Overview
Palestinians would change their approach to ending the occupation of their land if Israel’s inflammatory and illegal policies — such as its recent attempt to impose its sovereignty over Al-Aqsa Mosque, a major Islamic holy site in East Jerusalem — continued unabated, the Permanent Observer for the State of Palestine said today.
“We are at a critical juncture,” Riyad Mansour told a meeting of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. “If Israel continues with this intransigence, then we must be ready to shift gears and do things in different ways, such as is happening in Europe, to hold Israel accountable,” he said, alluding to the European Union’s directive banning its member States from providing funds or grants to entities with links to Israeli settlements… more
