{"id":12232,"date":"2017-12-01T17:26:40","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T17:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/?p=12232"},"modified":"2017-12-01T17:26:40","modified_gmt":"2017-12-01T17:26:40","slug":"un-votes-to-nullify-israeli-jurisdiction-over-jerusalem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/un-votes-to-nullify-israeli-jurisdiction-over-jerusalem\/","title":{"rendered":"UN votes to nullify Israeli \u2018jurisdiction\u2019 over Jerusalem"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The United Nations General Assembly has voted to declare as null any Israeli measure to\u00a0practice jurisdiction over Jerusalem al-Quds, days before US President Donald Trump decides whether he would relocate the US embassy to the occupied city.<\/p>\n

In a rare show of unity against the Tel Aviv regime, 151 countries voted on Thursday to adopt a resolution that denounced Israel as the \u201coccupying power\u201d of the Jerusalem al-Quds, a city that is holy to Muslims, Christians, and Jews alike.<\/p>\n

\u201cAny actions taken by Israel, the occupying Power, to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration on the Holy City of Jerusalem are illegal and therefore null and void and have no validity whatsoever,\u201d read the resolution.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The UN members also urged Tel Aviv to show \u201crespect for the historic status quo at the holy places of Jerusalem, including the Haram al-Sharif, in word and practice,\u201d referring to a hill in Jerusalem al-Quds where the al-Aqsa Mosque is located.<\/p>\n

Israel lays claim to the entirety of Jerusalem al-Quds as its \u201ccapital\u201d while Palestinians want its eastern part as the capital of a future state for themselves.<\/p>\n

The city has seen tensions since 2015, when the Israeli military introduced restrictions on the entry of Palestinian worshipers into the al-Aqsa Mosque \u2014 Islam\u2019s third holiest site.<\/p>\n

Over 300 Palestinians have lost their lives at the hands of Israeli soldiers ever since.<\/p>\n

Last year, it was reported that Israel has been omitting from the city\u2019s maps significant Muslim and Christian holy sites and entire neighborhoods in the area while highlighting dozens of sites with dubious historical importance.<\/p>\n

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PressTV-Israel omits key sites from al-Quds ‘map’<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The Israeli tourism ministry omits key Muslim and Christian holy sites in its so-called map of the Old City of al-Quds (Jerusalem).<\/p><\/div>\n

Only five countries \u2014 the US, Canada, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and Nauru \u2014 opposed the Thursday resolution at the UN, which was also voted down by Israel\u2019s UN envoy. Nine countries also abstained.<\/p>\n

US embassy relocation<\/strong><\/p>\n

The strong-worded statement by the UN came days before Trump has to make up his mind over moving the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.<\/p>\n

Since US Congress ruled in 1995 that the embassy be relocated from Tel Aviv, every president has deferred the tough decision. The act contains a clause that allows the president to renew a six-month waiver on the decision.<\/p>\n

Trump signed his first deadline back in June, walking back on of his major promises hailed by Israel.<\/p>\n

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PressTV-Friday may see Trump’s 1st embassy measure<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

US Vice President Mike Pence says his boss, Donald Trump, is considering \u201cwhen and how\u201d to move the US embassy to Jerusalem al-Quds as a Friday deadline approaches.<\/p><\/div>\n

US Vice President Mike Pence said earlier this week that Trump was considering \u201cwhen and how\u201d to move the US embassy.<\/p>\n

Palestinians have warned that the potential relocation would fuel strong reaction in the region and deliver a death blow to any prospect\u00a0of resolving the Israeli- Palestinian conflict.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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