Occupied Jerusalem - SANA
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas affirmed that the Israeli Judaization plans targeting occupied Jerusalem have not and will not be able to falsify the city's history and obliterate its cultural features.
Abbas indicated, according to what was reported by Wafa Agency during his presidency of the cabinet session today in Ramallah, that the steadfastness of the Palestinian people in the neighborhoods of Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan and other areas of Jerusalem in the face of the occupation that is trying to seize Palestinian property and displace Jerusalemites in favor of the conversion plans has proven once again the ability of this people. To challenge the occupation and impose the Palestinian will.
Abbas said: In the face of this Palestinian steadfastness, we will not back down and we will not accept Palestinian elections without the participation of Jerusalem as a candidate and election inside the city because it is the political address of our national cause, as Jerusalem means Palestine, and without it there will be no Palestine.
Abbas explained that preserving Jerusalem and defending Islamic and Christian sanctities are the most prominent title of the Palestinian national project, stressing that Jerusalem is the eternal capital of the State of Palestine.
