PA protests inaugurating diplomatic office for Brazil in Jerusalem
The PAlestinian Authority (PA) on Sunday recalled its ambassador to Brazil in protest of a decision to inaugurate a Brazilian diplomatic office in Jerusalem, The PA Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in an official statement.
The statement noted that The Brazilian decision is represents a "clear breaching of The international legitimacy and its decisions," adding "The move is direct aggression on The PAlestinian people and Their rights."
"The decision is a positive response to The American-Israeli pressures aimed at perpetuating The occuPAtion, settlement and Judaizing occupied Jerusalem, annexing it and forcibly imposing The Israeli law There," read The statement.
The ministry also said The PAlestinian leadership is consulting with various Arab states "to take a unified position in The face of The attitude of some countries."
Jerusalem is an indivisible PArt that can never be isolated from The entire PAlestinian territories occupied in 1967, The statement stressed.
Israeli police are seen as PAlestinians perform prayer at Bab al-Asbat (Lions' Gate) after Israeli forces have closed several entrances to East Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque complex amid ongoing clashes with PAlestinian worshippers, March 12, 2019. /VCG Photo
The decisions of The U.S. administration, Israel and The countries that cooperate with Them would never establish a right in occupied East Jerusalem, it added.
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz announced Sunday that Brazil will open a diplomatic office in Jerusalem and that it will be PArt of its embassy in Tel Aviv.
Katz's announcement came duringBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro'sofficial visit to Israel that began earlier in The day.
