Occupied East Jerusalem -The Jerusalem District Court this week postponed a ruling that was appealed by seven Palestinian families (including 44 people) who faced threats of being deported from their homes in the Batan al-Hawa area of ??Silwan.

The Palestinians said, however, they believe that the “Judaization” of East Jerusalem and the deportation will continue-it is only a matter of time.

The district court issued its verdict on Wednesday, and the court delayed Wednesday’s trial. Earlier, the court ruled that these families were part of 19 families in Batan al-Hawa and were expelled from their residences to make way for Israeli settlers who claimed to have lived here before the State of Israel in 1948. Up.

“The court will postpone the ruling because the situation in East Palestine is very tense now because the Palestinian families are also Facing deportation at Sheikh Jarrah Fakhri Abu Diab (Fakhri Abu Diab), head of the Silvan Land and Real Estate Protection Committee and Jerusalem affairs researcher, told Al Jazeera.

“Since U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Brinken is currently in the area, it is not a good time to start making Palestinians homeless,” Abu Diab said.

“However, the Israeli courts will eventually stand with the settlers in the future, and the deportation will continue.”

‘No longer afraid’

In recent weeks, clashes broke out in Shekih Jarrah. Palestinians protested the imminent deportation of several families from their homes and clashed with Israeli security forces, resulting in many injuries and arrests.

Walid Husseini was the nephew of the late Faisal Husseini, he was the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) liaison representative for the peace negotiations at the Madrid Conference in 1991 – this time telling the peninsula Television, this time the Palestinians will not give up when the deportation begins again.

Husseini, a former journalist who participated in the first Palestinian uprising, said: “The situation on the ground is similar to the situation during the first uprising, because more and more Palestinians are beginning to politicize and are no longer afraid.”

“They have given up the powerless Palestinian Authority, just as they have given up the corrupt PLO Palestinian leader.

“They realize that the international community will not put pressure on Israel, so they must leave the matter in their own hands.”

The Palestinians’ fear of Judaization in East Jerusalem seems to be supported by local facts, and Israel’s assertion that Jerusalem will remain unified and become the capital of Israel forever.

Over the years, Israel’s expulsion of Palestinians from their homes in East Jerusalem has been an ongoing process, and then with the increase in international criticism and pressure on Israel, there has been a period of calm and delay.

The Israeli organization “Peace Now” stated that the planned deportation was part of a broader plan coordinated by the Israeli settler movement and the Israeli authorities, which deported about 100 families from Batan Hawa based on pre- 1948 ownership requirements.

Many settlers who lived in the area before 1948 received financial compensation from the Israeli government.

However, under Israeli law, Palestinians displaced from West Jerusalem and other areas within Israel’s internationally recognized Green Line are not eligible for compensation, nor do they have the legal right to reclaim their land.

Stop all settlements

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) stated that the imminent deportation is part of Israeli legislation, which includes specific laws that promote the acquisition of property for the establishment of Israeli settlements.

A follow-up investigation conducted by OCHA in 2020 revealed that at least 218 Palestinian families in East Jerusalem were deported, most of which were initiated by settler organizations, leaving 970 people (including 424 children) facing displacement Danger.

“Most of the new cases were found in the Batan al-Hawa area of ??Sylvan, which is still the most at risk of displacement due to ongoing eviction cases,” Say OCHA.

The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a recent report that the Israeli authorities “must immediately and completely stop all settlement activities in the area. [occupied Palestinian territories] Including “East Jerusalem”, the application of certain Israeli laws was reviewed. “These laws are used as the basis for expelling Palestinians from their East Jerusalem property” and “stopping demolition and forced evictions.”

The Judaization of East Jerusalem transcends the expulsion that has already taken place and is planned to take place.

According to the United Nations, although Palestinians make up 40% of the population, Palestinians are still struggling to obtain building permits and can only build houses within 15% of occupied East Jerusalem, while 30% of East Jerusalem is allocated for construction Illegal settlements in Israel.

The Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem said that the Jerusalem municipality has consistently refused to develop detailed urban building plans for Palestinian neighborhoods (which is a prerequisite for obtaining building permits), thereby restricting Palestinian construction.

Declaring parts of the East Jerusalem National Park further restricts the entry of Palestinians. So far, four national parks have been declared in the occupied part of the city.

Revoke the right of abode

Bessalem said that Israel’s policy in East Jerusalem is designed to force the Palestinians to leave, thereby shaping a geographical and demographic reality that will thwart any future attempts to challenge Israeli sovereignty there.

The organization stated: “Due to this policy or other reasons, Palestinians who leave East Jerusalem are at risk of losing their permanent residency rights and subsequent social benefits,” the organization said.

“Since 1967, under such circumstances, Israel has revoked the permanent residency of approximately 14,500 Palestinians from East Jerusalem.”

OCHA said that Israeli measures increasingly cut off East Jerusalem, which was once the focal point of political, commercial, religious and cultural life in other parts of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, which is the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. The focus of political, commercial, religious and cultural life.

Muhammad is a teacher from Sylvan, and he does not wish to disclose his full name. He told Al Jazeera that because of mass arrests, indiscriminate night attacks and checkpoints throughout the city, Israelis are bringing an extremely difficult life for Palestinians in Occupied East Jerusalem.

He said: “I am scared for my family, and my children, especially my son, are not allowed to go too far, so I insist on driving everywhere.”

“The rest of the time I will make sure that they stay in the house. To be honest, I am very afraid of the future of my child.”