Today, Thursday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned in the strongest terms the occupation's measures and its racist repressive restrictions against Christians , aimed at limiting and reducing the numbers that can reach the Church of the Holy Sepulchre , in light of preventing thousands from participating in the Holy Saturday celebration under flimsy pretexts that are repeated every year.

In a statement, the ministry considered that these measures are collective punishment targeting all Palestinians in Jerusalem, its sanctities, identity and citizens. It is also a flagrant attack on the existing political, historical and legal situation, and a flagrant violation of the obligations of Israel, the occupying power in Jerusalem.

The Ministry affirmed that the occupation measures are null, illegal and illegal and will not establish a right for it in Jerusalem and other occupied Palestinian territories, which are gross violations of international law, international humanitarian law and signed agreements, and provocative and escalating steps to the situation in the conflict arena.

The Ministry called on the international community to quickly provide international protection for our people in general and for Jerusalem and its sanctities in particular.