Israeli court freezes eviction of Palestinian family from Sheikh Jarrah

Israeli police dispersed protesters who came to support Palestinians facing eviction Friday in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem.

REUTERS - AMMAR AWAD

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In recent days, the threat of eviction of the Salem family from Sheikh Jarrah has led to clashes between the police and members of the Israeli far right on the one hand, and anti-occupation activists on the other. .

This district of East Jerusalem, the Palestinian part of the city, occupied and annexed by the Jewish state, has become the symbol of the struggle against Israeli colonization.

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With our correspondent in Jerusalem,

The Salem family's days were numbered, in the

.

She had an obligation to leave her home from March 1, 2022. This decision by the Israeli courts to freeze her deportation offers her a simple reprieve.

Because the case is not yet settled.

An Israeli court must decide his fate. 

As with their other Palestinian neighbors in the neighborhood, this attempt to evict the Salem family is for the benefit of Jewish settlers.

They claim ownership of the land on which all these Palestinian houses are built. 

Fifty years of legal battle

For half a century, Palestinians and Jewish settlers have been engaged in a legal battle.

Several cases are now in the hands of the Israeli Supreme Court. 

On social networks, anti-occupation activists welcome the freezing by justice of the order of expulsion of the Salem family, but denounce a half-measure.

They demand the outright cancellation of all eviction notices that target the Palestinians of Sheikh Jarrah. 

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