a highly anticipated court case in israel over the possible eviction of palestinians in eastjerusalem , which helped trigger communal violence and conflict with hamas in may , has ended inconclusively. four palestinian families are appealing a lower court order to leave their homes in sheikh jarrah , to make way forjewish settlers. tom bateman was outside the court injerusalem as it concluded. thejudges the judges haven t ruled thejudges haven t ruled either way on whether they can appeal but they have tried to offer a compromise between the palestinian families and the jewish settler group that between the palestinian families and thejewish settler group that has been trying to displace them. that compromise would effectively mean that the palestinians could stay in those homes for some years to come but they would have to recognise jewish ownership of their properties. now, the families didn t say they would do that, they want to come up with a list of names of people that get that s
the hearing lasted three hours and tom bateman was outside the court injerusalem as it concluded. judges have not ruled either way on whether they can appeal, but they have tried to offer a compromise between the palestinian families and the jewish settler group that between the palestinian families and thejewish settler group that has been trying to displace them. that compromise would effectively mean that the palestinians can stay in those homes for some years to come but there would have to recognise jewish ownership of their properties. the compromise referred to there is called protected tenancy status. it hasn t been agreed to yet by the palestinian families and their lawyers have a week to come up with a list of names of palestinian residents in sheikh jarrah it can apply. here s a lawyer from adalah, a human rights organisation in haifa on why it might not resolve the issue. the compromise that was suggested by the court the compromise that was suggested by the court t