Israeli occupation forces stop Palestinians at an army roadblock in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Al Issawiya, on October 15, 2015. Israel set up checkpoints in the Palestinian neighborhoods of East Jerusalem and mobilized hundreds of soldiers to man them after recent attacks by Palestinians. Their continued presence violates the human rights of the Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem and is suspected to be intentionally motivated as a form of collective punishment.

ACRI: End Partial Closure Imposed on Occupied East Jerusalem

According to the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI), the decision of Israeli authorities to deploy dozens of roadblocks and inspection checkpoints around occupied East Jerusalem, constitutes unlawful, collective punishment for 350,000 male and female residents of East Jerusalem who make up approximately 40% of the city’s population. Two weeks have passed since the…