Today, Saturday, the Israeli occupation forces arrested 3 candidates for the Legislative Council elections in the city of Jerusalem, and prevented the holding of a press conference for the candidates of the national factions.
It was scheduled to hold a press conference for the Jerusalemite candidates to announce their position on holding the elections in Jerusalem and the mechanisms for the participation of Jerusalemites in them.
The occupation police arrested Ashraf Al-Awar, Nasser Qous, for the Fatah movement, and Ratibeh Al-Natshe, for the Fada list.
The occupation intelligence surrounded the "St. George" Hotel, where the press conference was scheduled to take place, before the event, checked the identities of passers-by and prevented the conference from taking place.
Candidates on the National Action factions´ lists expressed their position that Jerusalem is Arab, and sovereignty therein is Palestinian, and there are no elections without Jerusalem.
The dissidents and a number of cadres and activists staged a sit-in on Salah al-Din Street, after they were prevented from holding their press conference, raising the Palestinian flag in a message of survival and rootedness in response to the exclusionary policies of the occupation and a response to it.
According to local sources, the occupation intelligence informed the management of the "St. George" Hotel to prevent the establishment of any activity belonging to the Palestinian National Authority, or support it, and handed them a decision from the Minister of "Internal Security" to prevent the establishment of these activities, after the hotel administration handed over the hotel last year to the gathering. Al-Maqdisi to quarantine people infected with Corona virus from Jerusalem.
