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U.S. condemns eviction of Arab families from East Jerusalem
By Nir Hasson and Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Israel News, eviction 

The United States and the United Nations sharply condemned the eviction of two Palestinian families from their homes in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah and their replacement with Jewish families on Sunday.

Diplomats from the U.S. Embassy sent a protest letter to the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, stressing the move went against the spirit of the road map. The diplomats said a high-level protest will be communicated to Israel later on Monday.

A large force of several hundred police officers evicted the two families from their homes in the early Sunday morning. Hours later the families' possessions were cleared from the homes and two Jewish families moved in.
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The eviction came at the end of a long legal process. The families, Hannun and Gawi, say they are refugees from Palestinian neighborhoods in West Jerusalem who lost their homes in the War of Independence.

They were housed by the UN and the Jordanian authorities in East Jerusalem homes that previously belonged to a Sephardic community committee. Israeli courts acknowledged the committee's ownership of the houses, but provided a protected tenant status for the residents.

However, the committee, which supports the Jewish families' bid for the homes, had since claimed that the Palestinian families violated the agreement and demanded their eviction. Several families have been evicted over the years, the last - before Sunday - in November 2008. That family's protest tent was demolished during Sunday's eviction.

"They blew up the doors with small charges, walked in, and dragged us out like sacks," said Nasser Gawi. "We are 38 people in the family. Now the skies are our blanket and the earth is our bed."

His neighbor, Majhad Ganun, who was evicted with 16 members of his family, said the police came at 5 A.M.

"We were dragged out of our beds, and told to wait outside. They brought a truck and loaded everything we had on it. They took it somewhere, and didn't tell us where. I'm going to sleep on the pavement, we have no place to go."

Some of the Israeli and foreign activists who were staying with the families before the eviction were detained and released after a few hours.

UNRWA spokesman Chris Gunness said UN staff later saw vehicles bringing Jewish families to live in the homes.

Robert Serry, the United Nations envoy to the Middle East, criticized the eviction of the Palestinian families, saying "Israel's actions are unacceptable."

"I deplore today's totally unacceptable actions by Israel, in which Israeli security forces evicted Palestinian refugee families registered with UNRWA from their homes in the Arab neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem to allow settlers to take possession of these properties," Serry said in a statement. "These actions are contrary to the provisions of the Geneva Conventions related to occupied territory. They also contravene the united calls of the international community, including the Quartet's, which in its recent statement urged the Government of Israel to refrain from provocative actions in East Jerusalem, including house demolitions and evictions. The UN rejects Israeli claims that this is a local matter dealt with by the courts." Serry added the move undermined efforts at reaching a peace deal.

The British consulate also issued a statement condemning the move, saying that the evacuation and other such moves come in contrast to Israel's declarations regarding its desire to achieve peace with the Palestinians. The British statement also called on Israel not to allow extremists to control the government's agenda.

The eviction was also slammed by the Jerusalem organization Ir Amim.

