Overview
Palestinians would change their approach to ending the occupation of their land if Israel¡¯s inflammatory and illegal policies ¡ª such as its recent attempt to impose its sovereignty over Al-Aqsa Mosque, a major Islamic holy site in East Jerusalem ¡ª continued unabated, the Permanent Observer for the State of Palestine said today.
¡°We are at a critical juncture,¡± Riyad Mansour told a meeting of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. ¡°If Israel continues with this intransigence, then we must be ready to shift gears and do things in different ways, such as is happening in Europe, to hold Israel accountable,¡± he said, alluding to the European Union¡¯s directive banning its member States from providing funds or grants to entities with links to Israeli settlements…