RAMALLAH: Dozens of people were injured in violent clashes in East Jerusalem on Sunday night as settlers continued their attempts to forcibly evict Palestinian families from their homes. For the second day running, Israeli police took to the streets of the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, closing streets and alleyways near to the home of Fatima Salem and her family, and using
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Activists demonstrate in front of a Palestinian house taken over by Israeli settlers in the Palestinian neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah in Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem on April 16, 2021. (Photo: Jamal Awad/APA Images)
Dozens of Palestinians in the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, who were set to be forcibly removed from their homes on Sunday, May 2, were given four more days by the Israeli Supreme Court to “reach an agreement” with the Israeli settlers that are attempting to take over their homes.
In a hearing on Sunday regarding an appeal put forward by the families of Sheikh Jarrah against their eviction, a supreme court judge decided to postpone the court’s ruling on the appeal until Thursday, May 6th.
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The municipality approved the plan last month to expand the memorial, to be funded to the tune of a million shekels by the Jewish National Fund by building an amphitheater to accommodate 300 people for ceremonies and visitors. Observation posts and benches would also be placed at the fenced-off site.
Sheikh Jarrah lacks space for public buildings. One of the only spaces left is soon to house a large yeshiva, as part of another city plan. The neighborhood has been the focus of legal conflict for more than a decade after settler associations have sued to remove dozens of Palestinian residents from their homes, claiming that Jews purchased the land on which these homes were built in the 19th century. Recently Palestinians have suffered a list of legal setbacks and many families face a threat of imminent expulsion from their homes.