Tagged: Eviction

Ruling on East Jerusalem flashpoint evictions postponed
Stephen Farrell, Reuters

Ruling on East Jerusalem flashpoint evictions postponed

Palestinians facing eviction from Jerusalem's flashpoint Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood will have to wait for a ruling that will determine their fate after a discussion in Israel's Supreme Court on Monday ended without a final decision.

on August 4, 2021
Israeli attorney general will not intervene in Sheikh Jarrah case
Linah Alsaafin, Al Jazeera

Israeli attorney general will not intervene in Sheikh Jarrah case

Sheikh Jarrah families rejected Avichai Mendelbit’s stance, saying the case is not a legal issue but forced expulsion.

on June 7, 2021
Opinion: Sheikh Jarrah highlights the violent brazenness of Israel’s colonialist project
Noura Erakat and Mariam Barghouti, The Washington Post

Opinion: Sheikh Jarrah highlights the violent brazenness of Israel’s colonialist project

The young Palestinian writer Mohammed El-Kurd sits quietly in front of his laptop with a grin on his face, preparing for the launch of his most recent manuscript, “Rifqa.” He seems excited, anxious and afraid all at once, as he revises his poems and the paragraphs about his grandmother. She died at 103 defending her home from Israeli settlers who had already squatted in one part of it. El-Kurd seems to clutch onto his words in an attempt to ensure that the memory of his grandmother, of himself and his lineage, remains with him.

on May 10, 2021
What is happening in occupied East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah?
Linah Alsaafin, Al Jazeera

What is happening in occupied East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah?

Israel ordered six Palestinian families to leave their homes in Sheikh Jarrah on May 2 to make way for Jewish settlers.

on May 3, 2021
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