The israeli supreme court will rule now on the expulsion of Palestinians living in the Jerusalem neighborhood of #SheikhJarrah
This issue is extremely simple to understand. Palestinians displaced by the first war in 1948, went to live in this neighborhood. Now israel wants to displace them again to make way for Jewish settlers to take their homes. This is not a bug it's a feature of Zionism.
Muna El Kurd, whose family is among those threatened with eviction, posts pictures from the court 
The Palestinians who face losing their homes are currently in the court and cannot understand a word being said by judge & lawyers b/c everything is in Hebrew. This is the reality of living under colonizers, deciding your fate in front of you while you're powerless. #SheikhJarrah
The supreme court has offered Palestinians in #SheikhJarrah a compromise of "protected residents" status allowing them to live there without fear of eviction for now, but would have to pay a small rent to Jewish settler organization Nahalat Shimon who would then own the homes.
Court still in recess as the Palestinian families are talking with their lawyers.
Court is back. Judge Amit rejects lawyer request on behalf of the Palestinian families to adjourn for 7 days in order to consider the compromise.
The judges are clearly putting pressure on the parties to wrap this up as fast as possible. Even during recess no one was allowed out to avoid talking to media.
BREAKING: #SheikhJarrah families have refused the israeli settlement offer, which would see them transfer ownership of the homes to Jewish settlers and pay rent in exchange for "protected status" as tenants.
That should tell you everything about who the real home owners are.
That should tell you everything about who the real home owners are.
The israeli offer to families in #SheikhJarrah is surreal: we won't evict you now but pay us rent until you die, then we take your homes.
Israel doesn't even have jurisdiction in East Jerusalem under intl law. They want to take the homes to legitimize their settler colony.
Israel doesn't even have jurisdiction in East Jerusalem under intl law. They want to take the homes to legitimize their settler colony.
Then in the future they can claim: "See? We didn't take this land by force, the Palestinians signed and gave it up"-- yeah, after threatening them with eviction. It's very nasty business.
There is still no final decision yet.
Mohammed El-Kurd @m7mdkurd, Muna's brother, whose family faces having their home stolen, recounts how the judges are pressuring them:
https://twitter.com/m7mdkurd/status/1422184792788029447
Families' lawyers disputed by the settler group (Nahalat Shimon) re alleged ownership dating back to 19th century. The families lawyers cited the lack of documents in the land registry among various other discrepancies.
Court adjourned. The judges still wish to achieve some sort of compromise, and deliberate that within 7 days the families in #SheikhJarrah submit a list of names of people to be covered by the "protected resident" status. For now it seems no final conclusion or forced expulsions.
I'll have more about #SheikhJarrah tonight. Thanks for supporting independent journalism:
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