Yesterday evening, Friday, the Israeli occupation forces suppressed a memorial event on the 23rd anniversary of the death of Palestinian Jerusalemite politician Faisal Abdel Qader al-Husseini in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in central occupied Jerusalem.

The occupation police and border guards attacked the participants in the protest, dispersed them, tore down pictures of Al-Husseini and the raised Palestinian flags, and confiscated them.

Ziad Al-Hamouri, director of the Jerusalem Center for Economic and Social Rights, confirmed that there was a premeditated intention of the occupation to suppress the protest, as many intelligence personnel and occupation forces were present near (Sharq House), and he said: “It seems that the suppression of the protest that took place is part of the occupation’s policy.” The new law in Jerusalem, which began to be implemented after (October 7), is based on the suppression of any Palestinian, regardless of his whereabouts.”

Al-Hammouri added: “What we saw during the past days in Ramallah after the occupation forces burned the central vegetable market during the suppression of one of the popular events there tells us about what the occupation might do in Jerusalem. What is happening in Gaza is not far from us as Jerusalemites.”

Al-Hamouri continued his speech by saying: “The way in which we were attacked is part of the liquidation that the occupation authorities seek to carry out against the Palestinians in Jerusalem. The attack against us began for no apparent reason.”

As for the Jerusalemite journalist, Ahmed Al-Safadi, he pointed out that the protest that was held in (Beit Al-Sharq), which was run by the late Al-Husseini, had barely begun when the occupation forces began to suppress and disperse it. Al-Safadi said: “There were instructions from the highest authority in the occupation security, which is ( Itamar Ben Gvir) to suppress the protest, as Ben Gvir and the occupation security seek to end all forms of Palestinian presence in Jerusalem.

Al-Safadi added: “The occupation feared the personality of Faisal Al-Husseini, who was called (the Prince of Jerusalem) because he was a comprehensive Jerusalemite national figure, and he gathered the various Jerusalemite national elites in the (House of the East).”

Al-Safadi concluded his speech by saying: “Jerusalem misses Faisal Al-Husseini and we are still seeking to compensate for his role, but the best response to what the occupation is doing in Jerusalem is to institutionalize national action and follow in Al-Husseini’s footsteps.”