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UN must probe 'Judaisation' of E. Jerusalem: Qatar
Qatar urged the United Nations on Sunday to investigate Jewish settlement expansion in annexed Arab east Jerusalem, warning that Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories was unacceptable.
"We must act quickly to stop the Judaisation of Jerusalem," said Qatar's emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, at the International Conference on Jerusalem in Doha.
The conference, which brings together international and regional experts and officials, is intended to address what the Palestinians warn is an Israeli push to cement its control over the occupied eastern sector of the Holy City.
In his remarks, Sheikh Hamad called on the UN to "investigate the measures Israel has taken to Judaise Jerusalem since its occupation in 1967."
Israeli settlement activity in the West Bank, including east Jerusalem, has proved one of the thorniest issues dividing Israel and the Palestinians.
The Palestinians want east Jerusalem as the capital of their future state and adamantly reject Jewish settlement construction in the territory.
They accuse the Jewish state of building settlement neighbourhoods in east Jerusalem, while denying Palestinian building permits and revoking their residency in a bid to rid the city of Arab residents...READ MORE
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