A Fatah official has called on Palestinians to attend Friday prayers en masse at the al-Bustan protest tent in the al-Quds (Jerusalem) neighborhood of Silwan to protest Israel’s “alternative city plan” for al-Quds.

Ahlul Bayt News Agency (ABNA.ir), A Fatah official has called on Palestinians to attend Friday prayers en masse at the al-Bustan protest tent in the al-Quds (Jerusalem) neighborhood of Silwan to protest Israel’s “alternative city plan” for al-Quds.

Hatem Abdul Qader, a Fatah official responsible for al-Quds affairs, said on Wednesday that the prayers and the presence of al-Quds people in the Silwan neighborhood will serve as a protest against Israel’s renewed threats to demolish at least 88 homes in the al-Bustan community in the Silwan neighborhood of East al-Quds, the Ma’an news agency reported.

On Monday, al-Bustan Defense Committee member Fakhri Abu Diab told local radio that they received a warning message on Sunday night from an Israeli municipality official in occupied al-Quds stating that the “al-Bustan neighborhood will be demolished soon.”

Israeli mayor of the area Nir Barakat already postponed two news conferences where he was expected to announce the demolitions, which would make way for an Israeli national park, displacing about 1,000 Palestinians.

Abu Diab said the Israeli official told him over the phone that the “decision was made” and “implementation will be at any time now,” citing June 15 as a start date for demolitions.

Abu Diab also urged all al-Quds residents to pray alongside the people of al-Bustan on Friday.