Israel ups al-Quds Judaization bid by arrests, expulsions of Palestinians: Rights group
Israel has ramped up its Judaization plans in occupied al-Quds through a new wave of arrests and forced expulsions of Palestinians from their homes, according to a Palestinian rights advocacy group.
In a report released on Wednesday, the Palestine Center for Prisoners’ Studies (PCPS) said that the Tel Aviv regime has issued 877 expulsion orders against the Palestinians residing in al-Quds since the beginning of this year.
Most of the Palestinians, who were ordered to leave their homes, were living in the vicinity of the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of al-Quds, it added.
The report said 2,000 Palestinians, including 465 minors and 58 women, have also been detained in al-Quds in 2023 so far, noting that the number constitutes about 47 percent of the total arrests across the occupied territories.
Israeli courts issued over 248 house arrest orders this year and 100 administrative detention orders, which allows incarcerating Palestinian inmates without trial or charge, according to the report.
Meanwhile, PCPS Director Riyad al-Ashqar said the regime’s forces even detained the sick, the elderly and the injured, and pursued the policy of “arresting prisoners immediately following their release.”
The occupation authorities, he said, brutally raided the homes of Palestinian detainees and confiscated their properties.
The report also said that Israel’s criminal measures in al-Quds are aimed at exhausting the Palestinians and deterring them from defending their city in the face of Israeli terrorism and incursions.
The Israeli moves are a continuation of its campaign directly targeting the historical and religious status of occupied al-Quds, it concluded.
Israeli violence against Palestinians has been on the rise since the far-right extremist cabinet of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took office last December.
More than 200 Palestinians have been killed by the usurping regime since the beginning of this year.
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