Tag: Jerusalem

  • The National: Palestinian family fights settlers

    By Jonathan Cook, Foreign Correspondent To view original article, published by The National, click here JERUSALEM: It must be the smallest Israeli settlement in the occupied Palestinian territories: just half a house. But Palestinian officials and Israeli human rights groups are concerned that it represents the first stage of a plan to eradicate the historical…

  • Apartment building blown up – Five families made homeless

    At approximately 4AM on Monday July 28th, Israeli soldiers and police raided a Palestinian owned apartment block in the district of Beit Hanine in East Jerusalem. After violently evicting the families and international human rights workers present inside, the building was blown up later the same day. According to international law, house demolition is regarded…

  • Haaretz: U.S. protests eviction of Arab family from East Jerusalem home

    By Akiva Eldar To view original article, published by Haaretz on the 25th July, click here The United States this week filed an official protest with Israel for harming Palestinians, including the eviction of the al-Kurd family from their home in the Shimon Hatzadik complex in East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood. The U.S. also demanded…

  • Haaretz: Court upholds ruling to evict Palestinian family from East Jerusalem home

    By Akiva Eldar To view original article, published in Haaretz, click here The High Court of Justice last week upheld a ruling for the eviction of a Palestinian family from the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem, whose house is owned by religious Jews. The eviction spurred protest by senior Palestinian Authority officials, and diplomats…

  • Pending Eviction in East Jerusalem – Settler organisation attempts to occupy Palestinian neighbourhood of Sheikh Jerrah

    Since Wednesday evening, a group of Palestinian, Israeli and international solidarity activists are camping out to protest against a Palestinian family being threatened with eviction from their home in East Jerusalem Map from The Applied Research Institute – Jerusalem (ARIJ) The eviction order was announced on Monday, requesting the family to leave by Wednesday under…