Some 2,200 residents of Silwan in East Jerusalem, 84 families from the Batan al-Hawa community and 150 families from the al-Bustan community, are facing immediate expulsion from their homes. In the past two years, the Israeli government and the Jerusalem Municipality, working hand in hand with settler organizations, have dramatically escalated their efforts to Judaize the neighbourhood and uproot its Palestinian residents.
This policy is part of an ongoing campaign of ethnic cleansing led by the Israeli government and its prime minister.
B'Tselem joins 17 human rights organizations in Israel in calling on the Israeli public and the international community to bring about the immediate cessation of all expulsion measures in Silwan and throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
