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Arab Israeli party freezes role in Bennett’s coalition over al-Quds violence

Monday, 18 April 2022 12:46 AM [ Last Update: Monday, 18 April 2022 12:46 AM ]

File photo shows a general view of the Dome of the Rock in the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the holy occupied city of al-Quds’ Old City.

An Arab Israeli party has frozen its participation in the ruling coalition, protesting indiscriminate violence by the regime’s forces against Palestinian worshippers in the holy occupied city of al-Quds.

The United Arab List (UAL) took the move on Sunday, three days after Israeli forces stormed the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in al-Quds’ Old City, injuring more than 150 worshipers.

The UAL said it was “suspending” its support for prime minister Naftali Bennett’s coalition as well as the party’s parliamentary activities.

The party, which has four seats in Bennett’s coalition, meanwhile, warned that if Tel Aviv “continues its steps against the people” in al-Quds it will “resign as a bloc.”

With 60 seats in the 120-seat Knesset (Israeli parliament), Bennett’s coalition is already teetering on the edge.

Last July, the UAL stressed that the al-Aqsa Mosque was “solely the property of Muslims…No one else has any right to it.”

The Israeli regime’s recent violence has drawn the condemnation of numerous foreign governments and nations.

Most recently, Syria said it “follows with deep concern the dangerous and extremely important events and developments” in al-Quds, and Morocco conveyed the kingdom’s "firm condemnation of the incursion by Israeli occupation forces into the al-Aqsa Mosque, their closure of its gates, and their aggression against unarmed worshippers in the mosque’s compound.”

Syria, Morocco strongly condemn Israel's crimes against Palestinians, violation of al-Aqsa Mosque

Syria and Morocco strongly condemn the Israeli regime’s large-scale attack on worshippers at al-Aqsa Mosque’s compound.

In Turkey's most populous city of Istanbul, protesters converged outside the Israeli consulate, waving Palestinian flags and calling for Arab and international support for the mosque’s worshippers.

In the Jordanian capital of Amman, hundreds of people demonstrated near the Israeli embassy to show their support for Palestinians.

The Iraqi Foreign Ministry and anti-terror resistance groups also denounced the desecration of the mosque’s compound and blasted the occupying regime over the injuries that were afflicted on Palestinians following the use of excessive force by the Israeli troops.

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