Demonstrators hold a sign as Israeli and foreign peace activists join Palestinians in a candlelight vigil in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah on August 10, 2009. (Photo: Mahfouz Abu Turk/APA mages)
Palestinian Christians and their supporters are urging Pope Francis and the World Council of Churches to intervene in more than a dozen evictions in Jerusalem “scheduled to take place on Sunday, May 2, which happens to coincide with the Greek Orthodox celebration of Easter,” according to a letter written by Kairos Palestine in March.
Around 16 families and a total of 195 Palestinians, including 70 children, are slated to be removed from their homes in two occupied East Jerusalem neighborhoods, Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan. The impending displacement comes after a district court upheld appeals from two settler organizations who claim deeds to the properties. The Palestinian families have resided in the homes for decades. Most moved into their houses in the early years
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293,137 Palestinians tested positive for COVID-19; 258,046 recoveries; 3,076 deaths
Of Palestinian who tested positive, 185,415 live in the West Bank, 78,980 live in the Gaza Strip, and 28,742 live in East Jerusalem
835,674 Israelis tested positive for COVID-19; 825,195 recoveries; 6,280 deaths
For the second week in a row, confirmed cases of COVID-19 doubled in Gaza as the third wave continues to strap Palestinian medical systems. In the West Bank, for a fifth week in a row hospitals are overwhelmed, with ICUs at 100% capacity, according to the WHO’s latest situation report.
The big picture: In Gaza, hospital and ICU capacity is still around 36%, but that number could rapidly change if new lockdown measures do not slow the spread. Over the last week, the coastal enclave experienced an 86% jump in new COVID-19 cases and a 44% increase in ICU patients. Meaning, the third wave has already pushed the West Bank’s medical system to its limit, and Gaza could short
The New York Times‘ April 3 article, “‘Like a Miracle,’ Israel’s Vaccine Success Allows Easter Crowds in Jerusalem,” paints a picture of a lively, crowd-filled Easter in Jerusalem, buoyed by Israel’s vaccine success, alongside the presumably empty churches and streets in nearby Bethlehem, in the Palestinian Authority. About Jesus’s birthplace, where the vaccine is less available, readers would reasonably conclude wrongly that, unlike Jerusalem, there were no crowds in churches, no celebrations on the street.
Regarding Jerusalem, “it was as if the pandemic never happened,” begins Patrick Kingsley, the
Times’ Jerusalem bureau chief, as he describes a city humming with the Good Friday procession that is part of Easter festivities: the winding passages “were packed with over 1000 worshippers;” “crowds once again [came] to the city’s streets;” “the city’s streets were once again thrumming with activity;” “At the gathering point for the proc