ISRAELI Interior Minister Gilad Erdan revoked the Jerusalem residency of Nadia Abu Jamal on Wednesday.

Ms Jamal is the wife of Ghassan Abu Jamal, one of two cousins responsible for the November 18 synagogue attack that left five Israelis dead.

Mr Erdan said: “Everyone who is involved in terror needs to take into account the effects it could have on family members.”

Ms Jamal had been living with her husband and their three children in Jabel al-Mukaber, a Palestinian neighbourhood in Jerusalem.

She could now face deportation to the West Bank and is by no means the only Arab resident of Jerusalem to suffer under Israel’s vicious new initiative against Arab activists and their families.

Ibrahim Hijazi, the 67-year-old father of Moataz Hijazi, whose son was shot dead by police during the attempted assassination of right-wing Temple Mount activist Yehuda Glick on October 29, said that he had learnt “from the newspapers” that the Jerusalem residency permits held by his family were “in danger of being revoked.”

However, Mr Hijazi remained defiant. “If you put more pressure on us, you will get a stronger response,” he warned the Israelis yesterday.

Recent years have witnessed a rapid increase in the number of Jerusalem residencies revoked.

In 2008, more than 4,500 Palestinians lost their rights to live in Jerusalem, according to Israeli interior ministry figures.

The Association for Civil Rights in Israel says the government has revoked the Jerusalem residency of 14,309 Palestinians between 1967 and 2013.

Israel’s High Court of Justice rejected an appeal against the policy, which has been condemned by human rights groups.

Residency, according to Israeli rights watchdog group B’Tselem, “is not a prize for good behaviour.”

“Residency status and social security benefits are not a favour or boon granted by the authorities.

“It is Israel’s fundamental obligation towards all individuals living in its territory, be they citizens or permanent residents,” the group said.