The Israeli higher court of justice on Wednesday evening issued a verdict ordering the Israeli police to evacuate a group of Jewish settlers from a Palestinian house belonging to the family of Abu Rajab in the Old City of al-Khalil.
Head of al-Khalil rehabilitation committee Imad Hamdan told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that his committee filed through a lawyer several lawsuits and appeals with the Israeli higher court until it was able to extract a final decision from the Israeli public prosecution ordering the removal of all settlers from the house.
With the help of the Israeli army and police the settlers forcibly broke into the house on July 25 2017 and evicted the Palestinian residents (the owners) and they have been staying there illegally since then.
They had already taken over the house in 2012 and 2013 but they were evacuated later.
The home has been the subject of a long-standing legal case with settlers claiming they legally purchased the property.
However the Abu Rajab family rejects that claim and Israel’s civil administration has admitted that the settlers have been unable to provide proof of that purchase.
