Since 1995 until now, the Israeli occupation authorities have deprived them of residency from thousands of Palestinians, prevented them from residing in Jerusalem, forced them to leave for the occupied West Bank and the besieged Gaza Strip, or pushed them into forced migration and expulsion outside the country.
The Ministry of the Interior of the Israeli occupation authorities refused to grant residency to 13,000 Palestinian residents of Jerusalem from 1995 to the present day, depriving them of housing in Jerusalem, according to the Hebrew newspaper “Haaretz” on Monday.
The occupation authorities attributed the deprivation and deprivation of Palestinians of residence in Jerusalem, to the fact that the center of these Palestinians’ lives is no longer in Jerusalem, but rather abroad or in the West Bank.
In recent years, human rights institutions have submitted petitions to the Israeli Supreme Court against the occupation Ministry of the Interior on behalf of many Jerusalemites who were denied or had their residency taken away from them, if the Supreme Court indicated in all its decisions that the Palestinians in Jerusalem are indigenous people with rights and should not be treated as immigrants, and despite However, the occupation Ministry of Interior continued the policy of stripping them of residency and expelling them.
In a related context, observers warned of an increasing danger threatening the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, with the occupation’s Judaization measures and the multiplying settlers’ incursions during Jewish holidays.
Al-Aqsa is witnessing incursions by settlers, while the Al-Murabitun confront the intrusion despite being pursued and arrested by the occupation army.
The so-called “Union of Temple Organizations” called on its supporters to storm Al-Aqsa Mosque over the days of “Hanukkah” until 12-26-2022.
Since 2017, the “Temple groups” have been seeking to develop their aggression during this holiday, such that they light the menorah in the Lions’ Gate, and bring the ritual of lighting it to Al-Aqsa Mosque.
The settlers deliberately transfer dancing, singing, and Hanukkah celebrations to the various gates of Al-Aqsa.
The alleged Temple groups continue to mobilize for the storming, by providing free transportation to and from Al-Aqsa. The “Women for the Temple” organization also called for a women’s storming on the occasion of “Hanukkah” today, Tuesday.
On the ground, on Monday morning, an Israeli occupation army force invaded the security fence east of the Rafah Governorate, south of the Gaza Strip.
Local sources reported that four bulldozers and two tanks entered from the gate of the “Mutabbaq” site, east of Rafah, an estimated distance of about 50 meters into citizens’ lands.
She pointed out that the bulldozers started sweeping work inside the agricultural lands, while they were supported from inside the security fence by a number of tanks and military jeeps.
Local sources noted that the incursion coincided with the Israeli occupation forces firing tear gas bombs towards agricultural lands and a field control point east of the town of Khuza’a, east of Khan Yunis Governorate.
The occupation forces make limited incursions from time to time into some areas east and north of the Gaza Strip, bulldozing agricultural lands, opening fire at farmers and preventing them from reaching their lands under security pretexts.
On Monday, the Israeli occupation forces demolished a house under construction, east of the city of Jericho.
In the village of Al-Sawiya, south of Nablus, at dawn on Monday, settlers burned a commercial store and a nursery.
Ghassan Daghlas, who is responsible for the settlement file in the northern West Bank, said that a group of settlers burned a commercial store and a greenhouse in the village of Al-Sawiya on the road between Nablus and Ramallah, amid attempts to blow up the place using a gas cylinder.
He added that this is the sixth time that the arboretum has been subjected to attempts of sabotage, burning and theft.