PA vows to sue US ambassador over support to Israeli settlements
The Palestinian Authority has threatened to sue former US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman after he recognized the City of David settlement project in Jerusalem.
RAMALLAH, West Bank — A day after US President Joe Biden was sworn in on Jan. 20, the Palestinian Authority (PA) vowed to legally pursue former US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman after his recognition and approval of a settlement project called the City of David in the center of Jerusalem.
No sooner had Friedman — whom Palestinians call “the settler” — wrapped up his tasks than he gave a huge present to Israel by recognizing the City of David on Jan. 18 and praising it as “a testament to America’s Judeo-Christian heritage and founding principles.”
The US Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad is working with the Elad settlement organization, which has been working for years to turn the town of Selwan located south of Al-Aqsa Mosque into the City of David by seizing dozens of Palestinian houses and carrying out extensive excavations.
In June 2019, wielding a sledgehammer, Friedman had inaugurated the “Pilgrimage Road,” which consists of a tunnel dug under the houses of Palestinians in Selwan.
