Tag: Sheikh Jarrah
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Siam family from Sheikh Jarrah, struggling against eviction order and not giving up
25th July 2013 |International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah team | East Jerusalem, Occupied Palestine Another family from Sheikh Jarrah received an eviction order by the Israeli Magistrate’s court. The family has appealed the court’s decision and is awaiting the next court hearing. The latest family to be given an eviction order in the East Jerusalem neighborhood Sheikh Jarrah is…
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Do not let settlers expel us from our home in Sheikh Jarrah
Update on 29 January by ISM: There is still imminent threat of eviction hovering upon the Shamane family. The family was given a brief reprieve of two months at the last minute [on 31st December 2012] when the Jerusalem District Court ordered the eviction delayed until 1st March 2013. There will be a weekly protest…
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Sheikh Jarrah: ‘My Neighbourhood’
By Patrick Keddie 4 August 2012 | International Solidarity Movement The Israeli authorities’ attempts to ethnically displace Palestinians from East Jerusalem have intensified greatly in recent years; in some areas, such as Sheikh Jarrah, eviction notices have been handed out to nearly every Palestinian family. My Neighbourhood, a recent short documentary film produced by Just…
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On the eve of Land Day: Al Quds anticipates the Global March
by Johnny 29 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank March 30 is Land Day in Palestine. The events of the day annually commemorate the events of 1976, when Israeli authorities seized massive quantities of land from Palestinian owners, and then killed several and injured dozens to crack down on the general strike called…
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Join our campaign: Help stop the construction of a national park on Palestinian land in East Jerusalem!
12 January 2012 | Sheikh Jarrah Solidarity The planned national park, located adjacent to the E1 area, on the slopes of Mt. Scopus, would constitute an insurmountable obstacle to any possible future peace agreement involving Jerusalem. Most immediately, it would “choke off” a number of Palestinian neighborhoods in East Jerusalem, and deny residents access to…
