Tag: Eviction
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US condemns evicition of east J’lem families
Efrat Weiss | YNet News 3 August 2009 Some 200 leftists, including Arabs and Jews, protested the eviction of Palestinian families from their homes in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah in the early hours of Sunday morning. Clashes broke out between the demonstrators and security forces, and 13 people were arrested. Israeli police…
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Israel evicts Palestinian families
Al Jazeera 2 August 2009 Israeli security forces have forcibily evicted two Palestinian families from their homes in East Jerusalem after a court rejected an appeal against their eviction. The al-Ghawi and al-Hanoun families who were evicted on Sunday have been living in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood since 1956. Israel has reportedly set aside the…
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Israeli forces evict the Hanoun and al-Ghawe families from their Sheikh Jarrah homes
UPDATE: Seven of the arrested activists were released after court, with a condition to not be in Sheikh Jarrah for 3 weeks. One American solidarity activist has been taken to the immigration prison for deportation. Another international activist is reportedly refusing to give her name and intends to go on hunger-strike, according to the released…