East Jerusalem: UN experts deplore brutal police response to protests, urge eviction threats to be lifted
GENEVA (11 May 2021) - UN human rights experts today expressed grave concerns about Israel s aggressive response to protests in East Jerusalem, and called on Israel, as the occupying power, to immediately lift its threat to evict hundreds of Palestinian households from their legally-protected homes. Re-establishing calm in Jerusalem is important, but creating the conditions for justice and equality in the City are even more important, the experts said. Neither short-term calm nor long-term peace will be accomplished as long as the national and individual rights of the City s Palestinian population are routinely abrogated.
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Eight
Palestinian refugee families residing in the Sheikh Jarrah
neighbourhood of East Jerusalem are facing a risk of forced
eviction due to a legal challenge by the Nahalat Shimon
settler organization. For four of these families, the risk
is imminent.
The evictions, if ordered and
implemented, would violate Israel’s obligations under
international law. The eviction proceedings in these cases
and in other similar cases in East Jerusalem, are based on
the application of two Israeli laws, the Absentee Property
Law and the Legal and Administrative Matters Law of 1970.
According to an OCHA survey in 2020, at least 218
Palestinian households in East Jerusalem, including the
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Eight Palestinian refugee families residing in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of East Jerusalem are facing a risk of forced eviction due to a legal challenge by the Nahalat Shimon settler organization. For four of these families, the risk is imminent.
The evictions, if ordered and implemented, would violate Israel’s obligations under international law. The eviction proceedings in these cases and in other similar cases in East Jerusalem, are based on the application of two Israeli laws, the Absentee Property Law and the Legal and Administrative Matters Law of 1970. According to an OCHA survey in 2020, at least 218 Palestinian households in East Jerusalem, including the families in Sheikh Jarrah, have eviction cases filed against them. The majority of these have been initiated by ‘settler organizations’, placing 970 people, including 424 children, at risk of displacement.
Press briefing note on Occupied Palestinian territories - 7 May 2021
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Eight Palestinian refugee families residing in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of East Jerusalem are facing a risk of forced eviction due to a legal challenge by the Nahalat Shimon settler organization. For four of these families, the risk is imminent.
The evictions, if ordered and implemented, would violate Israel s obligations under international law. The eviction proceedings in these cases and in other similar cases in East Jerusalem, are based on the application of two Israeli laws, the Absentee Property Law and the Legal and Administrative Matters Law of 1970. According to an OCHA survey in 2020, at least 218 Palestinian households in East Jerusalem, including the families in Sheikh Jarrah, have eviction cases filed against them. The majority of these have been initiated by settler organizations , placing 970 people, including 424 children, at risk of displacement.
UN urges Israel to immediately stop evictions of Palestinians from East Jerusalem neighbourhood Fri 07th May 2021 | 09:27 PM
The UN s human rights office (OHCHR) Friday called on Israel to immediately halt all forced evictions, including those in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of East Jerusalem, as well as to exercise maximum restraint in the use of force while ensuring safety and security there
UNITED NATIONS, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 7th May, 2021 ) :The UN s human rights office (OHCHR) Friday called on Israel to immediately halt all forced evictions, including those in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of East Jerusalem, as well as to exercise maximum restraint in the use of force while ensuring safety and security there.