Today, Tuesday, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation will hold an emergency meeting, at the level of permanent delegates, to discuss the escalating Israeli attacks in occupied Jerusalem, at a time when reactions are continuing to demand an end to the displacement of Palestinians from the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood from their lands.
The meeting – which came at the request of the State of Palestine – will focus on the occupation authorities ’plan to displace dozens of Palestinian families from the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, as well as discuss the ongoing attacks on Islamic and Christian holy sites in the Holy City. Read also He said it was an unintended mistake. Instagram apologizes for not showing stories from Sheikh Jarrah Apartheid engineering .. Why does Israel insist on controlling the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood?The issue of Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood .. The battle of existence without borders
In the same context, the United Nations Office for Human Rights called on the Israeli security forces to guarantee freedom of expression and assembly, stressing in a statement that it is not permissible to use force against those who peacefully exercise their rights.
The UN office added that Tel Aviv must stop using punitive measures, such as imposing more restrictions and closures in Gaza, stressing the need to redouble efforts to calm the situation and avoid further violence.
UN experts described Israel’s handling of the East Jerusalem protests as brutal and aggressive, noting that the direct source of the current tensions in Jerusalem is the actions of settlers that reinforce patterns of ethnic control, which have no place in the modern world.
And regarding Tel Aviv’s plans to forcibly deport the residents of Sheikh Jarrah, experts said that they seriously violate the Fourth Geneva Convention, as well as humanitarian law, which prohibits the occupying power from confiscating the property of the protected population.
In the same context, the Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, today called on the Israeli occupation forces to stop inhuman practices and escalate the escalation against worshipers at Al-Aqsa Mosque.
And the official Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) said that the Emir of the country expressed his deep condemnation and condemnation of the tragic escalation by the Israeli occupation forces to worshipers at Al-Aqsa Mosque.
She added that Sheikh Nawwaf renewed the principled and firm stance of the State of Kuwait towards such inhumane practices, and called on the occupation authorities to immediately stop them and respect the right of Palestinians to practice their rituals in Al-Quds Al-Sharif.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry also held Tel Aviv fully responsible for what had become of the situation in Palestine due to its work to displace Palestinians and attack worshipers at Al-Aqsa Mosque.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry added that Israel must realize that the use of absolute force, without discrimination, will not succeed in suppressing the legitimate Palestinian demands.
She revealed that Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu is holding consultations with the Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and his counterparts in the region and Europe, in order to end the Israeli escalation.
In Pakistan, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmoud Qureshi said that his country strongly condemns the Israeli attacks on worshipers in Al-Aqsa.
Qureshi appealed to the international community to intervene to protect the Palestinians, and also called on Israel to stop the displacement of the residents of the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood and to seize their homes.
On the other hand, the retreat at Al-Aqsa Mosque performed the dawn prayer today after the withdrawal of the occupation forces after violent confrontations that erupted after it was stormed for the second time within hours by Israeli soldiers, which resulted in the injury of 520 Palestinians, according to what was reported by the Palestinian Red Crescent.