Jerusalem - "Jerusalem" dot com - The Ministry of Jerusalem Affairs revealed, on Wednesday, extensive contacts with international diplomats, UN institutions, and others, in order to work to stop the crime of collective punishment committed by the Israeli occupation authorities against the people of Shuafat camp and its surroundings.

In a statement, the ministry confirmed that what is happening amounts to a "war crime," noting that the situation is very dangerous on the ground and that these measures affect more than 140,000 citizens in Shuafat camp, Anata, Ras Khamis, Ras Shehadeh, and Dahiyat al-Salam.

She said: This calls for immediate and rapid action to stop this Israeli crime.

She added, "The Israeli occupation has turned the punishment of tens of thousands of Palestinians, including children, women, the elderly and the sick, into part of the Israeli electoral propaganda, which was expressed through the influx of Israeli candidates to the occupation military checkpoint at the entrance to Shuafat camp and the launch of racist slogans from there." ".

And it showed that the war crime committed by the occupation authorities affected all aspects of life in the Palestinian neighborhoods, including the educational, commercial and health process, and prevented hundreds of patients, including kidney and heart patients, from reaching medical centers to receive treatment.

And she continued: "The tightened Israeli siege is accompanied by barbaric storming of citizens' homes, firing tear gas and sound bombs at homes, widespread arrests, beatings against citizens, and the use of wastewater against residents."

She pointed out that the crime of collective punishment in the Shuafat camp and its nearby neighborhoods is associated with the crime of storming Al-Aqsa Mosque under the pretext of Jewish holidays.

The Ministry of Jerusalem Affairs confirmed: "The situation in the occupied city of East Jerusalem is very dangerous and that the occupation government bears the full consequences of this escalation."