Israel has just announced a new policy regarding the rights of Palestinians with Jerusalem ID cards who find themselves living in homes outside the municipal borders of the city, but on the Israeli side of the separation barrier.
Israel’s Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein has ordered an end to the revocation of social welfare rights of these “Jerusalem Palestinians.” The decision affects about 5,000 people, who will once again the enjoy the health and welfare advantages of the coveted “blue identity card” granted to Palestinians living in “east” Jerusalem, an “inseparable” part of Israel’s “eternal capital.”