In Jerusalem hotel, eviction fears dampen Christmas cheer

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The Christmas tree is up at the entrance to the Imperial Hotel in Jerusalem, but for its Palestinian hosts there is little festive cheer amid fears they could be evicted in favour of Israeli settlers.

The Imperial Hotel, next to the Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem, is at the centre of a years-long dispute between its Palestinian tenants and an Israeli settler organisation which allegedly secretly bought it in 2004 from the Greek Orthodox Church

Amid fears they could be turfed out at any moment, the tenants were last week given a temporary reprieve when another court froze the sale for 30 days, Maher Hanna, the Imperial’s lawyer said. But Dajani says Ateret Cohanim is now demanding he pay rent retroactively for the past 15 years, 10 million shekels in all — money he says he simply doesn’t have.Property sales in Jerusalem are some of the most politically fraught in the world.

The Greek Orthodox Church is the largest and wealthiest church in the Holy Land, commanding massive riches, largely in land portfolios dating back hundreds of years.

 

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