Palestinians protest against Israeli schemes to displace them

Hundreds of Palestinians in Yaffa in occupied Palestine participated in the vigil organized by local institutions on Saturday evening to protest the Israeli schemes to sell lands located in the Palestinian historical Ajami neighborhood.

Israel Lands Administration (ILA) put out to tender for the marketing of land located in the Ajami neighborhood in the city of Yaffa, of an area exceeding six thousand square meters.

According to the tender, more than 40 housing units can be built on this land.

The protestors chanted slogans condemning the occupation schemes to displace them and confirming their adherence to their land.

The head of the Association for the welfare of Arabs in Jaffa Abdelkader Satel delivered a speech on the steps to be taken to prevent the Israeli government institution from implementing its plans to displace the indigenous city residents.

He pointed out that Israel demolished three thousand Palestinian buildings in the city of Yaffa after 1948, in an attempt to erase Arab existence, history and civilization in the region.

Satel called on Jaffa's Arabs to join their efforts to confront the Israeli displacement schemes.

For his part, Mahmoud Khimil, a Jaffa talked about the housing crisis in the city.