Honduras Attacks Palestinian Rights

Honduras Attacks Palestinian Rights

The Palestinian National Council (PNC) considered the decision of the State of Honduras to open a diplomatic mission in occupied Jerusalem - linked to its embassy in Tel Aviv - is an attack on the right of the Palestinian people in the capital of their state.

PNC said in a press statement declared by its Speaker Mr. Saleem Al-Za’anoun, that this decision is a serious violation of international law and Security Council resolutions, particularly: resolutions 476 (1980), 478 (1980) and 2334 (2016), which all confirm that Jerusalem is an Arab land, and revoke any decision or action aimed at changing the identity, legal status or demographic composition of Jerusalem.

PNC called on also the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union, Arab Parliaments, the Union of Islamic Parliaments and friendly Parliaments to move towards Parliaments of the Group of Latin America and the Caribbean (GRULAC) Union, to pressure the Parliament and Government of Honduras to reverse this decision which is contradicting with the resolutions of international legitimacy, and is an explicit and complete bias towards the Israeli occupation and settlement.

29th of August 2019