Hundreds of Palestinian citizens and Israeli and international activists rallied on Friday in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in east Jerusalem in solidarity with five families there whom the Israeli occupation authority want to evict.
According to Anadolu news agency the participants carried placards condemning Israel’s settlement activities in Sheikh Jarrah. Some banners read “Sheikh Jarrah is Palestine “Stop the settlements in east Jerusalem” and “Freedom for Sheikh Jarrah.”
Leftist member of the Knesset Mossi Raz (Meretz) who participated in the protest told Anadolu that there would be ongoing protests against the eviction of Palestinian citizens from their homes in Jerusalem until the Israeli government changed such racist practice.
“Unfortunately all we can do is to just protest” he added.
He affirmed that “the settlers take advantage of the fact that the Israel law is biased in their favor and does not care about the Palestinians.
In late November Israel’s high court rejected the Sabbagh and Hamad families’ appeals against their evictions. Residents of Sheikh Jarrah fear that decision could lead to a new wave of evictions affecting as many as 11 families and 500 people.
