What’s beyond the story of Al-Silsileh Gate police station “Bet Elyahu”?
The property of Abu Mayaleh family formerly and a police station currently known as “Bet Elyahu” is located in Al-Silsileh Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem and was confiscated in 1969 by the occupation authorities for security reasons with a decision made by the “military commander” in the central area and included the confiscation of 17 houses and commercial stores and places of worship based on article (119) of the defense system (emergency) for the year 1945 under the pretext that the residents of that street and the neighboring streets (according to the confiscation order) violated the defense system with a view to kill and injure people who were on their way to pray at Al-Buraq Square “Wailing Wall” and the residents of that area helped in committing the above mentioned crimes.
The property of “occupation’s police center” is the property of Hajj Mustafa Abu Mayaleh and after the confiscation order was issued, more than 50 people were displaced for security reasons.
