Sheikh Jarrah family fights state-backed expulsion
Settlers pepper-spray Palestinians near the makeshift office of extremist Israeli lawmaker Itamar Ben-Gvir, outside the Salem family home in the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah
sraeli authorities are attempting to remove a Palestinian family from their home of more than 70 years and hand it over to Jewish settlers.
The Salem family has lived in their home in the neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah since the early 1950s, when occupied East Jerusalem was under Jordanian control.
If the forcible eviction is carried out, 12 Palestinians will become homeless – half of them children.
Itamar Ben-Gvir, an extreme-right Israeli lawmaker, set up a makeshift office on the lawn outside the family’s home earlier this week, provoking confrontations.
The last time Ben-Gvir set up shop in the neighborhood in May 2021, “Israel’s most devastating military assault on Gaza in seven years” broke out, as it was called by the group Medical Aid for Palestinians.
Israel’s efforts to force other families out of their homes in Sheikh Jarrah last spring escalated into that month’s full-scale confrontation with Palestinians.
Extremist Jewish settlers have been stationed near the family home, dancing provocatively, attacking family members and assaulting Palestinian supporters.
“Rather than providing safety and security to the neighborhood’s residents, the Israeli authorities instead resort to provocation like this and further fan the flames of unrest,” Ir Amim, an Israeli group that monitors settlement activity in Jerusalem, said.
sraeli authorities are attempting to remove a Palestinian family from their home of more than 70 years and hand it over to Jewish settlers.
The Salem family has lived in their home in the neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah since the early 1950s, when occupied East Jerusalem was under Jordanian control.
If the forcible eviction is carried out, 12 Palestinians will become homeless – half of them children.
Itamar Ben-Gvir, an extreme-right Israeli lawmaker, set up a makeshift office on the lawn outside the family’s home earlier this week, provoking confrontations.
The last time Ben-Gvir set up shop in the neighborhood in May 2021, “Israel’s most devastating military assault on Gaza in seven years” broke out, as it was called by the group Medical Aid for Palestinians.
Israel’s efforts to force other families out of their homes in Sheikh Jarrah last spring escalated into that month’s full-scale confrontation with Palestinians.
Extremist Jewish settlers have been stationed near the family home, dancing provocatively, attacking family members and assaulting Palestinian supporters.
“Rather than providing safety and security to the neighborhood’s residents, the Israeli authorities instead resort to provocation like this and further fan the flames of unrest,” Ir Amim, an Israeli group that monitors settlement activity in Jerusalem, said.
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