The Jerusalem Governorate stated that the Israeli occupation authorities seized more than 1,398 dunams of land in the Jerusalem Governorate during the first three months of this year.

In a statement issued Wednesday, the organization added that the escalation of the occupation authorities' colonial policies constitutes a blatant assault on the rights of our people and a flagrant violation of international law and international legitimacy resolutions, foremost among which are Security Council Resolutions 242 and 2334, which affirm the illegitimacy of colonialism in the territories occupied in 1967, including East Jerusalem.

The governorate pointed out the seizure decisions issued by the occupation authorities, which came under the pretext of expanding streets, as is the case with the colonial Route No. 45, or to expand existing colonies such as Givat Binyamin, or by annexing colonial outposts and transforming them into official colonies, as happened with Bani Adam. It was also announced that infrastructure projects would be established to serve the colonial project in the heart of Palestinian neighborhoods, such as: Wadi al-Joz, al-Ram, Kafr Aqab, Mikhmas, and Qalandia.

She stressed that the announced colonial plans, including seven new colonial plans, reflect a clear trend toward Judaizing the city and imposing a new demographic reality by seizing Palestinian lands and forcing their indigenous inhabitants to leave. This is particularly true in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, where the occupation authorities are seeking to establish the "Nahalat Shimon" settlement at the expense of the neighborhood's Jerusalemite residents, who are considered protected tenants under Jordanian law in force in East Jerusalem.

The Jerusalem Governorate warned against the colonial project known as "Greater Jerusalem," through which the occupation government seeks to annex 223 km of West Bank land to the Jerusalem Municipality. This project includes the annexation of 14 settlements, as part of three massive colonial blocs, aiming to fragment the West Bank, besiege the city of Jerusalem, and separate it from its Palestinian surroundings.

The governorate also warned of the occupation municipality's direct participation, for the first time, in colonial projects located in Palestinian neighborhoods within the city. This demonstrates the increasing involvement of official occupation institutions in implementing Judaization plans and changing the Arab-Palestinian character of Jerusalem.

She pointed out that these practices are part of a systematic policy to impose Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem and eliminate the Palestinian presence there. She called on the international community, including the United Nations, the European Union, and Arab and Islamic countries, to take concrete and practical steps to halt these violations, ensure the protection of the Palestinian population from forced displacement policies, and preserve the legal and historical status of Jerusalem as an integral part of the occupied Palestinian territory.