Loading ...Israel seizes 790 Palestinian firms in Jerusalem
Some 790 Palestinian firms based in occupied Jerusalem are being transferred to Jewish ownership, Jordanian newspaper Al-Ghad reported yesterday.
Director of the Maps and Survey Department in the Orient House in Jerusalem, Khalil Al-Tafakji, said: “These properties are owned by Arab Palestinian families, including 595 residential apartments, 186 shops and 15 Islamic, nine Christian and 60 public facilities.”
“The Israeli occupation confiscated these firms in 1968, turned them into state property, and now it is turning them into the ownership of Jewish settlers.”
Al-Tafakji stressed: “The recent Israeli announcement to build new settlement units in occupied Jerusalem was a step towards turning Palestinian properties to Jewish settlers.” He noted that the Israeli occupation does not hide its occupation and settlement plans.
Two days ago, the Israeli president and prime minister reiterated that Jerusalem, east and west, is a united city for the Jewish nation and it would remain the “eternal united capital” for them.
According to Al-Tafakji, the recent ongoing Israeli measures regarding the so-called “Absentee Property Law” is the Israeli tool used to target Palestinian properties owned by Palestinians living outside Jerusalem.
“Using this law, the occupation is targeting the remaining 13 per cent of occupied Jerusalem controlled by Palestinians,” he said.
Source: www.middleeastmonitor.com