Another nail in the coffin of a Palestinian state
Yossi Mekelberg
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In the middle of a pandemic, rising tensions with Iran, and the Israeli prime minister sharing his time between his corruption trial and his attempts to form a government, dozens of Israeli settlers taking over houses in a Palestinian neighbourhood of East Jerusalem in the dead of night, accompanied by armed security forces, hardly made headlines.
However, the takeover by settlers belonging to the radical organisation Ateret Cohanim of three buildings in Batan Al-Hawa, Silwan, which is home to 10,000 Palestinians, was just another piece slotted in to the jigsaw puzzle of an occupation that is intent on destroying whatever chance is left for a peaceful, just and fair solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.
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Israel/OPT: UN expert calls for reversal of Israel’s eviction order against 16 Palestinian families
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GENEVA (11 January 2021) – A UN expert called today on Israel to reverse its eviction orders for Palestinian families living in Occupied East Jerusalem, calling them part of an alarming pattern to change the demography of the city.
Israeli courts have, over the last few months, upheld eviction orders to force 16 Palestinian families from their homes in the Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan neighbourhoods. They include several extended families and two women raising children alone. In most cases, the Palestinian families have lived in their homes for decades as owners or long-term tenants.
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UN special rapporteur says evictions of Palestinians from East Jerusalem follows pattern to change city s demography. A UN expert on Monday called on Israel to reverse eviction orders for Palestinian families living in occupied East Jerusalem, saying they are part of an alarming pattern to change the city s demography. These evictions are extremely alarming and appear part of a broader pattern of forcing Jerusalemite Palestinian families from their homes to clear the way for more illegal Israeli settlements, said Michael Lynk, UN special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territory. Time is running short for these orders to be reversed.