Representatives of the European Union (EU) visited on Friday a Palestinian family threatened with eviction in occupied Jerusalem in favor of Jewish settlement societies.
The delegation carried out a tour in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in the occupied city where they were briefed about the escalated settlement expansion campaign in the area.
During the tour the delegation expressed deep concern over the Israeli threats vowing to follow up the case.
In March 2017 Israeli authorities ruled the eviction of the Palestinian Shamasna family from their home in Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarah neighborhood in favor of an Israeli settlement society.
The to-be-evacuated two-room home has been the only shelter for the 83-year-old Ayoub Shamasna and his 74-year-old wife along with their sons daughter-in-law and their six grandchildren residing in the house since 1964.
A set of documents and signed contracts prove that the Shamasana family has been covering all rental fees since the early 1970’s. But the Israeli authorities turned down all corroborations and appeals filed to protect the family from forced dislocation.
A sit-in is scheduled to be organized on Saturday outside Shamasna house in protest against the Israeli eviction order.
