RAMALLAH, August 6, 2017 (WAFA) – Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned on Sunday Israel’s decision to evict the Shamasneh family from their home in the neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem.
Earlier this day, Israeli police handed members of the Shamasneh family a final order issued by the supreme Israeli court asking them to leave their home, claiming it is Jewish property.
The Shamasneh family said it rented the home in 1964, and has been paying the monthly rent regularly since then.
The ministry described the decision as racial and said it was not the first of its kind, but rather part of a series of similar decisions under which Israel has displaced many indigenous Palestinian families from Sheikh Jarrah and other areas in Jerusalem.
It cited examples of the Kurd, Hannoun and Ghawi families who in the past few years have been displaced by similar Israeli decisions.
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