Israel is reviving an obscure 1968 government order to unilaterally seize some 50 properties directly adjacent to the al-Aqsa Mosque compound. Residents say the move is an effort to remove Palestinians and to complete the Judaization of Jerusalem.

An Israeli soldier walks among Muslim worshippers in the Old City on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan, April 5, 2024. (Photo: © Ilia Yefimovich/dpa via ZUMA Press/APA Images)Israel is reviving an obscure 1968 government order to unilaterally seize some 50 properties directly adjacent to the al-Aqsa Mosque compound. Residents say the move is an effort to remove Palestinians and to complete the Judaization of Jerusalem.

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