Israeli occupation forces demolish a Palestinian-owned car wash in Occupied Al-Quds

Occupied Al-Quds, (ST) – Israeli occupation authorities on Monday demolished a car wash in the East Al-Quds (Jerusalem) neighborhood of Isawiyya, and razed a plot of land, according to WAFA News Agency.

She said that a large police force escorted a bulldozer to the neighborhood, which lies on the eastern slopes of Al-Quds (Jerusalem), where the heavy machinery tore down the car wash.

 At the same time, an excavator leveled a plot of land owned by an employee with the Islamic Waqf department, who is currently in Israeli custody.

For the residents of Issawiyeh, a Palestinian village of some 20,000, Israeli police vehicles have become an everyday reality on the neighborhood streets, while police drones fly above – surveilling each move of the neighborhood’s residents.

Nestled in the hills of East Al-Quds, Isawiyya is plagued by poor infrastructure, and residents are constantly harassed by the Israeli police.

Rights groups have long pointed out that Israel’s discriminatory policies in East Al-Quds (Jerusalem)- which include routine home demolitions, discriminatory allocation of building permits, and the forceful expulsions of Palestinians from their homes for the benefit of Israeli colonial settlements – are aimed at driving out Palestinians from the city to tilt the demographic balance in favor of its Jewish population.

Raghda Sawas