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May 12, 2021In the final days of Ramadan, Al-Aqsa Mosque has come under attack, yet again, from Israeli occupation forces. Hundreds of Palestinians have been injured in what Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan described as “acts of state terrorism.”
In the final days of Ramadan, Al-Aqsa Mosque has come under attack, yet again, from Israeli occupation forces. Hundreds of Palestinians have been injured in what Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan described as “acts of state terrorism.”
Tensions, which bubbled up following the decision to forcibly evict certain Palestinian families from their homes in East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood on May 2, exploded on May 7, as the Israeli police assaulted the congregation during the night prayer. On May 10, Israeli fanatics joined the security forces on the occasion of “Jerusalem Day.”
At the heart of the issue is an attempt to “steal Palestinian homes” – as a Jewish settler, seen in a video that has since gone viral, clearly said. Israel wants to “de-Palestinize” the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, which was named after Saladin’s physician, and the rest of East Jerusalem.
The property policy
For the record, this development is not unprecedented. Israel has pursued a systematic policy to “de-Palestinize” East Jerusalem since 1967. Its excuse is to settle so-called legal disputes over property between private persons. The supposed return of Jews to their “properties” began in 1972 and increased from 1991 on.
Ironically, Israel’s court system engages in discrimination by allowing Jews alone to make legal claims regarding property. Palestinians end up losing in court, despite presenting Ottoman-era title deeds and documents from Jordan.
To add insult to injury, Israeli courts have no jurisdiction over the re
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