This news comes amid a long-running legal case between Palestinians and Jewish settlers in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood. Lawyer Hosni Abu Hussein, the attorney representing the Palestinian families, claimed to reporters that the “prevailing atmosphere made it difficult” for an Israeli court judge to make the decision alone.
As the eviction appeal case moves on to the Israeli Supreme Court, the US Department of State has expressed concern about the looming possibility of Palestinian families being removed from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah.
Recent reports from the area have claimed that Israeli forces operating in the area have injured dozens of Palestinians, and reportedly “kidnapped” a number of individuals from their homes.
A Palestinian protester is detained by Israeli border policemen during clashes amid ongoing tension ahead of an upcoming court hearing in an Israeli-Palestinian land-ownership dispute in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of East Jerusalem May 4, 2021
Porter’s comments come weeks after State Department spokesperson Ned Price issued a similar statement of “concern” for the city of Jerusalem.
Rupert Colville, spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, has stated that the evictions, “if ordered and implemented, would violate Israel’s obligations under international law” regarding East Jerusalem.
The legal case regarding the Palestinian families’ rights remains ongoing and has been advanced to the Supreme Court. Previously, an Israeli court failed to get the families and settlers to reach an agreement regarding land ownership.
A masked Palestinian boy looks on as Hamas militant take part in a protest over the possible eviction of several Palestinian families from homes on land claimed by Jewish settlers in the Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood, in the northern Gaza Strip on May 7, 2021.
Jewish settler organization Lahav Shomron has argued that the land in question has belonged to a Jewish group since 1972. However, the Palestinian families’ attorney has disputed the authenticity of said group’s documents, and claimed that the Jewish settlers are “illegally” attempting to make the Palestinian families pay rent.
According to rental law in Jerusalem, the families’ agreement to pay rent would mean the settlers legally own the land.
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