An Israeli court has adjourned the trial of two Palestinian families in distress in their homes in Batn al-Hawa, in the Silwan region of East Jerusalem.
The families of Ghaith and Abu Nab were joined by a group of aid workers who gathered outside Israel’s Israeli Supreme Court on Thursday to protest against the deportation.
The Israeli military persecuted the protesters and arrested three Palestinians known as Basel al-Dweik, Adel al-Silwadi, and Nitham Abu Ramooz.
The trial court was adjourned until August 7.
The families of Ghaith and Abu Nab are two hundred people threatened with eviction from their homes in the Silwan and Sheikh Jarrah areas, where Israeli organizations seek to change Palestine and Israel.
Last month, a court in Israel he reversed his decision on a petition that seven other Palestinian families from Silwan are facing their homes.
Earlier this week, the towns of Jerusalem offered a series of protests against al-Bustan residents in Silwan. The affected families, with about 1,500 people, were given 21 days to evacuate and destroy their homes. Failure to do so could mean that the government will demolish the houses and families will have to pay for their expenses.
Since 2005, al-Bustan residents have received warnings to demolish about 90 homes and a fake construction site, in favor of a local organization that wants to turn the site into a nature reserve and connect it to the “City of David” park.
According to Grassroots Jerusalem, a Palestinian NGO, demolition of houses and a court order for forced evictions are the methods used to expel Palestinian citizens.
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It is important to note: the movement of people is a method used against the people of Jerusalem. Officials illegally ban Palestinian residents, forcing them to build illegally. Then he pays a hefty fine.– Grassroots Al-Quds (@grassroots_quds) June 9, 2021
In a statement on Thursday, Palestinian rights group Al-Haq said Palestinians living in East Jerusalem were the majority of the population, but “Israeli zoning laws have given 35% of the land to build illegal and illegal settlements. Israel “.
A further 52% of the land was “given” green land “and” unprepared land “where work was banned,” he said.
Photograph taken on June 3, 2021, depicting Silwan, outside an Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem Old City [Thomas Coex/AFP]‘Pick a Partial’
Silwan is located south of ancient Jerusalem, close to its walls.
At least 33,000 Palestinians live in their area, which has been threatened by Israeli settlements for years. At times, Palestinian residents are forced to share their home with their neighbors.
Some of these families have been living in Silwan for more than 50 years since they left their homeland of Old City in the 1960s.
In 2001, Ateret Cohanim, an Israeli-based organization that seeks to acquire land and increase Jewish presence in East Jerusalem, took on a well-known role as a trusted Jewish.
Established in the 19th century, the trust purchased a plot of land in the region to relocate the Yemeni Jews at that time. The council has set up a court that oversees the care of landowners.
Under Israeli law, if the Jews can prove that their families lived in East Jerusalem before the establishment of Israel in 1948, they can ask for “restitution” of their land, even though Palestinian families have been living there for many years. The law only applies to Israelis and Palestinians do not have equal rights under this law.
“There is real discrimination here, where the Jews can return any property they claim they had before 1948, while Palestinians who lost their homes in 500 Israeli settlements, including West Jerusalem, will not be able to seize their property,” Mohammed Dahleh said. , a lawyer representing some of Silwan’s families, told Al Jazeera.
“The families will not be able to take their land, even if they have Israeli cards and are recognized as Israeli citizens according to Israeli law,” he added. “
“This means that these people, if the Israeli courts accept the forced migration, will be refugees again.”
