King Mohammed VI has warned that the continuing Israeli practices in violation of international legitimacy and international humanitarian law in the occupied Palestinian territories fuel tension, violence, instability and sow the seeds of religious conflict and hatred. These Israeli practices include further settlement activities in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, depriving Palestinians of a dignified life, systematic incursions into the al-Aqsa Mosque compound and other practices aimed at establishing new facts on the ground, King Mohammed VI said. King Mohammed VI deplored that in recent years, successive crises in the Middle East have deflected attention from the Palestinian question. “Therefore, this is one of the final status issues which must be resolved through negotiations between the Israeli and Palestinian sides. We consider any such measures not only to be null and void, but also contrary to Security Council resolutions 476 and 478,” King Mohammed VI stated.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 29, 2019 18:00 UTC