TEL AVIV, May 22, 2014 – (WAFA) – Office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli ‘Internal Security’ Ministry decided Thursday to install 500 surveillance cameras in Palestinian neighborhoods of East Jerusalem.

 Kol Israel Radio reported that the cameras will be installed in Silwan, Sheikh Jarrah, at-Tour, al-Ezariyya as well as the in the French Hill along the way to the illegal Israeli settlement of Gilo.

 Contrary to claims by a source in  Netanyahu’s office that it would ‘boost the sense of security among the Israelis in the area”, this NIS 100 million ($29 million) step aims to keep Arab neighborhoods under around-the-clock surveillance and would be used to gather evidence against Palestinians in case of clashes and protests, which would flagrantly violate the Palestinians’ privacy.

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