"Israel must consider the future implications of the move, which allows Jews to claim rights over property dating back to before 1948, but prevents the execution of the same rights by Palestinian residents. A re-opening of all ownership cases by Palestinians and Jews in Jerusalem could place Israel in an impossible situation in the city," a statement from Ir Amim said.
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  1.   What happened to this? 06:07  |  curious 03/08/09
  2.   Simply disgusting 06:08  |  Observer 03/08/09
  3.   Israel the apartheid state......... 06:29  |  Albert 03/08/09
  4.   Architecture of a crisis... 06:39  |  Observer 03/08/09
  5.   U.S. condemns eviction of Arab families 06:43  |  Chet 03/08/09
  6.   Typical 06:45  |  Sam 03/08/09
  7.   This Makes About As Much Sense As A Dream I Had Last Week... 06:54  |  Yosemite 03/08/09
  8.   Hoping... 06:55  |  Gal 03/08/09
  9.   Gave the Pals back their homes... 07:00  |  Sam Salazar 03/08/09
  10.   Sheikh Jarrah 07:05  |  TV 03/08/09
  11.   what nothing is good if it is arabs? 07:32  |  JfromC 03/08/09
  12.   Sounds Like Israel Acted Quite Properly 07:38  |  Brad 03/08/09
  13.   How Israel should answer to Hypocrits and ignorants 07:39  |  Victor_The_Egyptian 03/08/09
  14.   Why Protest Now? 07:40  |  Heather Czerniak 03/08/09
  15.   Gal 07:45  |  Brad 03/08/09
  16.   Sam the Parrotq 07:50  |  Brad 03/08/09
  17.   To anti-Jews everywhere: 07:57  |  William Brown 03/08/09
  18.   regaining your own property 07:57  |  robert of jerusalem 03/08/09
  19.   US is interfering too much 08:02  |  fred 03/08/09
  20.   Jerusalem is Jewish and will remain Jewish. 08:24  |  B. Gold 03/08/09
  21.   Why? 08:30  |  JW 03/08/09
  22.   do any of these posters know anything at all 08:36  |  v hardman 03/08/09
  23.   Jews, Jews, Jews 08:39  |  Bubba Nicholson 03/08/09
  24.   Israel has obligation to it`s own citizen not to Obama or the UN 08:46  |  Yoav Naor 03/08/09
  25.   What about Jewish property in Arab countries? 08:51  |  Binyamin Dissen 03/08/09
  26.   Typical hysterical reaction 08:57  |  Mac 03/08/09
  27.   No more slaps on the wrist. Time to use the big stick 09:01  |  Ivar 03/08/09
  28.   Interesting responses 09:05  |  howiej 03/08/09
  29.   Hang in there 09:15  |  Colin Wright 03/08/09
  30.   US forces in Iraq presided over eviction of thousands of pals 09:30  |  Absolute Sweden 03/08/09
  31.   #7 Yosemite. Don`t be concerned. 09:36  |  Maureen Ann 03/08/09
  32.   Evictions 09:41  |  Marfi 03/08/09
  33.   They Claim? 09:42  |  Rubicon 03/08/09
  34.   1 Curious - Israeli Courts Just Make It Up 09:44  |  Mark of Lewiston 03/08/09
  35.   Reaping what you sow 09:49  |  TC 03/08/09
  36.   Arabs evict in East Jerusalem 09:49  |  fredyr 03/08/09
  37.   To Gal 10:03  |  Rubicon 03/08/09
  38.   Palestinian squatters 10:08  |  Jack 03/08/09
  39.   what is wrong with the jews? 10:31  |  Nick 03/08/09
  40.   OWNERSHIP of house is not in doubt but area has to be Jewfree?Why 10:53  |  PETER SM 03/08/09
  41.   Palestinian Ownership 11:08  |  fredyr 03/08/09
  42.   Israel,s problem is one of "image" and credibility 11:30  |  Labhras 03/08/09
  43.   Just plain stupid. 11:46  |  Hannah 03/08/09
  44.   #32 labarse of arabia and comments on israels courts 11:55  |  v hardman 03/08/09
  45.   Israel screwing all up, while US keeps quite... 12:04  |  Shimon 03/08/09
  46.   what a shame! 12:09  |  KnockOut 03/08/09
  47.   No Peter SM you are spreading your lies again 12:12  |  Labhras 03/08/09
  48.   #40 psm why are the illeagl squats "ARABFREI" 12:14  |  Labhras 03/08/09
  49.   #34 mark off lewiston must be ignorant of law 12:17  |  v hardman 03/08/09
  50.   #44 Victor Hardhead aka Paul Harris---examples please 12:24  |  Labhras 03/08/09
  51.   Arabs are Smites they belong to Syrian race 12:28  |  C2 03/08/09
  52.   #45 Shimon---Obama is just letting Bibi hang himself 12:29  |  Labhras 03/08/09
