Israeli High Court Postpones Decision on East Jerusalem Residency as ID Card Confiscation Continues
Some people call it the "quiet deportation," while others are calling it "ethnic cleansing." Whatever term is used to describe it, there is no doubt that the systematic expulsion of Palestinians from Jerusalem has been stepped up in the past three years. Between 1996 and 1998, Israeli authorities have stripped over 2,000 families, affecting an estimated 8,500 individuals, of their right to live in the city using the insidious bureaucratic tool of ID card confiscation, among others.
On April 22, the Israeli High Court heard a petition submiTTed last year by five Israeli human …