Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued an official decision to renew the travel ban against the Jerusalemite female activist Hanadi Halawani. Netanyahu signed the decision prohibiting her from leaving Palestinian territories until early next March. Local sources reported that the occupation authorities summoned Halawani to the 'Qishla' investigation center in the Old City of Jerusalem to hand her the decision, claiming that her travel poses a direct security threat to the occupation.
In the context of urban restrictions, the occupation municipality in Jerusalem forced citizen Raed Abdel Aziz Dabash to carry out a self-demolition of his home and his son's home in the town of Sur Baher, located southeast of the occupied city. This coercive measure was taken under the pretext of building without a license, a method used by the occupation authorities to push Palestinians to demolish their properties with their own hands to avoid paying exorbitant demolition costs and fines imposed by municipal mechanisms if they carry out the operation.
Field data indicates that the two targeted homes in Sur Baher have a total area of about 90 square meters and have been inhabited by eight members of the Dabash family since their construction in 2014. The occupation authorities did not stop at demolition orders but also imposed harsh financial penalties on the family exceeding 100,000 shekels, equivalent to about 32,000 US dollars, as part of the policy of financial attrition against Jerusalemites.
Regarding the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, the pace of expulsion decisions targeting Jerusalemite activists and youth has escalated with the approach of the holy month of Ramadan. Human rights sources stated that the occupation authorities handed a group of young men expulsion decisions from the mosque for varying periods, starting from one week renewable and extending up to six months, in an attempt to empty the mosque of worshippers and activists during the upcoming period.
The list of new expellees from Al-Aqsa Mosque included the released prisoner Ramzi Al-Abbasi, in addition to the brothers Barakat and Mohammed Al-Zaatari. These decisions come as part of a wide security campaign targeting influential figures in the Jerusalemite street. Local circles believe that these measures aim to secure settler incursions and reduce the Palestinian presence in the mosque's courtyards during religious seasons.
These successive developments in occupied Jerusalem, from home demolitions and travel bans to expulsions from holy sites, reflect a systematic policy pursued by the Netanyahu government to tighten its security grip on the city. These measures coincide with ongoing field escalation affecting all aspects of Palestinian life in Jerusalem, portending further tension amid the continued policies of forced displacement and restrictions on freedom of worship and movement.
The occupation authorities handed a number of Jerusalem youth expulsion decisions from Al-Aqsa Mosque for periods up to 6 months with the approach of the month of Ramadan.
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Israeli escalation in Jerusalem: Travel ban by Netanyahu's decision, home demolitions, and expulsions from Al-Aqsa