RAMALLAH, West Bank — Some 500 Jerusalemites living in 28 housing units in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, in the north of Jerusalem’s Old City, face the risk of eviction at the hands of the Israeli authorities in favor of Jewish settler organizations, on the grounds that the latter own the land.
On March 19, the neighborhood’s residents began a protest against the eviction plan, with hundreds of Jerusalemites taking to the streets and participating in a march. Prior to that, an online campaign was launched March 15, dubbed “Save the Sheikh Jarrah Neighborhood.”
