56 to movement and to live in freedom and dignity. It deprives hundreds of Palestinians of their right to education, housing and health. It can also lead to emptying the West Bank of its population. And in addition, it contributes to the reduction of investment opportunities in the West Bank and the reduction of chances of developing the Palestinian economy. The escalation in the pace of the Israeli occupation measures in regard to the deportation of Palestinians illegally from Palestine is represented in the racist decision to deport four PLC members: Mohammad Abu Teir, Ahmad ‘Atwan, Mohammad Totah, and Khaled Abu ‘Arafeh. They were deported from Occupied East Jerusalem to the West Bank as a form of escalation and persistence in the policy of judaizing Jerusalem, and empty the city of its Palestinian population and its leaders and national and religious figures through their displacement. The implementation of the decision will be followed by taking further measures by the Israeli occupation authorizes to achieve this goal through systematic Israeli policy. Israel implemented the decision to deport PLC member Mohammad Abu Teir to Ramallah, in addition to its decision to expel other PLC members and former Minister of Jerusalem, Abu Arafeh, who continue their sit‐in at the headquarters of the Red Cross. Moreover, the deportation of protected persons under International Humanitarian Law is considered among actions prohibited under Article (49) of the Fourth Geneva Convention on the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War. The deportation of a population or forcible transfer according to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal from the year 1998 is classified as a crime against humanity. The illegal deportations above are war crimes. The deportation of the population is one form of forcible displacement pursued by the Israeli occupation authorities.