Can Israel be pressured? Or is it the only exception to international norms and the global political order in which every country, big or small, is subjected to pressures and subsequent changes in attitude and behavior?
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Can Israel be pressured? Or is it the only exception to international norms and the global political order in which every country, big or small, is subjected to pressures and subsequent changes in attitude and behavior?
Events in recent days bring the question of Israel's legal and moral accountability to the fore. On 21 February, the Israeli Nature and Park Authority decided to withdraw a plan which aimed to seize, illegally, church-owned lands on the Mount of Olives in occupied Palestinian East Jerusalem. The plan sparked anger and resistance among Palestinian Christians and Muslims alike. Local Christian leaders denounced the proposed theft of the land as a "premeditated attack on the Christians in the Holy Land."
After the Times of Israel reported that the project was set to receive approval from the Israeli-controlled Jerusalem municipality on 2 March, Palestinian community and spiritual leaders began rallying support not only among Palestinians, but also internationally against Israel's latest colonial-occupation scheme.
The decision to withdraw the plan proves once again that Palestinian resistance works. It is reminiscent of the massive Palestinian mobilization in and around the Noble Sanctuary of Al-Aqsa in 2017, when people power in Jerusalem forced Israel to remove metal detectors and other "security measures" from the holy Islamic site.
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