Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Governorate warned on Wednesday against a decision by the Israeli occupation authorities to complete the settlement and registration of all lands of occupied Al-Quds in the Israeli Land Registry (Tabu) by the end of 2029.
The Palestinian governorate described the Israeli move as the “most dangerous settlement step since the occupation of the city in 1967, representing a shift from a policy of gradual confiscation to a final and documented determination of land ownership in favor of the occupying state and its colonial institutions.”
In a statement, Al-Quds Governorate said the new Resolution No. 3792 is “in essence an organized colonial project to settle land according to Israeli law and impose full Israeli sovereignty over the occupied city.”
Palestinian man Yasser Danna was forced to demolish his own home in occupied east Jerusalem after Israeli authorities issued a demolition notice. Danna's family of four lived in the house in the al-Muruj neighbourhood of Jabal al-Mukabber for seven years. They are now homeless. pic.twitter.com/Y1Pn6yGFYV
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The governorate described the Israeli settlement project as a “blatant circumvention of international law applicable to the occupied territories, including Al-Quds and its suburbs, which prohibits the transfer of private property to public property and prevents the dispossession or deprivation of property from the population under occupation, which leads to the displacement of Palestinians from their homes and the loss of their lands.”
The Israeli project “is classified under international law as a war crime and a clear violation of the rules of international humanitarian law,” the governorate said.
It warned that the Jerusalemites face an imminent threat to their existence in their homes and lands, not because of the lack of actual ownership, but because of the impossibility of proving it under coercive Israeli conditions.
The majority of the houses are located on lands whose registration procedures have not been completed since the occupation authorities stopped the arrangement process after 1967, the governorate clarified.
Palestinian children were forced to participate in the demolition of their family home in the Wad Qadum neighbourhood of Silwan, in occupied East Jerusalem, after Israeli authorities issued a demolition order against the property. pic.twitter.com/DyODLwm4eq
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It added that the properties remained registered in the names of the grandparents or in unrecognized Jordanian records.
“While many of the heirs live outside the country, which allows the occupation to classify them as ‘absent’ and activate the Absentee Property Law to register the lands in the name of the ‘Israeli State’, the occupation municipality, or settlement associations.”
Source: Palestinian media (translated and edited by Al-Manar)