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<dd class="create">Wednesday, 09 February 2011 13:30 </dd>
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<p>Jerusalem  MPs threatened with deportation from their home city by Israel have  accused the Palestinian Authority and what they call &#8220;Arab and  international complicity&#8221; responsible for the increasing Judaisation of  occupied East Jerusalem. The MPs&#8217; statement was prompted by the decision  of the Zionist state to construct several settlement units in Sheikh  Jarrah in Jerusalem. They consider the Authority run by Mahmoud Abbas to  be guilty of &#8220;negligence&#8221; over the Holy City when sitting at the  negotiating table with their Israeli counterparts. The recent decision  by the Israelis to expel the Palestinian residents of a number of houses  to make way for the illegal settlements was denounced by the MPs.</p>
<p>The three members of the Palestinian Legislative Council, who are  seeking refuge at the headquarters of the International Red Cross in  Jerusalem, said that the occupation authority&#8217;s latest  settlement-related decision could not have been made without what is in  effect the agreement of the Palestinian leadership to give up Jerusalem  by considering that it is negotiable. Such negotiations are, say the  MPs, &#8220;futile&#8221;, albeit part of what the Al Jazeera documents show to be  the massive complicity of the Palestinian Authority and the  international community in the destruction of the city of Jerusalem  which international law still recognises as &#8220;occupied&#8221;. It is illegal  under such law for the occupying power to make material changes to the  land under occupation.</p>
<p>The MPs claimed that the settlement process is only going ahead because  Palestinian negotiators have more or less waived their rights to the  occupied territory. The position of the Arab and Muslim world is weak on  these issues and does not challenge the Israelis.</p>
<p>In the same context, Jerusalem MP Ahmed Attoun condemned Zionist  Rabbi Dov Lior who has called for buildings to be constructed within the  Noble Sanctuary of Al-Aqsa. This, said Mr. Attoun, is part of the  &#8220;Zionist attack on Al-Aqsa and Jerusalem which has been ongoing for more  than forty years since the Israelis occupied the city in 1967&#8221;. Attoun  condemned &#8220;the silence of the Arabs and their shameful neglect of the  city&#8221; as well as the aggressive policies of the Israeli occupation  authority.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.middleeastmonitor.org.uk/news/middle-east/2037-jerusalem-mps-hold-palestinian-authority-complicit-in-the-judaization-of-the-holy-city">Jerusalem MPs hold Palestinian Authority complicit in the Judaization of the Holy City</a>.</p>
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