Qrei'a: Intifada will come if Israeli policy persists
Published yesterday (updated) 21:00
Jerusalem - Ma'an - PLO Executive Committee member Ahmad Qrei'a said Monday
that if Israeli practices in East Jerusalem continues , a third uprising
would ensue.
"If matters remain at this level, regardless of whether we take the decision
or not, it [an intifada] is coming. If Israel continues these practices, it
is coming," he told reporters during a news conference in his Abu Diss
office in East Jerusalem.
An intifada, or uprising, he said, "is not a matter of official decision,
but rather it arises from the culmination of oppression, injustice,
aggression and tyranny. It is something the people decide. This is what
happened with the two previous intifadas."
Qrei'a, who also heads the Jerusalem affairs department in the PLO, said
successive Israeli governments have attempted to change the city's
demographic nature, threatening Arab Muslim and Christian identity. Israeli
policy is aimed at severing Jerusalem from negotiations and fully annexing
the city to Israel, he added.
A synagogue's rededication ceremony on Tuesday, 300 meters away from the
Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, is a "dangerous program" intent on "Judaizing"
Jerusalem and falsify history, he said.
Moreover, Qrei'a spoke of unprecedented aggression and provocation faced by
Palestinians, citing a recent leaflet distributed by right-wing Jewish
groups calling on non-Jews to leave Jerusalem, as well as rumors of an
Israeli take over of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Tuesday.
"Jerusalem is exposed to an unprecedented danger which targets its land,
people, holy sites, heritage and history," Qrei'a said, adding that
determining the fate of the city is paramount, without which a comprehensive
solution cannot be attained.
Revealing a 1882 map of Jerusalem showing intended Israeli settlements, the
PLO official said it proved the considerable risk faced by Palestinians in
the city.
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