{"id":45315,"date":"2021-05-09T16:24:41","date_gmt":"2021-05-09T16:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=45315"},"modified":"2021-05-09T16:24:41","modified_gmt":"2021-05-09T16:24:41","slug":"netanyahu-israel-rejects-pressure-not-to-build-in-jerusalem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=45315","title":{"rendered":"Netanyahu: Israel \u2018rejects\u2019 pressure not to build in Jerusalem"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Israel \u201cfirmly rejects\u201d pressure not to build in Jerusalem, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said following days of unrest and growing international condemnation of planned evictions<\/a> of Palestinians from homes in the city claimed by illegal Jewish settlers.<\/p>\n

Netanyahu\u2019s comments came on Sunday as Israel\u2019s justice ministry said it was delaying a key Monday hearing on the case of Palestinian residents of occupied East Jerusalem\u2019s Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn all the circumstances and in light of the attorney general\u2019s request, the regular hearing for tomorrow, May 10, 2021 [is] cancelled,\u201d it said in a statement, adding it would schedule a new hearing within 30 days.<\/p>\n

Tensions over the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood have stoked daily confrontations in recent days.<\/p>\n

Washington said on Saturday it was \u201cdeeply concerned\u201d and wanted \u201cauthorities to approach the residents \u2026 with compassion and respect\u201d.<\/p>\n

East Jerusalem is among territories that Palestinians seek for a future state. The US-sponsored statehood negotiations with Israel stalled in 2014. Israel deems of all Jerusalem its capital \u2013 a status not recognised abroad.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe firmly reject the pressure not to build in Jerusalem. To my regret, this pressure has been increasing of late,\u201d Netanyahu said during a televised address before national commemorations of the Israeli capture of East Jerusalem in a 1967 war.<\/p>\n

\u201cI say also to the best of our friends: Jerusalem is Israel\u2019s capital and just as every nation builds in its capital and builds up its capital, we also have the right to build in Jerusalem and to build up Jerusalem. That is what we have done and that is what we will continue to do,\u201d Netanyahu said.<\/p>\n

Palestinian medics said at least 90 people were injured on Saturday after the Israeli police cracked down<\/a> on Palestinian protesters outside the occupied East Jerusalem\u2019s Old City.<\/p>\n

The crackdown occurred as an estimated 90,000 Muslim worshippers prayed at the nearby Al-Aqsa Mosque on Islam\u2019s holy night of Laylat al-Qadr \u2013 or the Night of Destiny \u2013 the most sacred of prayers during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.<\/p>\n

The violence came after Israeli forces stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque<\/a> and injured more than 200 Palestinians on Friday night. Israeli forces said 17 of their officers were wounded over the past two days.<\/p>\n

Netanyahu said Israel allows freedom of worship but \u201cwe will not allow any extremist element to disturb the peace in Jerusalem \u2026 We will not allow violent unrest.\u201d<\/p>\n

Akiva Eldar, an Israeli journalist and author, told Al Jazeera:\u00a0\u201cWe don\u2019t have a light at the end of the tunnel because there is no tunnel because there is no peace process.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEast Jerusalem is occupied, it\u2019s not Israeli sovereignty in East Jerusalem, it hasn\u2019t been recognised by the international community so we are sitting on a volcano.\u201d<\/p>\n

Separately, the Israeli police on Sunday gave the go-ahead for the holding of the annual Jerusalem Day parade, a flag-waving display of Israeli claims to all of the city.<\/p>\n

About 30,000 Jewish settlers are expected to participate in a march towards Damascus Gate in the Old City on Monday.<\/p>\n

Amos Gilad, a former senior military official, told Army Radio the parade should be cancelled or rerouted away from the Old City\u2019s Damascus Gate, saying \u201cthe powder keg is burning and can explode at any time\u201d.<\/p>\n

Monday\u2019s parade is typically attended by hardline nationalist Israelis and is widely perceived as provocative.<\/p>\n

Pope Francis called for an end to violence in Jerusalem, saying he was following events there with concern and inviting parties to seek solutions in order to respect the multicultural identity of the Holy City.<\/p>\n

\u201cViolence breeds violence, stop the clashes,\u201d the pope told pilgrims who gathered in St Peter\u2019s Square in Rome on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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