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TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Palestinian Foreign Ministry has condemned a planned ceremony at an occupied al-Quds cemetery, saying the event organized by American Zionist groups desecrates the historic Muslim cemetery and violates international law.
The ceremony will take place on Monday at the historic Mamilla Cemetery in West al-Quds, which has housed the graves of Muslim rulers and the city’s residents for over a thousand years.
It is hosted by a number of senior US officials in the administration of former President Donald Trump, led by former Ambassador to the Occupied Territories David Friedman and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
In a statement released on Sunday, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry said it viewed the ceremony as a provocative attack on the Muslim cemetery and a flagrant violation of international law and conventions.
He also criticized the construction of the so-called Museum of Tolerance affiliated with the American Zionist Simon Wiesenthal Foundation on part of the cemetery, which has been underway since 2010 with official support from Israel despite objections from residents of Al- Quds and petitions submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Council and UNESCO.
The ministry further called on the current US government not to participate in the event at the Mamilla cemetery.
International organizations must condemn and end the continuing violations of political, cultural, historical, legal and religious rights of Palestinians in al-Quds, the future capital of the Palestinian state, he added.
Separately on Saturday, Palestinian Islamic Chief Justice Mahmoud al-Habbash said in a statement that the planned ceremony constitutes a war crime in its own right as it constitutes a blatant attack on the remains of Palestinian ancestors and a grave insult to all. Muslims.
The event will increase the tensions experienced by the Palestinian people and could inflame the entire region, he warned, calling on Arab and Islamic countries, the Organization for Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the Arab League and UNESCO. to intervene before it is too late.
Source: Press TV
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