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"ME anger at Israeli 'escalations'"
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"ME anger at Israeli 'escalations'
"
Clashes between Israeli police and
Palestinian protestors over the issue of holy
sites have provoked a wave of condemnation in
the Arab press for Israel's
behaviour.
On Sunday several
Palestinians were arrested after Israeli
security forces entered one of Islam's holiest
sites, the al-Aqsa mosque in East Jerusalem.
The incident followed clashes in the West Bank
town of Hebron on Friday over Israel's decision
to list two disputed shrines as heritage
sites.
The Palestinian press painted
Israel's actions as a deliberate attempt to
escalate conflict in the region. Newspapers in
the Middle East condemned what was perceived as
a concerted effort to oppress Islamic identity
and set back the peace process.
In
Israel, one editorial acknowledged that the
decision to list the disputed shrines may have
been a "tactical mistake", while another
commentator attacked the US response to the
issue.
EDITORIAL IN
PALESTINIAN AL-QUDS
The fresh Israeli aggression
against the sanctity of the al-Aqsa mosque, and
the attacks on worshippers by the Israeli
security apparatus, represent the latest in a
series of Israeli escalations over the past few
weeks... they show that [Israel] is determined
to escalate and even expand the
conflict.
AYMAN ABU-NAHIYAH IN PALESTINIAN
FILASTIN
The Judaization of
Hebron... is a prelude to the Judaization of
the al-Aqsa mosque and the rest of Palestine...
this will include the expulsion of Palestinians
from their homes and the seizure of their
properties.
TALAL AKWAL IN PALESTINIAN
AL-AYYAM
The US silence shows that
ongoing attempts to resume negotiations have
stalled and that those might have to wait until
after a new Palestinian intifadah or even
war.
EDITORIAL IN EGYPT'S
AL-JUMHURIYAH
Israeli plans to Judaize the
al-Aqsa mosque and other occupied Islamic
places are being implemented without any
respect to religious or man-made laws... these
extremely racist practices will not halt...
until Arab and Islamic countries have the teeth
to enforce international
law.
EDITORIAL IN SAUDI
AL-JAZIRAH
The Israelis are working
incessantly to change everything in Palestine
and give it a Jewish aspect in a bid to wipe
out Arab and Islamic identity... meanwhile,
Arabs and Muslims are preoccupied [with their
own affairs] while the Palestinians are
preparing to fight each
other.
EDITORIAL IN IRAN'S
AL-VEFAGH
Israel's plan to swallow
Palestine has reached a peak... its project is
to wipe Palestine from the map... an escalation
rather than a settlement is looming in the
region.
EDITORIAL IN SYRIA'S
AL-BA'TH
The Israeli occupation of
holy sites and the symbols of Palestinian
heritage is part of a comprehensive Israeli war
to Judaize the Palestinian areas and eliminate
their Arab and Islamic
identity.
OFIR HAIVRI IN ISRAEL'S YEDIOT
AHARANOT
The [US] State Department
spokesman Mark Toner has condemned the
inclusion of the Cave of the Patriarchs and
Rachel's Tomb in the list of Jewish heritage
sites... the State Department did not bother to
demand details... the way the matter was dealt
with... is not only amateurish but could also
have disastrous implications for an explosive
region like ours.
EDITORIAL IN ISRAEL'S JERSULALEM
POST
The Jewish people's historic
connection to the sites in question does not
require cabinet approval to be deemed
legitimate... the [national heritage] list
could have been left ambiguous... still, if
[Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu
made a tactical mistake, the immediate
Palestinian resort to violence was deliberate
and inexcusable.
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