Tag: Jerusalem

  • Settlers take over a Palestinian house in Sheikh Jarrah

    Israeli Coalition Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) 27 July 2009 On July 26th a group of settlers led by Arie king took over a Palestinian house in Sheikh Jarrah to which they where given custody of in a very controversial decision of the Israeli court. While trying to prevent the settlers from taking over the house…

  • Two-day-old Silwan info center in jeopardy

    Abe Selig | The Jerusalem Post 26 July 2009 “We built this place last Sunday, and on Tuesday, the police arrived with orders to knock it down,” said Ahmad Qara’een, as he sat inside the Wadi Hilwah Information Center, a 35-sq.m. covered wooden deck erected by residents of east Jerusalem’s Silwan neighborhood. Qara’een does not…

  • Settlers occupy and damage Sheikh Jarrah home

    Ma’an News 26 July 2009 Residents on Sunday tried unsuccessfully to prevent Israeli settlers and police from reaching a home owned by Palestinians in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem. During the incident former Minister of Jerusalem Affairs Hatim Abdul Qader was detained, apparently while trying to block more attacks on a home that…