A few weeks ago, I covered the confiscation of land from two Palestinian neighborhoods in East Jerusalem. Expropriating from Al- Isawiyah and Al-Tur, the land was re-zoned by the Jerusalem municipality for a nature reserve, which would inhibit the Jerusalem resident Palestinians from use. A legal rights group filed a petition this week to stop construction of the nature park, and the court issued an injunction. However, the environmental ministry is violating the order, already demolishing road access between the two villages.

You can see the road demolition in the above video. Villagers are trying to restore their road.

The violation of the court stays demonstrates the absence of legal avenues for Palestinian communities facing demolition and land confiscation. This park is of particular weary to the resident effected, as it Efrat Cohen from the planning rights NGO contends it will cause Palestinians to be "boxed-in from all sides." Furthermore, Meretz's Meir Margalit deems the park a "farce," citing:

There's nothing there but rocks and thorns, certainly nothing to justify a national park. The only reason for such a plan is to seize lands and hold them as a reserve for a future settlement, while suffocating the Palestinian neighborhoods.

Thus far, the parks authority has moved a large amount of earth and debris from one area to another, blocking a dirt road.