In a nationwide crackdown against PA (Palestinian Authority) residents inside “Israel proper” illegally, security forces arrested 200 PA residents in addition to 13 Israeli employers providing employment for the illegals. The operation, which began on Tuesday 18 Marcheshvan is continuing on Wednesday as well.

In another anti-terror related matter, Jerusalem police are seeking judicial backing for orders to distance Arab residents of Yerushalayim with Israeli ID cards involved in acts of violence of terror — to remove them from the capital. Just as the IDF Central District Commander signs administrative orders to distance extremist elements from those areas, police are now trying to do the same in Yerushalayim, but unlike in Yehuda and Shomron, obtaining such an order is far more complicated from a legal perspective.

Authorities also await the order to raze the homes of those Jerusalem residents recently involved in acts of terror.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)