Sana'a - Saba:
The Zionist annexation of lands and architectural structures in Al-Quds continues, in a relentless effort to Judaize what remains of the city's features, in implementation of a settlement project that dreams of creating "Greater Quds of Israel", which comes in the context of a larger project to swallow the rest of the West Bank with all its geography.
In the context, the Zionist enemy authorities intend to approve the establishment of more than 1,000 settlement units in the city of East Al-Quds, to annex settlements in the vicinity of the Palestinian city and expand its borders "and to establish a Jewish majority in it with the aim of establishing "Greater Al-Quds of Israel".
According to the enemy media, "a plan to build more than 1000 housing units in East Al-Quds is expected to be submitted today for approval by the local planning and construction committee in Al-Quds" of the Zionist occupation municipality.
According to the plan, "380 housing units are expected to be built in the neighborhood (settlement) "Nof Tsion" near Jabal al-Mukaber. In addition to a school, two synagogues and commercial areas."
Near the Palestinian neighborhood of Sur Baher, between the kibbutz (settlement) "Ramat Rachel" and the "Har Homa" neighborhood, another 650 housing units, commercial areas, an elementary school, a synagogue, a community center and kindergartens will be built," according to the enemy media.
The Zionist enemy government has escalated settlement operations in East Al-Quds.
The Palestinian presence
In this context, a Zionist occupation court in Al-Quds issued a decision to evict the Al-Basha family from their historic home on Al-Wad Street in the Old City, in favor of annexing it to a synagogue.
Abdul Majid al-Basha told the Palestinian News Agency (Wafa) on Tuesday that his family rejects this unjust decision and affirms its adherence to its legitimate right to the land and the building, which is an authentic part of Al-Quds's history and its Arab and Islamic identity.
He explained that the decision gives the family two months to file an appeal, otherwise they will be forced to evacuate their historic three-story house.
"This decision is not only a legal injustice but also a clear targeting of the Palestinian presence in Al-Quds," said lawyer Mohammed Mufid al-Basha, one of the family's sons, stressing that the family will take all legal measures to challenge the decision and stop its implementation.
The decision comes in a systematic context of displacing Palestinian families from their houses in the Old City of Al-Quds, with the aim of changing the demographic character of the holy city.
Enemy media reported that the occupation authorities last week sent a proposal to the government to promote a government decision that would expand the area of the Zionist Al-Quds municipality to include settlements built on lands classified as West Bank in the vicinity of the city.
"The purpose of the proposal is to enshrine the Jewish majority in Al-Quds and strengthen it as the capital of Israel State ," the media quoted the occupation authorities as saying.
On September 29, 2020, the Palestinian Center for Israeli Studies (Madar) warned that the Israeli enemy is working to build a "Greater Al-Quds" and swallow larger Palestinian areas while reducing the number of Palestinians in them.
According to enemy estimates, Palestinians constitute 39 percent of the population in the city of Jerusalem in its eastern and western parts, a percentage that worries the Israeli enemy, according to statements by its officials.
In addition to settlement construction in East Al-Quds, the Israeli enemy government seeks to expand Al-Quds's borders by annexing settlements built on lands classified as the West Bank in the vicinity of Al-Quds.
Many large settlements are located in the vicinity of Al-Quds, such as Ma'ale Adumim, in the east, and Gush Etzion, in the south, and their annexation would significantly change the demographic balance in Al-Quds in favor of Judaization.
Zionist Settlement
The Israeli "Peace Now" movement, which specializes in monitoring settlement in the Palestinian territories, estimates that more than 700,000 settlers reside in Zionist settlements in the West Bank, including East Al-Quds.
The United Nations and the international community consider Zionist settlements in the territories occupied in 1967 to be illegal, and call on "Israel" to stop them to no avail.
In February 2025, Al-Quds witnessed a continuation of settlement, as the occupation authorities approved two new settlement projects in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, as part of the policy of Judaizing the city.
In parallel, the Palestinian Authority's Al-Quds Governorate expressed its fears of new Zionist plans to approve the construction of more than 1,000 settlement units east of the occupied city of Jerusalem.
A statement issued by the Al-Quds Governorate on Wednesday indicated that the settlement plan is part of a systematic policy aimed at swallowing the remaining Palestinian lands, changing the demographic reality and national identity of Al-Quds, and imposing an occupation reality through the "Greater Al-Quds" project, which is considered a war crime under international law.
The statement revealed that the occupation authorities aim through the plan to expand the settlement neighborhoods of "Nof Tsion" and "Har Homa", which are located on Palestinian lands in Sur Baher and Jabal al-Mukaber, by building new settlement units, in addition to educational , commercial facilities and synagogues, as part of a relentless effort to Judaize the geographical and demographic landscape of the city.
"Greater Al-Quds"
Al-Quds Governorate warned of a more dangerous Zionist plan that aims to annex three huge settlement blocs, namely "Gush Etzion", which includes 14 settlements in the southwestern part of Al-Quds, "Maale Adumim", which includes 8 settlements that extend from east Al-Quds to the Jordan Valley, and "Givat Ze'ev", which includes 5 settlements, located in the northwestern part of Al-Quds, to the so-called "Al-Quds municipal borders".
The statement pointed out that this means imposing "Greater Al-Quds" project on an area estimated at 600 square kilometers, equivalent to 10 percent of the West Bank.
"If this project is implemented, it will lead to the dismemberment of the Palestinian geography, isolating the north of the West Bank from its south ... and eliminating any chance of establishing an independent, sovereign Palestinian state with a capital in East Al-Quds."
Al-Quds Governorate emphasized that "the right-wing Israeli government continues to accelerate the pace of land confiscation, deepen settlements, and practice the worst forms of ethnic cleansing against Palestinians in Al-Quds, in clear defiance of United Nations resolutions that condemn settlements and consider them illegal."
Al-Quds Governorate called on the international community "to move from warnings and condemnations to imposing deterrent international sanctions on the occupying state, to force it to stop its settlement plans and racist practices."
It also called for curbing the "settlement terrorism" that feeds on the protection and support of the Zionist government, in addition to the American protection internationally .
The Zionist settlement phenomenon in Palestine was distinguished from other ancient and modern settlement experiences by its association with violence and the seizure of lands owned by their rightful owners by force, with prior planning to expel these populations, eradicate their civilization and eliminate their existence. Jewish settler colonialism is based on colonial and racist foundations that violate the principles of international law and international covenants, conventions and agreements.
In this context, the resistance movements call on the Palestinian people to increase steadfastness, confrontation and escalation of resistance, to ignite the state of engagement through painful operations inside the occupied territories, and to deprive the occupier , his settlers of security , safety until liberation and return.
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