Christian leader calls for mobilization to save Jerusalem from ethnic cleansing

AMMAN, (PIC)-- The prominent Palestinian Christian figure archimandrite Atallah Hanna has called on the Arab countries to immediately mobilize to save the occupied city of Jerusalem from the persistent Israeli activities to judaize it, stressing that there will be no peace in the region until Jerusalem is returned to the Palestinians.

The archimandrite's call was made during a speech to the anti-racism and anti-Zionism society in Jordan Wednesday where he also underlined that the Palestinian Christians would hand the Pope a clear message during his visit to occupied Palestine that Palestinian people were and would remain attached to Jerusalem and that they are against any Israeli settlement measures in it.

He also expressed hope that the Pope would be able to see for himself the suffering of the Palestinian people under the Israeli occupation, underlining that returning the occupied city to the Arabs would ensure freedom of religion in the holy city.

"There will be no [Palestinian] state without Jerusalem, and Jerusalem wouldn’t be free without the return of the Palestinian refugees to their home land, and this right we should adopt and defend", Hanna pointed out.

He added that although Palestine witnessed many Nakbas (catastrophes), he added that the human tragedy in Gaza was beyond all catastrophes, underscoring that Zionism was racism and is "because racism was embodied in the Zionist ideology".

Moreover, Hanna criticized the position of the Arab countries, describing it as "unhealthy", stressing that the big challenges before the Arab Ummah calls on it to unite in order to confront the dangers that engulf it.

Finally, Hanna called on the people not to be disappointed or surrender, asserting that the Palestinian issue is a just issue and it would prevail. He also called on them not to be deceived by Israeli statements calling for peace, underscoring that the Israelis want the Arabs to surrender, and that they weren’t interested in making peace with the Palestinians at all.

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