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Sheikh Jarrah, a Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem, has become the center of an expulsion campaign led by Israeli settlers.

Insider spoke to these families fighting to save their neighborhood and their identities.
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Eviction notices have beens served to 13 Palestinian families in Sheikh Jarrah.

The attempted dispossession revolves around a 1970 Israeli law that allows Jews to take back lands they claim to have lost before the state of Israel was established in 1948.
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Sheikh Jarrah's history is “a microcosm of the Nakba,” according to @dianabuttu.

Nakba refers to the mass expulsion of 700,000 Palestinians from their native land in 1948, as paramilitary Zionist forces raided towns and established the state of Israel. trib.al/Z9RgUxv

May 15 marks the 73rd anniversary of the Nakba, during a week in which Palestinians have mobilized globally to save Sheikh Jarrah.

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In 1956, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees and Jordan allowed Palestinians displaced to other parts of Palestine and into Jordan to build homes in Sheikh Jarrah.

But they came under Israeli military occupation after the 1967 Israeli-Arab war.
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Rasha Budeiri’s maternal family was one of the expelled Palestinian families that was able to resettle in Sheikh Jarrah under the agreeement, but who soon found themselves under occupation. businessinsider.com/sheikh-jarrah-…

Insider spoke to another woman who is among the dozen Palestinian families served an eviction notice by Israeli courts after settler groups claimed to have proof of ownership before 1948.

Her family and Budeiri’s family have been ordered to leave their homes by August 1.

The Sheikh Jarrah resident said her family and others have been the targets of settlers filing land claims in Israel courts since 1972.

Many Palestinian families have fought for their homes in court processes they felt were made for them to lose.
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A 2015 report from @haaretzcom found US registered nonprofit organizations funneled $200M between 2009-2013 to settlements in Israel, with some of the money being used to cover legal fees and building costs for expulsion and settlement.

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After Sheikh Jarrah residents held sit-in protests denouncing the evictions last week, Israeli police targeted protestors with rubber bullets, tear gas, and more.

Almost 300 were injured over the weekend when Israeli forces stormed the Al Aqsa Mosque.

.@PalestineRCS said some 700 Palestinians were injured by police forces through Monday. businessinsider.com/sheikh-jarrah-…

As Israeli courts weigh in on what’s next, Palestinian families in Sheikh Jarrah hope international pressure to stop their expulsions will persist, and that they can live free of occupation and violence.

Read the full story by @asmuchazmi.👇

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