The Wadi Hilweh Information Center reported that the Israeli occupation authorities issued 72 deportation orders from the Blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque and Old Jerusalem, and arrested 194 Jerusalemites last May.

The Center explained in its monthly report that the deportation decisions included deportation from Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Old City, Sheikh Jarrah, and from the place of residence, as well as a ban on entering the West Bank, for periods ranging from 5 days to 6 months.

The center indicated that among the decisions were 46 deportation decisions from Al-Aqsa, and 21 deportation decisions from the Old City.

Arrests and summonses

The Center monitored 194 arrests from the city of Jerusalem during the past month, including “9 children under 12 years old/under the age of responsibility, 46 boys, and 6 girls, including a minor girl.” It also transferred 6 Palestinians to administrative detention.

During May, the occupation intelligence summoned the head of the Supreme Islamic Authority, Sheikh Ikrimah Sabri (85 years old), for investigation, and he was released after an investigation that lasted several hours on the condition “not to communicate with the three satellite channels, Al-Mayadeen, Al-Aqsa, and Al-Manar,” and to appear for investigation if he is summoned again.

Storming Al-Aqsa and attempts to Judaize it 

The center stated that thousands of settlers carried out their mass incursions into Al-Aqsa during May, especially in their celebrations of the so-called “Unification Day of Jerusalem,” which is the anniversary of the occupation of the eastern part of the city according to the Hebrew calendar, and the anniversary of the “descent of the Torah.” They performed public prayers and raised the occupation flag inside.

Regarding the demolition operations, the Wadi Hilweh Information Center monitored 23 demolition operations in the city, 7 operations carried out by their owners by decisions of the occupation municipality. The demolition operations included a residential building consisting of 16 apartments, houses, commercial facilities, barracks, and the leveling of land and a fence.