Tag: Jerusalem
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Police dismantle Sheikh Jarrah protest tent in east Jerusalem
Abe Selig | The Jerusalem Post 29 October 2009 Police and Border Police officers dismantled a tent in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah on Wednesday morning, set up to protest the August eviction of one of two families in the neighborhood’s Shimon Hatzadik section. The tent, located across the street from the former…
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Israeli forces demolish tent of evicted family in Sheikh Jarrah
28 October 2009 On Wednesday 28 October, around 50 armed police and border police cordoned off a road in the Palestinian neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem and, as ordered by the Jerusalem Municipality, demolished a tent, where the Gawi family has been living since they were forcibly evicted from their home on 2…
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Israeli police arrest Greek diplomat in Sheikh Jarrah
26 October 2006 On Monday 26 October 2009 at 4pm, a group of about 40 – 50 international and Israeli citizens, taking part in a tour organised by the Alternative Information Centre visited the Palestinian neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah. They gathered outside of the house of the Gawi family which was recently forcefully evicted from…