Palestine: Zionist Regime Paralyzing Industrial Zone in East al-Quds
RAMALLAH (Dispatches) – Palestine on Monday accused the Zionist regime of attempting to take over the only industrial zone for Palestinians in East al-Quds, after the occupying regime’s authorities ordered the demolition and eviction of nearly 200 private establishments in the area.
The occupying regime’s authorities’ demolition orders in Wadi al-Joz neighborhood of East al-Quds will paralyze the only area where Palestinians own car repair workshops and commercial enterprises, said the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement.
"At the same time, Israeli authorities upscale the construction of industrial zones for settlers, as part of its colonial scheme to Judaize the city,” said the statement.
Palestinians want the eastern part of al-Quds, which was occupied by the Zionist regime in 1967, as the capital of their future state.
‘Poverty in West Bank May Double’
Meanwhile, just weeks before the Zionist regime aims to kick-start plans to annex parts of the territory, the World Bank warned Monday that poverty in the occupied West Bank may double as Palestinians are hit by the coronavirus.
The United Nations has meanwhile warned that such a move by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet would stifle financial and aid flows to the Palestinians.
The Zionist regime may start the annexation process as soon as July 1 with the support of U.S. President Donald Trump, who in January published a plan that was roundly rejected by the Palestinians.
The UN warned in a report Sunday that, without improved relations between the two sides and if annexation goes ahead, "the achievements of the Palestinian government over the last quarter century will fade.
The occupying regime’s authorities’ demolition orders in Wadi al-Joz neighborhood of East al-Quds will paralyze the only area where Palestinians own car repair workshops and commercial enterprises, said the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement.
"At the same time, Israeli authorities upscale the construction of industrial zones for settlers, as part of its colonial scheme to Judaize the city,” said the statement.
Palestinians want the eastern part of al-Quds, which was occupied by the Zionist regime in 1967, as the capital of their future state.
‘Poverty in West Bank May Double’
Meanwhile, just weeks before the Zionist regime aims to kick-start plans to annex parts of the territory, the World Bank warned Monday that poverty in the occupied West Bank may double as Palestinians are hit by the coronavirus.
The United Nations has meanwhile warned that such a move by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet would stifle financial and aid flows to the Palestinians.
The Zionist regime may start the annexation process as soon as July 1 with the support of U.S. President Donald Trump, who in January published a plan that was roundly rejected by the Palestinians.
The UN warned in a report Sunday that, without improved relations between the two sides and if annexation goes ahead, "the achievements of the Palestinian government over the last quarter century will fade.