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After years of postponements, court evicts Arab family from E. Jerusalem home owned by Jews

For the first time in 8 years, an Arab family was ordered removed from a Sheikh Jarrah home after long legal dispute.
– ‘The Jewish owners allowed the Arab tenants to live in the apartment for five years rent-free, but the Arab tenants caused financial damages to the owners, so a court ordered eviction was inevitable,’ says Arieh King, director of the Israel Land Fund.

By Yael Friedson

 

Law enforcement authorities evicted an Arab family from its home in east Jerusalem early Tuesday after the property was purchased by Jews.

This is the first eviction of an Arab family from its home in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood since 2009. Continue Reading »