Miliband: UK Worried About Quds Occupied Jerusalem
Demolitions
International News Updates
11 April 2009
UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband
expressed concern on Thursday at Israel's plans to
demolish scores of Palestinian houses in occupied east
Jerusalem.
"We view with real concern the proposed demolitions in
(occupied) east Jerusalem," Miliband told a joint news
conference in Amman with his Jordanian counterpart
Nasser Judeh.
Israel in February ordered hundreds of Palestinians to
leave their homes in occupied east Jerusalem, warning
that 90 houses would be destroyed because they are
illegal.
About 250,000 Palestinians live in occupied east
Jerusalem, which Israel seized in the 1967 Six Day War
and later annexed.
Palestinian officials say the demolitions, if they go
ahead, would deprive more than 1,000 people of their
homes and mark the largest destruction of Palestinian
property in occupied east Jerusalem since 1967.
"The position of the United Kingdom is very clear. The
issue of Jerusalem is obviously central ... it has
great explosive and dangerous power to divide people,"
Miliband warned.
The UK foreign secretary is in Jordan on a one-day
trip during which he held talks with King Abdullah II
and Prime Minister Nader Dahabi that mainly focused on
the Middle East peace process.
"Europe has a key role to play in supporting
Palestinian-Israeli peace talks and help establish
peace in the region," a palace statement quoted the
king as telling Miliband, who is visiting the kingdom
for the first time.
Jordan signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1994.
Meanwhile, Israeli electronic site Ynet has learned
that the American administration sent a letter to
occupied Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat protesting the
municipality's plans to demolish dozens of houses in
the Silwan neighborhood.
An Arab source told Ynet that the letter came in
response to an earlier letter sent by Barkat to
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, replying to her
criticism of the demolition plan.
The source said that the US government disputed in the
letter the data provided by Barkat regarding the
destruction plans.
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