JERUSALEM, Tuesday, February 16, 2021 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces stormed a Palestinian-owned land in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabal al-Mukaber and removed the barbed wire fence surrounding it, according to local sources.

Sources said Israeli forces, accompanied by bulldozers, raided an area in Jabal al-Mukaber neighborhood and removed the barbed-wire fence surrounding it. The land belongs to Talab family.

Palestinian residents in Jabal al Mukaber neighborhood are often subjected to harassment from the Israeli police, who regularly raid the neighborhood and hand demolition and stop-construction notices against Palestinian residents’ homes and structures, with the aim of forcing them to leave the area.

East Jerusalem’s 300,000 Palestinians are discriminated against in all aspects of life including housing, employment, and services, and are also considered residents that could be stripped of their right to live in the city at any time and for any reason.

According to a report by the Israeli human rights group B’Tselem, the Israeli courts could be liable for war crimes for their policies that led to the dispossession of Palestinians.

The report, Fake Justice, shows that the court’s support of Israeli planning policy is tantamount to support for dispossession and forcible transfer of Palestinians, a war crime under international law.

T.R.