Israeli forces stand guard as machinery clean the ruins of the Palestinian Salhiya family’s house, in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood on January 19, 2022. AFPPIX: Israeli police destroyed the home of a Palestinian family and arrested at least 18 people as they carried out a controversial eviction order in the sensitive east Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah early Wednesday.
“Israel police completed the execution of an eviction order of illegal buildings built on grounds designated for a school for children with special needs from east Jerusalem,“ a police statement said. “The eviction decision is for Mahmud Salhiya and his wife and not for the rest of the family,“ attorney Walid Abu-Tayeh told AFP, noting a court hearing on January 23 on the issue.He said police had arrested 20 people during the operation, six of them Israelis, with the latter being released, adding that “the Arab detainees were assaulted.”
Human Rights Watch Israel and Palestine director Omar Shakir called the eviction “cruel” and stressed that the Salhiya family had previously been forced from their west Jerusalem home during Israel’s creation in 1948.Hundreds of Palestinians face eviction from homes in Sheikh Jarrah and other east Jerusalem neighbourhoods. Circumstances surrounding the eviction threats vary.
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