The occupation announces a plan to demolish Palestinian homes in the Al-Bustan neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem

Occupied Jerusalem - SANA

The National Bureau for Land Defense and Resistance to Settlement of the Palestine Liberation Organization confirmed that the Israeli occupation announced a plan to demolish Palestinian homes in the Al-Bustan neighborhood in the town of Silwan in occupied Jerusalem, in a new crime of ethnic cleansing and displacement against more than 1,500 Palestinians to impose the status quo and empty Jerusalem of the Palestinian presence and Judaize it.

The office stated in its weekly report issued today on its website that the occupation authorities have delivered notices to demolish the homes of the neighborhood, which number up to a hundred, threatening to displace and displace 1550 Palestinians to expand the settlement operations, noting that the neighborhood is located 300 meters from the southern wall of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and extends over an area of ​​70 Without.

The report pointed out that the occupation authorities are also planning to demolish the Wadi Rababa neighborhood, which is inhabited by a thousand Palestinians, and Wadi Yasol, which is inhabited by 3 thousand Palestinians, in Silwan, indicating that the settlement threatens other neighborhoods in the town, such as the Batn al-Hawa neighborhood that surrounds the Al-Bustan neighborhood, where the occupation authorities handed over notices to evacuate their homes to hand over. To settlers.

The report indicated that the occupation forces seized 658 dunums of Al-Abidiya town, north of Bethlehem, to expand settlement operations, while demolishing a house in the town of Issawiya in occupied Jerusalem and another in the town of Bani Naim in Hebron and several houses in the village of Ein Shibli, east of Nablus, and delivered notices of demolishing several homes in villages. The enclave is northwest of Jerusalem, Zwata northwest of Nablus, and Nabi Elias in Qalqilya, and a number of agricultural and commercial facilities are located in the towns of Tuqu 'and Walaja in Bethlehem.

The report indicated that settlers continue their attacks on cities and towns in the West Bank with the protection of the occupation forces, as they razed Palestinian lands in the areas of Umm al-Khair, Tawana, Umm Zaitouneh, and al-Tha`la in the town of Yatta, south of Hebron, to expand two settlements and cut down tens of old olive trees in the village of Artas in Bethlehem and prevented Palestinian farmers from entering Their lands are in the villages of Kisan in Bethlehem and Nabi Saleh in Ramallah and Deir Istiya in Salfit, and attacked the homes and properties of Palestinians in the village of Madama, south of Nablus. They also stormed the town of Kafel Haris in Salfit and carried out provocative tours in the Islamic shrines in the town with the protection of the occupation forces.