Palestinian family protests east Jerusalem home eviction
ABC News
Palestinian residents of a flashpoint east Jerusalem neighborhood are locked in a tense standoff with Israeli authorities after police came to evict them from a disputed property
JERUSALEM -- Palestinian residents of a flashpoint east Jerusalem neighborhood were locked in a tense standoff with Israeli authorities on Monday as police came to evict them from a disputed property.
Several residents of a home in Sheikh Jarrah climbed onto the roof of the building with gas tanks and threatened to set them alight should the Jerusalem municipality follow through with the eviction.
Dozens of Palestinian families in east Jerusalem are at risk of eviction by Jewish settler organizations, and thousands face the threat of demolition because of discriminatory policies that make it extremely difficult for Palestinians to build new homes or expand existing ones.
In separate, unrelated developments on Monday, Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian who allegedly tried to stab a soldier, and a 69-year-old Palestinian died from his injuries after being run over by an Israeli tow truck during a demonstration in the occupied West Bank earlier this month.
