Tensions are going high now in Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood following the arrival of far-right Israeli MK Itamar Ben-Gvir to the neighborhood, hours after he announced he's considering to open a makeshift office in the highly-tense neighborhood.
The elderly Palestinian woman Fatima Salim got injured after she was attacked by Israeli settlers near her home in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood. The family of Salim is under the threat of forceful eviction by occupation authorities in favor of Israeli settlers.
Violent ethnic cleansing in Sheikh Jarrah
Zionist settlers united with Israeli soldiers, broke into land belonging to the Salim family, attacked Palestinian residents, erected an outpost and danced in front of the family that has been fighting against apartheid and their imminent ethnic-cleansing for decades.
The daughter of the Palestinian prisoner Mahmoud Jaradat whose home was blown up by the Israeli occupation forces in Silat al-Harithiya village, pre dawn today.
While Palestinian families are ethnically cleansed in Sheikh Jarrah, homes are demolished and people are killed by Israel, Bahrain warmly welcomes the Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett in his first visit to Bahrain (yesterday).
Collective Punishment According to the International law and the Geneva Convention, "Collective penalties and likewise all measures of intimidation are prohibited"
Yet collective punishment continues in occupied Palestine
theimeu Fatima Salem is nearly 70 years old, but instead of spending time with her grandchildren, she is spending her days fighting to keep the only place she’s ever called home. Why? Because Israel is planning to force Fatima and her family from their home, the place Fatima was born, as soon as next month. The plan is part of a larger effort to take over the Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah and replace its Palestinian citizens with illegal Jewish Israeli settlers.
If Israel forces the Salem family out of their home—where Fatima lives with 10 other family members, including children—it will be the second time that Israel has uprooted the Salem family in order to steal their land. The first was in 1948 when Israel was founded. The Salem family is one of many Palestinian families whom Israel is attempting to force out of Sheikh Jarrah. They will all be made homeless if Israel goes through with its plans.
As Israel prepares to kick the Salem family out of their home, Israeli settlers, military, and police have been harassing the family outside of their home, injuring many, including Fatima herself. The Salem family and other Palestinian families targeted by Israel have put out an urgent call to the international community to stand up against Israel’s destruction of their homes. #SaveSheikhJarrah #SaveJerusalem #FreePalestine
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs – Joint Statement
Today, representatives of the Humanitarian Country Team in Palestine, comprising United Nations Agencies and international and Palestinian NGOs, met with the Salem family in the occupied East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah. The family of 12, including six children and the elderly mother, Fatima Salem – all of whom are Palestine refugees – faces eviction during March from their family home of 70 years.
The announcement of the scheduled eviction has recently raised tension in the Jerusalem neighbourhood, with clashes involving Palestinian residents, Israeli settlers, and Israeli Security Forces resulting in property damage, multiple injuries and arrests, including the arrest of eight children since Friday 11 February. The Salem family itself and their neighbours have been subject to attacks with pepper spray and stones resulting in injury and property damage.
The Salem family is one of 218 Palestinian families, comprising 970 individuals, including 424 children, living in East Jerusalem, mainly in the neighbourhoods of Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan, that are currently facing the threat of forced eviction by the Israeli authorities.
The United Nations has repeatedly called for a halt to forced evictions and demolitions in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem: under international humanitarian law, forcible transfers of protected persons by the occupying power are forbidden regardless of their motive.
Active steps must be taken to de-escalate the situation before another crisis erupts; we urge all political and community leaders to refrain from provocative action and rhetoric. Israeli authorities must take steps to ensure the protection of civilians, including Palestine refugees.
Mohammad Ajlouni, a Palestinian child with Down's syndrome from Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, was assaulted by IOF policemen yesterday while for no apparent reasons and in full disregard of his mental health condition.
This cannot be undone and I am sure it will be greatly appreciated.
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