Ankara, August 05: Turkey has warned Israel that its efforts to evict Palestinians from East al-Quds will have serious repercussions for the Middle East peace process.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Turkish Foreign Ministry urged Israel to “refrain from steps that would harm confidence between the parties and change the status of East Jerusalem (al-Quds),” stressing that “this is vital for peace efforts.”
“We call for an immediate end to this action,” the statement added.
Israeli police evicted two Palestinian families from their homes in East al-Quds on Sunday, which led to clashes in the Arab district of Sheikh Jarrah.
The action followed a decision by Israel’s Supreme Court to order the eviction of 53 Palestinians.
The two families staged a sit-in in front of their homes in protest at the evictions, the Press TV correspondent in al-Quds reported on Monday.
Maysun Qawwi, one of the victims of the unlawful act, told Press TV that she was at home with her husband and five children when Israeli police brutally broke into their house and evicted them at around 4 a.m. on Sunday.
—-Agencies