Israel Court Approves Eviction of 700 Jerusalemites

Rasa - Israel’s Supreme Court refused on Thursday a petition filed by scores of Palestinian families against an Israeli decision to evict them from their homes in Silwan town in occupied Jerusalem.

News ID: 441708

Date: 24 November 2018 - 14:36

RNA - The court claimed that the families’ houses were built on a land owned by Jewish settlers before 1948, when the State of Israel was first established, Palinfo reported.

The families lodged the petition with the Supreme Court after Ateret Cohanim settlement organization has submitted an appeal to the court demanding the eviction of more than 70 Jerusalemite families.

Also on Thursday, Israeli police forces stormed Shu’fat refugee camp in occupied Jerusalem for the second consecutive day to complete the demolition of 20 shops.

Earlier Wednesday, Israeli municipal crews delivered demolition orders against a number of Palestinian-owned facilities for being allegedly built without permit.

More than 20 commercial facilities were notified during the raid, local sources said.

Commenting on the demolition campaign, Hamas Movement stated that the demolition of 21 shops comes as part of an Israeli project to judaize Jerusalem and displace its Palestinian residents.

The group called for supporting the Palestinian Jerusalemites in order to stand steadfast in the face of the Israeli ‘apartheid project’.

On Thursday morning, Israeli military bulldozers demolished a part of a Palestinian-owned building in the city of Lod.

Israeli municipal authorities claimed that the house was allegedly built without the difficult-to-obtain Israeli permit.

Few months ago, Israeli authorities delivered a demolition order against the whole building, hence the owner filed an appeal against its demolition.

However, the Israeli authorities rejected it and demolished a part of it.

Meanwhile, Israeli bulldozers demolished a Palestinian-owned family home, workshop, and a structure in Rahat town in Negev for being allegedly built without permit.

Early Thursday, Israeli forces along with bulldozers stormed the area, closed all main streets, and prevented residents from reaching the area.

The Israeli government has plans to evacuate thousands of Bedouin residents to officially recognized Bedouin townships, one of which is Rahat, in order to build new housing units for Israeli settlers.

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