This morning, Tuesday, the Israeli occupation authorities carried out mass demolitions in the industrial zone in the Wadi al-Joz neighborhood in central Jerusalem.

The correspondent of Beit Al-Maqdis News Agency reported that the occupation bulldozers demolished 4 shops and a house owned by the Al-Jaabari family.

For his part, Jerusalemite lawyer Nasser Anani explained that the owners of the shops that were demolished in the Wadi al-Joz neighborhood were waiting for sessions in the Israeli courts to prevent and freeze the demolition, as the next session was scheduled for next September.

Al-Anani added that the shop owners were surprised by the occupation forces’ decision to carry out the demolition today without prior warning, noting that some of these shops were built before 1967.

Lawyer Al-Anani stated that the occupation forces carried out the demolition of four shops without allowing the shop owners to extract their goods, pointing out that dozens of Jerusalemite families were living off the demolished shops.

Jerusalemite researcher Fakhri Abu Deeb revealed in a previous interview with Beit Al-Maqdis News that the occupation has a huge plan that aims to demolish the only industrial zone in Jerusalem, expel professionals and industrialists from it, and establish an Israeli zone for modern industries under the name “Silicon Valley” so that the plans to displace Jerusalemites are integrated with the plans to cut off their livelihoods.

The “Silicon Valley” project is a dangerous settlement project that aims to establish a high-tech and technology complex, huge commercial centers, and a biblical park on the ruins of the only industrial zone in the city of Jerusalem, located in the Wadi al-Joz neighborhood, about 200 meters from the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque.

The Jerusalem Municipality’s Building and Planning Committee approved the project three years ago, and the project threatens to demolish 200 facilities that the municipality has already notified of demolition.


The occupation municipality allocated 2.1 billion shekels to establish this settlement project, which will confiscate 2,000 dunams of land in the Wadi al-Joz neighborhood.