The UN uses the PLO's definition of "Jerusalem" ~ Elder Of Ziyon

Sunday, March 08, 2026

The UN uses the PLO's definition of "Jerusalem"

The UN issued a press release on Friday from its "experts:"

UN experts warn against the irreversible ‘de-Palestinisation’ of Jerusalem

Irreparable harm is being inflicted on Jerusalem, as violence engulfs the region, and genocide continues in Gaza and spills into the West Bank, UN experts* warned today.

“Under the cover of an existential war against the Palestinians, Israel is accelerating measures that alter Jerusalem’s demographic composition, religious character and legal status, destroying the remnants of the pluralistic fabric that Jerusalem has represented for centuries, for Muslims, Christians and Jews, ” the experts said.

“What is being done to this world symbol of spiritual coexistence and shared heritage is irreversible.”

In occupied East Jerusalem, extrajudicial killings, large-scale demolitions and forced displacement have escalated. Checkpoints and closures are severing the city from its Palestinian hinterland, isolating communities from their social, cultural, economic and religious life and undermining their rights to self-determination and development. Punitive policing and systematic interference with freedom of worship are designed to coerce Palestinians to leave.

“These are not security measures,” the experts said. “They are components of a systematic project of demographic engineering and domination to entrench exclusive Jewish control.”

The scale is stark. Between 2021 and 2025, 144 Palestinians were reportedly killed in Jerusalem’s Governorate. At least 11,555 were arrested, amid allegations of arbitrary detention and ill-treatment. Authorities issued 2,386 deportation decisions and carried out more than 1,732 demolitions and land-levelling operations, often coercing residents to demolish their own homes under threat of heavy fines or imprisonment. Thirty-three Bedouin communities, home to more than 7,000 Palestinians, are being pushed toward displacement through repeated demolitions and land seizures.

If you read it carefully, you can see that it has a very expansive definition of Jerusalem. It is referring to the Jerusalem (or Quds) Governorate, which was created by the PLO in 1995 during Oslo. It reaches the Dead Sea, as this UN map shows:

It does not even include the parts of Jerusalem on the west side of the Green Line.

The "experts" know very well that when they say Jerusalem people think of the city, but they want to make Israel sound as evil as possible, so they include brand new illegal Bedouin encampments as part of their definition of Jerusalem to say Israel is pushing them out, and include Islamic Jihad terrorists Israel has killed as "Palestinians reported killed."

No one calls the Jerusalem Governorate "Jerusalem" except the UN. These "experts," including Francesca Albanese, know exactly how to manipulate the language for propaganda purposes.