Israel’s Dangerous New Transfer Tactic in Jerusalem

From time to time, the Palestine Center distributes articles it believes will enhance understanding of the Palestinian political reality. The following article by Munir Nuseibah  was published by Al-Shabaka on April 12, 2016.

 

“Israel’s Dangerous New Transfer Tactic in Jerusalem”

Israel is adept at creating new Palestinian refugees and internally displaced persons, taking advantage of every opportunity to do so and exploiting temporary crises to promote permanent measures. Today, it is using the recent violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) to introduce a dangerous new twist to its long-standing residency revocation policy to force Palestinians out of East Jerusalem.

This new concept –”breach of allegiance” to the state of Israel – is now being used to revoke the residency of Palestinian Jerusalemites, in addition to possible demolition of their family homes. The Israeli government is describing these actions as regular law enforcement measures, but analysis shows that they are part of its ongoing policies of forced displacement, with the aim of making long-term demographic changes and maintaining an overwhelming Jewish majority in Jerusalem.

 

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