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Kirresh Family Eviction

Kirresh Family Eviction

“My home is my soul. They (Israel) took it away from me. I couldn’t defend it alone.” - Mazen Kirresh

Today, the Israeli Police forcibly evicted the Kirresh family, a family of eight including two children, from their home in the Old City of Occupied East Jerusalem, and transferred the property to an Israeli settler organization. The Kirresh family has been living on this property since the 1930s.

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