Tag: Jerusalem
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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 intention of intimidating and harassing local Palestinians forcefully evicted from their homes. In the past…
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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 on Monday permitting Israeli settlers to take possession of another Palestinian home in the East…
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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 East Jerusalemites in 2008 – 21 times the average of the previous 40 years. In…
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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 section of the house. Fifteen to twenty settlers, accompanied by private armed security and Israeli…
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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 as there were several people sleeping in the tent. The police failed to alert those…