Sheikh Jarrah: Israeli police evict Palestinians from East Jerusalem home
Israeli police have evicted a Palestinian family and demolished their house in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah./ Officers raided the Salhiya family home before dawn, arresting several people before a bulldozer moved in./ There had been a two-day stand-off after the head of the family threatened to blow up his house rather than move./ Israeli officials said the building was illegal - something the family denied - and the land was needed for a school./ The case had drawn international attention, with the European Union and ...
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