Opinion: Jerusalem expulsions are a microcosm of Israel's apartheid – justice requires action By Fatin Al Tamimi
3 hours ago 342 Views ROM TODAY, 2 May, Israel plans to forcibly evict eight Palestinian families, a total of 87 people, from their homes in the Sheikh Jarrah area of occupied and illegally annexed East Jerusalem. These families, refugees since the Nakba – how Palestinians refer to the 1947-49 expulsion and forced exile of over two-thirds of the population by Zionist-Israeli forces – and denied their UN-mandated right to return home, now face renewed dispossession and homelessness. The evictions are mandated by a court ruling under a discriminatory law that allows Israeli organizations â...