A hard fought battle for an east Jerusalem apartment finally won
A Jewish group finally won a long court battle for rights to an apartment occupied by Muslims in eastern Jerusalem:
A Palestinian family was evicted from a home in East Jerusalem near the Old City on Wednesday after a right-wing Israeli group won a court battle that stretched more than two decades, activists said.Thank goodness. After all these years. It was much too long, but justice thankfully prevailed in the end, and Jews can maintain their right to residency in any part of Jerusalem.
The apartment in the Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan was home to a 53-year-old woman and her four children, according to left-wing Israeli group Peace Now, which opposes Israeli settlements.
Police evicted the residents from the home and they will at least temporarily stay with relatives.
An Israeli court found that the Elad foundation, which seeks to increase the Jewish presence in mainly Palestinian East Jerusalem, had legally purchased that portion of the property and ruled in its favor.
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