Al Dar Mall, one of the most important commercial complexes in Jerusalem, and specifically on Salah al-Din Street, was on the verge of massive popular Jerusalemite anger, after a new normalization step taken by one of the commercial figures in Jerusalem.

Returning to the background of the scene, which was followed by the Beit Al-Maqdis News Agency, the event began on 6/24/2023, after the Beit Al-Maqdis News Agency revealed that a member of the Jerusalem Chamber of Commerce and the owner of Al-Dar Mall had contracted with “information technology” companies contracting with the occupation municipality. In order to rent the sixth floor of the commercial complex for its benefit.

Raising the issue in the media resulted in a Jerusalemite movement from a number of Jerusalemite bodies and entities, which met with Nusseibeh several times to discourage him from his normalization step. This movement continued for more than two weeks, and in all the sessions Nusseibeh had one response, which he used as an excuse, saying that he had not signed with the municipality. The occupation took place with the “We Work” company.

After news reached Jerusalemites that a delegation from the occupation municipality would participate in the opening of the sixth floor of Al Dar Mall, the national and popular forces in Jerusalem issued a statement in which Nusseibeh threatened to expel him from all national bodies if he insisted on his popular steps. During their statement, the forces called on the forces to reject This normalization step was popular with the owners of the commercial areas in the mall, and with all Jerusalemites.

On the morning of Monday, 7/17/2023, shop owners in Al Dar Mall took the initiative to close their shops and pour used oil on the entrances and stairs of the mall as an expression of their rejection of this normalization escalation, while the national and Islamic forces issued a statement announcing the dismissal of Nusseibeh from all the national duties that he carried out. She was his client.

As for the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Jerusalem, of which Nusseibeh is one of its most prominent members, it announced in a statement the removal of Samer Nusseibeh from membership in its administrative body.

The reactions extended to include the most prominent institutions working in Jerusalem, and the Jerusalem International Foundation issued a statement in which it called for those who participate in such normalization projects to be treated as real estate lenders to the Zionist occupation, indicating that this project comes in the context of the “Silicon Valley” Judaization project that the occupation seeks to complete. .

What happened on Monday in Jerusalem, which is accompanied by campaigns of restrictions on Jerusalemite merchants by the occupation, remains an episode of the ongoing conflict in Jerusalem, which, along with others, requires more meaningful popular action, fruitful support for the steadfastness of Jerusalemites, and biased media coverage of the country. And those who have the right to it.