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Israel-Hamas war emboldens East Jerusalem settlers eyeing Palestinian homes

In East Jerusalem, tensions between Israeli settlers and the Palestinians they are trying to dislodge have been rising in the context of the war in Gaza. Our reporters visited the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood and the Old City, which are symbolic of what Palestinians say is a wider effort to remove…

France 24

Israeli land registration threatens Palestinian mass expulsion

Palestinians fear a continuing Israeli plan to resolve property ownership claims will evict them from their homes.

Al Jazeera

Israeli Officers Warn against Security Chaos Erupting in Ramadan

Israeli security service officials have joined the warnings issued by Palestinian civil society and political leaders against potential escalation of violence by far-right proponents who are supported by Israeli police officers. The escalation by far-right activists portends a major security explosion in Jerusalem, especially with the advent of Islam’s holy…

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Israeli top court suspends Palestinian evictions in Sheikh Jarrah

The ruling is a culmination of a decades-long struggle for Palestinian residents to stay in their homes.

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Palestinians Warn Against Israel’s Exploitation of World’s Preoccupation with Ukraine

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry warned against Israel’s exploitation of the world’s preoccupation with the situation in Ukraine to expand its aggression, violence and crimes against Palestinians. In a statement on Thursday, it slammed the continuous seizure of Palestinian lands and growing settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank, in general,…

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Israel Court Freezes Eviction Order of Salem Family in Sheikh Jarrah

An Israeli court on Tuesday froze the planned eviction of a Palestinian family in the flashpoint east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, pending an appeal. The Salem family had been ordered to surrender the property to Jewish settlers who have claimed ownership of the plot. Lawyer Majd Ghanayem, who filed…

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Israeli Police Scatter Palestinian Protesters in Sheikh Jarrah Neighborhood

Israeli police on horseback scattered protesters Friday in the flashpoint east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, where demonstrators poured in to support Palestinians facing eviction by Jewish settlers. The scuffles there came alongside protests elsewhere in the occupied West Bank, according to AFP. Tensions that erupted in Sheikh Jarrah last…

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Israeli police scatter Palestinian protesters in Sheikh Jarrah

Reporters observed Israeli border police charging protesters with horses in occupied East Jerusalem.

Al Jazeera

Israeli settler, police violence before Sheikh Jarrah expulsion

Palestinians say intensified police and settler presence come to lay groundwork for family’s forced displacement.

Al Jazeera

Israeli lawmaker opens office in disputed East Jerusalem area

A far-right Israeli lawmaker set up a makeshift office in the disputed East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah on Monday in what he called a show of support for Jewish settlers there.

Reuters

Palestinians, Israeli Police Clash as Controversial Lawmaker Visits Jerusalem Flashpoint

Israeli police clashed with Palestinians in the flashpoint east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah on Sunday, during a visit by a controversial far-right Jewish lawmaker that inflamed tensions. Police said they arrested eight people during the day for suspected involvement in "public riots and violence," in the area of annexed…

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Arrests made as Israeli lawmaker visits East Jerusalem flashpoint

Scuffles broke out as Itamar Ben Gvir of the far-right Religious Zionism alliance opened an office in Sheikh Jarrah.

Al Jazeera

Destruction of Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem goes to ICC

Israel is taken to the International Criminal Court as it continues to demolish Palestinian homes.

Al Jazeera

Jerusalem: evictions show how urban planning is being weaponised against Palestinians

One olive in my garden is better than anything material in the whole world.

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Arab Parliament Calls for Pressuring Israel to Halt Administrative Detentions

Arab Parliament Speaker Adel al-Asoumi has called for forcing Israel to halt its administrative detentions against Palestinians. This came in letters he sent to the United Nations Secretary-General, President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, regional parliament speakers and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Asoumi denounced Israel’s systematic violations against…

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The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 22 January 2022

We've got quite a bit to get through this week so please keep your questions for the end. Biden racked up a year in office. Another keystone piece of his legislative agenda floundered in the Senate. And, you can rebook your winter holiday to Cuba now.

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Egypt Rejects Israel’s Demolition of Palestinian Home in Sheikh Jarrah

Egypt’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Thursday rejecting Israeli authorities’ demolition of a Palestinian home and a building in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in the occupied East Jerusalem. “Israel’s continued attempts to evict Palestinians from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood constitute a flagrant violation of international and humanitarian laws,…

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Israel Releases Palestinians Held After Eviction

Five members of a Palestinian family arrested after Israeli police demolished their house in east Jerusalem have been released, their lawyer told AFP on Thursday. The arrest of several members of the Salhiya family came as they were evicted from their house in the sensitive neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah by…

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Sheikh Jarrah: Israel forcibly evicts Palestinian family from East Jerusalem home

The move has been condemned by diplomats and rights groups

Al Jazeera

Video: Israeli police tear down Palestinian home in Sheikh Jarrah

Israeli police forcibly expel the Salhiyeh family from their home in Sheikh Jarrah, occupied East Jerusalem.

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Israeli forces demolish Palestinian home in Sheikh Jarrah

Israeli forces tear down the house in overnight raid displacing family of 18 from their home in occupied East Jerusalem.

The Independent UK

Israel police evict Jerusalem residents from disputed houses

Israeli police have evicted Palestinian residents from a disputed property in a flashpoint Jerusalem neighborhood

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Israeli Police Demolish Palestinian Home in Sheikh Jarrah

Israeli police destroyed the home of a Palestinian family in the sensitive East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah early Wednesday morning, an AFP photographer said. Before dawn, Israeli officers went to the home of the Salhiya family, threatened with eviction since 2017 and the center of an anti-expulsion campaign in…

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Israeli police evict Palestinian family in East Jerusalem neighbourhood

Israeli police evicted a Palestinian family from their home in the flashpoint East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah on Wednesday, demolishing the dwelling in a case that has drawn international attention.

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Standoff over Palestinian Eviction Ends, Family Says

Israeli police on Tuesday backed down from attempts to evict Palestinians from their home in a Jerusalem flashpoint district, the family said after they threatened self-immolation, triggering a standoff. The Salhiya family has been facing the threat of eviction from their home in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of Israeli-annexed east…

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