A protest sit-in was organized Saturday in occupied Jerusalem against the Israeli attack on Qalunia cemetery west of the city.
Head of the Qalunia charity association Azmi al-Khatib participated in the event along with head of the national committee to defend the right of return Mohamed Alyan and representatives of the Palestinian assembly of displaced towns in 1948 in addition to local residents of Qalunia town.
The participants chanted during the event slogans protesting Israeli attack on the Islamic cemetery of Qalunia considering it a war crime.
During the protest Alyan strongly condemned the Israeli deliberate attacks against Palestinian holy sites and Islamic cemeteries.
He also stressed the Palestinian people’s total adherence to their right of return to their displaced towns.
Alyan denounced the Israeli continued attacks on the cemetery despite a court’s order to suspend the bulldozing operations.
For his part al-Khatib said that the protest was organized in rejection of Israeli bulldozing operations in Qalunia cemetery considering it a part of Israel’s Judaization policy.
The participants also called on the Palestinian Authority and the PLO to work urgently and seriously to expose Israeli attacks on Islamic holy sites.
