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Indonesia condemns Israel’s use of force against Palestinians
The Indonesian government and the nation's top Islamic clerical body have condemned the latest string of aggression committed by Israel against Palestinians in the final days of Ramadan, saying Israel has violated various international laws.
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Palestinians pray on Laylat al-Qadr, close to the end of Ramadan, at the compound that houses Al-Aqsa Mosque, known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City, on Saturday. (Reuters/Ammar Awad)
The Indonesian government and the nation's top Islamic clerical body have condemned the latest string of aggression committed by Israel against Palestinians in the final days of Ramadan, saying Israel has violated various international laws.
The Foreign Ministry said the use of force against Palestinian civilians at the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex and the forced eviction of Palestinians from the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in East Jerusalem has “resulted in hundreds of casualties and thereby hurting the feeling of the ummah [Muslim community].”
“Such forced eviction and use of force are contrary to various United Nations Security Council resolutions, International Humanitarian Law, particularly the IV Geneva Convention of 1949, and have the potential to increase tension and instability in the region,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement published on Saturday evening.
Thousands of worshippers stayed on at Al-Aqsa on Saturday for Laylat al-Qadr (Night of Destiny), a peak of the Muslim holy month, but reports said Israeli riot police had used rubber bullets, sound grenades and water cannons against Palestinians.
Israel said it was beefing up security forces on Saturday in anticipation of further confrontations in Jerusalem, the occupied West Bank and Gaza after fierce clashes erupted the previous night at Al-Aqsa mosque, Reuters reported.
Eight Palestinian refugee families residing in Sheikh Jarrah are facing forced eviction due to a legal challenge by the Nahalat Shimon settler organization, with the risk “imminent” for four of the families, according to the UN human rights office (OHCHR).
