By Michael Bahl To view original article, published by Haaretz on the 9th November, click here In a pre-dawn operation in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of predominantly Arab East Jerusalem, scores of police officers and IDF troops Sunday evicted an elderly Palestinian couple from their home, despite protests by the United States, other countries, and human rights groups. Security forces also detained several activists of the pro-Palestinian International Solidarity Movement who had been sleeping on the…

To view original article, published by AFP on the 9th November, click here JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israeli police evicted a Palestinian family from their east Jerusalem home at dawn on Sunday in the wake of a prolonged court battle with Jewish settlers and just two days before municipal elections. Armed security forces surrounded the al-Kurd family’s house in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of mostly Arab east Jerusalem during and after the operation. “They arrived at 3:30…