JERUSALEM, April 19, 2011 (WAFA) – An extremist organization for settelments Tuesday handed eviction notices to ten Jerusalemite families in Sheikh Jarrah, a neighborhood in East Jerusalem.

Political Commissioner of Municipality of Jerusalem, Hussein Kiswani, told WAFA that settlers broke into a house and attempted to force the residents out, and took photos of some of the houses.

He added that the residents threatened with eviction Tuesday headed to Jerusalem municipality headquarter to follow up and hire attorneys for the case.

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