The Council of Indonesian Ulem called for exerting international pressure on Israel, through the United Nations, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the United States and the European Union to cease the provocations and atrocities against the Palestinian people and to hold the elections in East Jerusalem. The Council stressed its full support for Palestine and its people in the struggle for their rights to independence, stressing that the elections are one of the strategic steps towards obtaining support and protection. The Council sldo condemned the attacks on Palestinians and their property and notes that the displacement of Palestinians from their homes is an evidence that the Israeli Government does not have the good will to establish peace, calling for an end to the successive Israeli violations in the region. For further details, click here