Palestinian displacement in East Jerusalem is the transfer of Palestinian residents from the city due to Israeli policies aimed at an Israeli-Jewish demographic majority.[a] Many Palestinian families in East Jerusalem have been affected by "forced relocation processes or been involved in lengthy legal procedures to revoke an eviction order."[2] According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA),[3] between a third to a half of East Jerusalem's houses do not have permits, potentially placing over 100,000 Palestinian residents of the city at risk of forced displacement and forcible transfer as a result of demolitions.[4]
Aryeh King, a deputy mayor of Jerusalem said that the evictions were part of a municipal strategy to create "layers of Jews" throughout East Jerusalem.[b] The United Nations Human Rights Office urged Israel to call off pending evictions in East Jerusalem, warning that its actions could amount to war crimes. “We call on Israel to immediately call off all forced evictions,” UN rights office spokesman Rupert Colville. International humanitarian law prohibits the confiscation of private property and that evictions of the Palestinian families could constitute a war crime.[6] Human Rights Watch says the government enforces policy to "maintain the domination by Jewish Israelis over Palestinians".[7]
- ^ AlHaq 2020, p. 7.
- ^ Meir 2018, p. 221.
- ^ OCHA 2018.
- ^ AlHaq 2020, p. 28.
- ^ Kingsley 2021.
- ^ Magid 2021.
- ^ Holmes 2021.
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