The confiscation of 2,110 square meters within the urban renewal plan in the settlement of “Ma’alot Dafna”
135 settlement units pass through the houses of “Sheikh Jarrah” Al-Maqdisi
The "Shimon Hatsadeq" outpost was erected in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood.
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Saleh Diab: The residents of the Jerusalem neighborhood are facing an unprecedented and pre-planned process of ethnic cleansing, and are subjected to great and continuous pressure from Israel and its various institutions, represented by the occupation's municipal plan to forcibly displace them.
Jerusalemites of Sheikh Jarrah face the process of ethnic cleansing.
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Occupation settles dozens of homes in Sheikh Jarrah.
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Within the framework of a new round of relentless efforts by Israel to fully control Sheikh Jarrah Al-Maqdisi neighborhood and displace its entire residents, the Occupation Municipality in Jerusalem is moving forward to build 135 new settlement units, as part of a new plan called “Urban Renewal in Ma’alot Dafna” settlement, which is located on Neighborhood lands for 48 years.
The new settlement scheme penetrates the Jerusalem neighborhood, and passes through the lands of its residents, to dismember Sheikh Jarrah and cut off its connection with the neighborhoods of Jerusalem, as the Local Committee for Planning and Building in the occupation municipality intends to seize 2,110 square meters of the area of Sheikh Jarrah.
The confiscated lands are allocated for the benefit of housing and commercial projects, and public places within two huge towers, which include a synagogue, and the new settlement units included in the “Renovation of Ma’alot Dafna Urban Renewal.”
Extended takeover
The Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood is divided into two parts, the eastern one known as “Karam al-Jaouni” and the western one, called “Ard al-Naq’a,” both of which are subject to the new scheme, and this was confirmed by the mayor of the occupation in the Holy City, Moshe Leon, who said in statements: “We are working in all parts of the country. The city in order to increase the settlement units, through new construction, and the promotion of settlement renewal projects, for all religious and secular sectors, which allows us to benefit from the land resources in a way that allows economic feasibility, along with the welfare of the settlers.”
The spokesman for the Defense Committee for the People of Sheikh Jarrah Neighborhood, Saleh Diab, 55, from Karam Al-Jaouni, whose homes are threatened by the seizure and confiscation of settlers’ housing plans, confirms that the residents of the Jerusalem neighborhood are facing a pre-planned and unprecedented process of ethnic cleansing, and are under pressure A large and continuous plan from Israel and its various institutions, represented by the occupation municipality’s plan to forcibly displace them.
Diab told "Emirates Today" in an exclusive interview, "The occupation municipality is trying by various means to seize the lands of the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, to establish new settlement units, in addition to the continuous attacks by settlers and police officers against the residents, including raids on their homes, chasing and arresting them.
A spokesman for the Committee for the Defense of the Residents of Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood points out that, according to the plan of the occupation municipality, the Israeli forces will demolish an existing building containing 26 housing units, and construct a 12-storey settlement building instead, and 135 settlement units, in addition to another plan to demolish a residential building that houses More than 10 Jerusalem families have lived in Sheikh Jarrah since 1953.
He points out that the occupation will build on the Nashashibi land, which it seized in the past, a commercial settlement building and an employment and employment office comprising six floors, two of which are underground, and the first floor includes offices for the occupation police, while the second floor is allocated to the municipality in the Holy City.
Diab added: "The fourth floor will include a synagogue for Jews, and the fifth floor will allocate a boarding school for settlers, in order to double the settlement presence in Sheikh Jarrah Al-Maqdisi and its surroundings."
The specter of siege and displacement
During the past years, settlement associations seized many houses in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, the most prominent and largest of which is the home of the al-Ghawi family, which has become a haven for settlers since 2009, while 25 settlement units were established on the lands of “Karam al-Mufti” and in the vicinity of the “Saadi” cave in the Jerusalem neighborhood, to turn into An outpost called "Shimon Hatsadeq".
Currently, 21 Jewish families are settling inside the "Shimon Hatsadeq" outpost, which was set up by the "Nahalat Shimon" settlement association, to swallow up many homes of the residents in Sheikh Jarrah, and become an easy prey for the settlers, while the Jerusalemite families in the neighborhood are haunted by the specter of eviction and displacement from their homes all the time. while.
Head of the Jerusalem Anti-Judaization Committee, Nasser Al-Hadmi, confirms that the settlement associations and companies that are active to Judaize Sheikh Jarrah and confiscate the homes of its residents, are supported by the Deputy Mayor of the occupation, Aryeh King, who is working hard to expand settlement operations and establish new outposts in the heart of Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood.
Al-Hadmi said, "After implementing this plan, the residents of the Sheikh neighborhood will be surrounded by the rampant settlement from all sides. The most prominent goal of the occupation municipality project is to Judaize the neighborhood, which is the main and important link between the Old City of Jerusalem and the northeastern neighborhoods of the Holy City."
He added, “The Jerusalem neighborhood is located in an area close to the Old City and the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, so the occupation plans by various means to find a connection between East and West Jerusalem, through the new occupation’s municipal plan, to link the new settlement units with the Mufti Palace, which was previously seized by the occupation inside Sheikh Jarrah, and then connected it with the Hebrew University and the settlement of French Hill in the lands of Mount Scopus to the northeast of the Holy City.
Lots of charts
The plans to target Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood did not stop at the urban renewal in Ma'alot Dafna settlement. In the last third of last October, the Israeli municipality announced its intention to prepare three settlement plans, which it intends to approve.
A spokesman for the Committee for the Defense of the People of Sheikh Jarrah Neighborhood confirms that these plans have reached the final stage of obtaining approval and issuing building permits, pointing out that they will be implemented in the outpost of Shimon Hattek in the Jerusalem neighborhood, as well as real estate and land seized by the Nahalat Shimon settlement association.
He shows that the three schemes supported by the Land of Israel Fund include the construction of settlement units and commercial and recreational buildings for settlers inside and adjacent to the neighborhood.
Diab said, "The occupation municipality in the Holy City intends, according to its plans, to completely remove the western area of Sheikh Jarrah and expel its residents, to construct 250 new settlement units, in addition to establishing 220 other units at the expense of Palestinian lands in the eastern region within the Jerusalem neighborhood."
According to the plan, the occupation will demolish an existing building comprising 26 housing units, and construct a 12-storey settlement building in its place, and 135 settlement units, in addition to another plan to demolish a residential building housing more than 10 Jerusalemite families living in “Sheikh Jarrah” since 1953.
The occupation will build on the Nashashibi land, which was previously seized, a commercial settlement building, and a six-storey employment and employment office, two of which are underground, and the first floor includes offices for the occupation police, while the second floor is allocated to the municipality in the Holy City.
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