Ramadan and Al-Aqsa: Deportations and arrests
The police said in a statement that in light of the "preparations for the month of Ramadan", it has intensified "field operations" to prevent West Bank residents from entering the city of Jerusalem.
The police said in a statement that last week, it arrested 235 people from the West Bank on the pretext of entering Jerusalem "illegally", and 36 suspects of providing them with assistance "transporting them or providing them with accommodation".
It added that it has arrested 600 Palestinians from the occupied West Bank in Jerusalem since the beginning of this year, on the pretext of "being in the city illegally", and arrested 100 business owners because Palestinian workers spent the night in Jerusalem without a permit, and closed about 20 businesses in the city.
The Israeli police also said that it issued deportation orders from Al-Aqsa Mosque against the prisoners released in the exchange deal, and deported all those who participated in welcoming the released Ashraf Zghayyar from Al-Aqsa.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Jerusalem had monitored since the first stage of the deal the expulsion of released prisoners from Al-Aqsa, where the released prisoner is expelled from Al-Aqsa for a period of one to two weeks, and is asked to come to the Al-Qishla Police Station and receive a deportation order until next July.
The center also monitored a campaign of summonses for activists, young men and women from Jerusalem, in the past weeks, and they were handed deportation orders from Al-Aqsa. The police said that it "recommended to the government to allow 10,000 Palestinians from the West Bank to enter Jerusalem and reach Al-Aqsa Mosque during the month of Ramadan, men over 55 years old, women over 50 years old, and children under 12 years old accompanied by an adult, but the recommendation has not been approved yet."
