Report: Israel escalates practices aimed at displacing Palestinians from occupied Jerusalem

The human rights organization 'Ir Amim' revealed in a new report that 19 Israeli government and public bodies have been involved in operations to displace Palestinians and seize their properties in occupied East Jerusalem since 2023.

The human rights organization 'Ir Amim' revealed in a new report titled 'Displacement: The State System of Expropriation in East Jerusalem' that 19 government and public bodies, falling under eight Israeli ministries and authorities, have been involved in operations to displace Palestinians and seize their properties in occupied East Jerusalem. The report confirmed that these operations are no longer limited to settlement associations such as 'Ateret Cohanim' and 'Elad', but that Israeli authorities are directly behind broader expropriation and displacement efforts. The report documents how the roles of Israeli ministries and authorities integrate in implementing these policies since 2023, where the Ministry of Justice, through the 'Official Receiver' and land registration offices, facilitates the transfer of lands and properties to state control and settlement associations, while the Ministry of Finance uses the powers of the 'Custodian of Absentee Property' to seize Palestinian properties. The Ministry of Construction and Housing and the Israel Land Authority are tasked with advancing settlement construction projects on confiscated lands.