The Israeli Supreme Court on Sunday gave four Palestinian families from Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood until Thursday to reach a deal with Israeli Jewish settlers regarding the ownership of their homes, Al Jazeera reported.
The deal proposed by the court requires the Palestinian families to pay the Jewish settlers to rent their homes until the current owners pass away and then assign the properties to the settlers, not to their heirs.
I’ve been seeing some inaccuracies in the media. Here is our official statement about what happened in the occupation court today. #SaveSheikhJarrah pic.twitter.com/Dgm41rysZ5
— #SaveSheikhJarrah (@m7mdkurd) May 2, 2021
According to Al Jazeera, the families refused this proposal, considering it a recognition of the claimed demands of the settlers.
Meanwhile, the families suggested paying a fund affiliating with the court until a final decision about the ownership of their homes is reached.
Article from @RamzyBaroud in @WRMEA
"These imminent evictions are not the first, nor will they be the last."https://t.co/mHDufgrSWV
— Palestine Deep Dive (@PDeepdive) April 29, 2021
The families of Sheikh Jarrah have called for the Palestinian Authority, Jordanian authorities, UNRWA and the international community to protect them and stop the Israeli occupation from forcing them out of their homes.
True story:
Palestinian In #SheikhJarrah : The settlers took over half of my house in 2009, and they have been sharing the house with us for 13 years. Now they are after the rest of it.
I think we've sunk pretty low as a species to allow this to happen AGAIN. pic.twitter.com/oLpt9o6A9a
— Abier Khatib (@abierkhatib) May 2, 2021
Arabi21.com reported Aref Hammad, spokesperson for the Sheikh Jarrah families, explaining that there are currently 28 housing units facing the threat of eviction, noting that 87 families are living in these units.
Last year, the Israeli District Court in Jerusalem decided to evict 12 Palestinian families from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah to surrender the houses to Israeli settlers.
(MEMO, PC, Social Media)
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