Latest Breaking News On - Christian jerusalemites - Page 1 : comparemela.com

I heard the story countless times. My great-grandfather Raphael, an Arab Jew who was born in Jerusalem, died when my grandfather was 13. Raphael had two business partners. One partner, who was a European Jew, took advantage of the bereft widow, and stole our family’s livelihood. The other partner, an Arab and fellow Jerusalemite, saved my family from ruin, helped however he could, and treated my grandfather like a son. The kind partner came from an illustrious Muslim family in Jerusalem, the Dajanis, also known by the honorific Daoudi, given to them by Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent in 1529. Now, families with those two names Dajani and Daoudi are facing eviction from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah, a neighborhood in east Jerusalem.

Israel generalSheikh jarrahUnited statesUnited kingdomWest bankState of israelChristian jerusalemitesEli eliasharOttoman sultan suleimanCommunity theyre palestiniansBiden administrationEuropean jewThey re palestiniansAbsentee property lawAdministrative matters lawIsraeli jews