Palestinians reject offer to end Jerusalem evictions threat
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The judges have suggested they become "protected tenants" and stay in the city's eastern Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood
Palestinians who have been facing eviction in Jerusalem have rejected a proposal from Israel's Supreme Court that they rent their homes from a Jewish settlement organization.
The judges have suggested they become "protected tenants" and stay in the city's eastern Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood.
However, the four families involved in the long-running legal dispute, and dozens of others who have been affected by the threat of expulsion, said that they would not recognise Israeli ownership.
Let me rephrase this: instead of making a ruling on land ownership, the court decided to evade its responsibilities and pressure us into reaching an agreement with settlers. No decision or agreement has been reached. https://t.co/ecPbBTOqZ6
— Mohammed El-Kurd (@m7mdkurd) August 2, 2021
Mohammed El-Kurd, who is one of the Palestinians and a part of the case, criticised the move on social media. "Instead of making a ruling on land ownership, the court decided to evade its responsibilities and pressure us into reaching an agreement with settlers," he tweeted.
"No decision or agreement has been reached."