14 December 2009 The Jewish settler group that has taken over several houses in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood in occupied East Jerusalem continues to harass the Palestinian residents and vandalise Palestinian property. In the past two days alone there were ...
Read More »Israeli police demolish tent of evicted Sheikh Jarrah family for the fifth time
14 December 2009 On Monday 14 December 2009 at 10am, heavily armed Israeli police came to the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood in occupied East Jerusalem and demolished the Gawi family tent for the fifth time in two months. As the winter ...
Read More »21 activists arrested during a protest against house evictions in Sheikh Jarrah
Nir Hasson | Haaretz 11 December 2009 Six Israel Police officers were lightly wounded and 21 left-wing activists were arrested Friday during a demonstration that turned violent in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of Jerusalem. The demonstrators were protesting the eviction ...
Read More »Israeli forces disrupt UNRWA chief’s farewell
Ma’an News 10 December 2009 Israeli police ordered outgoing UNRWA Commissioner-General Karen AbuZayd to leave an East Jerusalem home on Thursday during her last official visit as the head of the relief agency. Ma’an’s reporter on the scene said AbuZayd ...
Read More »Israeli police pepper-spray 13-year old Palestinian boy in Sheikh Jarrah, arrest twenty four
11 December 2009 On Friday 11 December 2009, the fourth demonstration march against evictions and demolitions of Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem arrived in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood. The demonstration takes place every Friday, and gathers Israeli, Palestinian, and international ...
Read More »Settlers occupying al-Kurd house in Sheikh Jarrah continue to harass evicted Palestinian families
8 December 2009 Settlers, who have since August 2009 taken over three houses in the Palestinian neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah in occupied East Jerusalem, have, after a series of violent attacks, initiated a number of actions this week with the ...
Read More »Armageddon is coming to East Jerusalem
Palestine Monitor 5 December 2009 This was the ominous warning issued yesterday by Rabbi Arik Asherman, director of Rabbis for Human Rights who believes that “if nothing changes, Jerusalem will burn.” His remarks come in response to a court decision ...
Read More »Israel stripped thousands of Jerusalem Arabs of residency in 2008
Nir Hasson | Haaretz 2 December 2009 Last year set an all-time record for the number of Arab residents of East Jerusalem who were stripped of residency rights by the Interior Ministry. Altogether, the ministry revoked the residency of 4,577 ...
Read More »Israeli courts give permission for settlers to move into Palestinian home in Sheikh Jarrah
1 December 2009 For immediate release Israeli settlers take over Palestinian home, elderly resident suffers severe medical complications On Tuesday morning at around 9.30am, a group of settlers surrounded the al-Kurd family home in Sheikh Jarrah and took over a ...
Read More »Israeli police demolish the only shelter of evicted Palestinian family for the fourth time
2 December 2009 At approximately 9am this Wednesday, four police vehicles containing eight Jerusalem police and four border police armed with automatic weapons came to Sheikh Jarrah and demolished the Gawi tent for the fourth time. The demolition took place ...
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