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
eviction of these families after a case brought by a jewish settler group. with the group wants to do or what has trying to be due over many decades is to effect palestinian residents from their homes in east jerusalem and take over the homes in order to build and is really settlement. that area, that case has been ongoing for many years. the settlement group claims historic land rights saying that it was owned byjewish religious trusts in the 19th century and they have acquired those land rates. for these families here have been in those homes for generations they were refugees from the war that surrounded israel s creation in 1948, the older generations have been in those homes since the mid 19 50s. and this lengthy and ongoing legal case has been trying to establish as far as they re concerned their right to stay there.