Palestinian family evicted from its home in East Jerusalem
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In a number of separate rulings issued in recent months, Israeli courts ordered the eviction of a large number of Palestinian families from their homes in the Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan neighbourhoods of East Jerusalem, and the handover of the properties to Israeli settler organizations. (See Recent eviction rulings in East Jerusalem, below).
For Izzat Salah, 82 years old, eviction means losing the house in which he lived for over 50 years, and where he raised his 10 children.
On 14 September 2020, after five years of legal action, the Israeli Supreme Court issued a final decision to evict Mr. Salah and his family from the home they rented in the Wadi Hilweh area of the Silwan neighbourhood in East Jerusalem. According to the ruling, the house had to be vacated by 5 November 2020. Following the ruling, Mr. Salah’s daughter-in-law, the widow of one of his sons, and her six children, left the home. Mr. Salah remained in the house until a few days before the eviction date, when he also left.