Prof. Ahmed Abu Halabiya, head of the Jerusalem International Foundation in Palestine, welcomed the decision of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), which affirmed a Palestinian estate of the Old City of Jerusalem by voting on a decision that Jerusalem is an occupied city.

   He called on the countries of the world and international institutions to pressure the occupying state to stop its settlement plans and Judaization, which targets Islamic holy sites, and Christianity in the holy city, especially the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

    Abu Halabiya stressed that the occupation state, if it finds no one to stop it, will continue its criminal practices against the demographic, cultural and religious presence, symbolizing the Islamic and Christian civilization and Palestinian space in Jerusalem, especially in the Old City and its environs, and the neighboring town of Silwan in order to create a new reality that is difficult to change according to the estimates of policy makers in the occupation state.