Introduction                                         

The Jerusalem Governorate, through the Public Relations Unit, has monitored the violations of the Israeli occupation in occupied Jerusalem since the beginning of the year 2021, and issued 18 detailed reports (12 monthly reports, 4 quarterly reports, the semi-annual report, and the annual report), through which it monitored the events of Jerusalem day by day. And this is the first annual report of the Al-Quds Al-Sharif Governorate, which monitors the annual summary of the violations of the occupation during the year 2021 in the occupied capital.

The year 2021 witnessed pivotal events, in which the Jerusalemite_ street demonstrated its determination to remain steadfast in its land and defend its identity, and demonstrated its ability to extract its right no matter what it cost. The occupation persisted in its violations of Jerusalem and its people, using all its equipment, starting with the field executions of everyone who was suspicious in the occupation view, and the arrests of young men and women, children and adults, and the imposition of decisions that it believed would the resolve of Jerusalemites to defend Jerusalem and their rights, but Jerusalemite surprises the occupation with a greater challenge with a stronger resolve.

The fight against the occupation of the Palestinian presence in Jerusalem is represented in many aspects, including the demolitions in the towns and neighborhoods of the Holy City, which escalated hysterically and publicly during the year, to expel and forcibly displace Jerusalemites. All of this comes under flimsy pretexts formulated by the Occupation Court in the interest of its settlers. from arrests, actual imprisonment, home confinement, deportations, defining a movement map, travel bans, revocation of residency, and many more.

On the other hand, the occupation is trying to impose restrictions on the Jerusalem identity of places in the city. The issue of Bab al-Amoud and the imposition of iron barriers on its steps in the blessed month of Ramadan and preventing Jerusalemites from sitting there, set fire to the hearts of the people of Jerusalem in particular and Palestine in general, and it was the torch in which the Jerusalemites rose up to extract the lowest Their rights to exist there, as the rebellion of Bab al-Amuod lasted 12 days, and its voice reached the whole world, forcing the occupier to give up his arrogance and remove the iron berms.

At the same time, the decision to displace the families of Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood was approaching. The Jerusalemites rallied to their support and stood in the face of the unjust decisions of the occupation. Another flame was in the face of the usurping occupier who harnessed all his strength to break their resolve, but at that time the unthinkable happened, as Palestine rose up All from Ras al-Naqoura to the Negev in protest against the violations in occupied Jerusalem and the occupation's bombing of the Gaza Strip, as if they were one body, and it was the final blow that weakened the. Palestinian people's anger was not taken into account and the occupation began to spread his hatred for the crime of bombing beloved Gaza and perpetrating massacres against civilians and property throughout the Palestinian territories.

The Israelization of everything that exists in the Holy City from stones, trees and even humans is the goal of the usurping occupier, as well as robbing the history, present and future of the Palestinian existence and trying to harness everything necessary to convince the world of the Zionist narrative.But this year, we were at a new crossroads in the world. Social media became one of the important tools of popular resistance in imposing the Palestinian right, exposing the crimes of the Zionist occupation, and working to mobilize international support and expose the falseness of the Israeli narrative. The Palestinian proved that he is able to defend himself and make his voice heard. to the world, which is what actually happened this year, and their voice entered the world of "trends".

The daily incursions into holy sites, especially the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, by settlers in a dangerous escalation with government and legal support, as the pace of incursions escalated throughout the year, and serious violations were practiced against Al-Aqsa Mosque, the occupation authorities issued several decisions against Al-Aqsa Mosque in favor of their incursions in a manner that serves to increase intrusions day after day. On the lookout, Al-Aqsa Mosque is the first front line, and its defense is sacred to every Palestinian, as this year has proven.

This comes in conjunction with the targeting of Christian sanctities, such as attacks on clergy, settlers targeting churches and burning them, writing slogans offensive to Christ, peace be upon him, and placing obstacles in the way of Christians' access to their places of worship during their holidays, leaving no doubt that the occupation wants the holy city as a Jewish city, and fights the Islamic and Christian presence in an attempt to erase all Islamic and Christian manifestations in it.

In the midst of what happened over the course of the year and the previous years, the successive occupation governments imposed the Judaization and family methodology on all aspects, including settlement projects and schemes, plundering citizens’ properties and properties through a settlement belt that wraps around the Holy City and building roads to link settlements with each other and isolate the Holy City from the rest of the country’s governorates and transform it To sprawling cantons by various means and spreading the settlement outposts to weaken the Palestinian presence.

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