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Since October 2023, the Israeli government has accelerated demolitions in Palestinian areas in East Jerusalem. Photo taken in January 2024.
INTERNATIONAL – Paris asked “accountable to the Israeli authorities”. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs indicated this Friday, November 15, that it had requested explanations from Israel after the demolition of the al-Bustan Association center, financed by France, in the Silwan neighborhood of East Jerusalem.
This demolition “is part of the Israeli settlement policy which is illegal under international law and threatens the two-state solution and the status of Jerusalem”reacted ministry spokesperson Christophe Lemoine during a press briefing.
Supported and financed by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and 21 French local authorities, the center of the Al-Bustan association “provided more than a thousand children and young people with cultural and sporting activities as well as essential academic and psychological support”explained the spokesperson for the Quai d’Orsay.
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The French consulate in Jerusalem expresses its indignation
The French consulate in Jerusalem expressed its indignation on Thursday after demolitions by the Israeli authorities of buildings in a district of East Jerusalem particularly threatened by the Israeli government because of its proximity to religious sites.
The targeted neighborhood, al-Bustan (the garden, in Arabic), is part of Silwan, a suburb of East Jerusalem, close to the Old City where several Christian, Jewish and Muslim holy places are concentrated, in an area where colonization Israeli violence has intensified in recent years.
Jerusalem is claimed by two states, Israel and Palestine, as their capital. However, its final status depends on a possible peace agreement between the two parties. France supports a two-state solution, with Jerusalem as the capital of both Israel and Palestine. It maintains its embassy in Tel Aviv, in accordance with the majority international position, which considers that any unilateral recognition of Jerusalem as the exclusive capital of one of the two states would risk compromising the peace process.
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