  53.   Bubba the moron 12:37  |  Marilyn 03/08/09
  54.   IVAR time stop fantasizing about big sticks,the owners got THEIR 12:39  |  PETER SM 03/08/09
  55.   Greater Israel 12:41  |  Hector Bonifacius 03/08/09
  56.   Full Knowledge. 12:44  |  Iain 03/08/09
  57.   law? 12:59  |  robk 03/08/09
  58.   From Bad To Worse 13:08  |  Yaakov Sullivan 03/08/09
  59.   IAIN What has that got to do with forbidding Jews to live in 13:26  |  PETER SM 03/08/09
  60.   Extremist Israel will end itself 13:31  |  angry palestinian 03/08/09
  61.   Nothing New 13:48  |  Walid 03/08/09
  62.   Israel Evicts Palestinians from their East Jerusalem Homes 13:54  |  Urs Tobler 03/08/09
  63.   reply to no. 11 14:08  |  rebecca 03/08/09
  64.   peter sm we no longer believe your courts 14:09  |  Labhras 03/08/09
  65.   reply to no. 12 14:10  |  rebecca 03/08/09
  66.   4TH Geneva convention talks about transfer NOT return 14:11  |  PETER SM 03/08/09
  67.   Rubicon Brilliant post!!!!!!!!! 14:12  |  petra 03/08/09
  68.   The question is, would Israel consider similar redress... 14:16  |  Esther 03/08/09
  69.   PETER SM 14:17  |  jake 1948 03/08/09
  70.   angry palestinian ho ho ho 14:24  |  petra 03/08/09
  71.   Jews are stripping Jerusalem of its character/charm 14:43  |  Jayne 03/08/09
  72.   Israel = Apartheid State 14:46  |  gg 03/08/09
  73.   Rubicon- Wrong again! 14:59  |  George 03/08/09
  74.   what`s the deal with the family-belongings 15:03  |  rm 03/08/09
  75.   Making Political Hay Out Of A Landlord-Tenent Dispute 15:13  |  Jeff Northridge 03/08/09
  76.   #500 labarse of arabia agrees about caseys courts 15:15  |  v hardman 03/08/09
  77.   JAKE 48 Arab pogroms started before there were any Zionists 15:18  |  PETER SM 03/08/09
  78.   #57 rob k another ignorant idiot and law 15:19  |  v hardman 03/08/09
  79.   The US and the UN... 15:24  |  Walter 03/08/09
  80.   PETER SM.. Uh huh. So RoR is ONLY for Jewish folk. Got ya! 15:30  |  CJ 03/08/09
  81.   Labhras (#47) Here is something that takes a 30 year old to grasp 15:35  |  Gil 03/08/09
  82.   Jeff Northridge - It`s a SOVEREIGNTY issue 15:36  |  CJ 03/08/09
  83.   Actually Rubicon 15:36  |  Jake 1948 03/08/09
  84.   What do Israelis expect the world to think? 15:37  |  Rod 03/08/09
  85.   What most willingly want to overlook... 15:48  |  bat yam 03/08/09
  86.   Walter - how backwards can you get it? 15:51  |  CJ 03/08/09
  87.   #81 Gil ---again Israeli courts have "NO" Legal 16:10  |  Labhras 03/08/09
  88.   Some Facts 16:24  |  Spokanite 03/08/09
  89.   Gil - Unfortunately Israel Declared Sovereignty over a set of bor 16:27  |  CJ 03/08/09
  90.   Any of you zio apologists not born in Israel better 16:30  |  Labhras 03/08/09
  91.   Any of you zio apologists not born in Israel better 2nd try 16:30  |  Labhras 03/08/09
  92.   EVICTION OF ARAB FAMILIES 16:31  |  FLIESWASSER 03/08/09
  93.   CJ making excuses for Arab racism and attempted colonialism 16:35  |  Joe Frazier 03/08/09
  94.   to Jeff Northridge 16:36  |  rm 03/08/09
  95.   Labrhas, Jerusalem is not occupied, its liberated 16:36  |  Joe Frazier 03/08/09
  96.   #87 labarse of arabia shows just how thick a paddy he is 16:39  |  v hardman 03/08/09
  97.   Squatters are squatters, be they Arab or Jew 16:40  |  Joe Frazier 03/08/09
  98.   It is a matter of private property. Even PA should 16:43  |  17 03/08/09
  99.   This is the behavior of a losing regime and idea 16:45  |  Soothsayer 03/08/09
  100.   #66 peter sm what happened to Palestinian free will 16:54  |  Labhras 03/08/09
  101.   #66 peter sm what happened to Palestinian free will 16:54  |  Labhras 03/08/09
  102.   CJ ROR For Pals is to Islamic Republic of Palestine where Jews 16:59  |  PETER SM 03/08/09
  103.   CJ ROR For Pals is to Islamic Republic of Palestine where Jews 16:59  |  PETER SM 03/08/09
  104.   Peace or Violence 17:03  |  Vladek 03/08/09
  105.   Northridge, this is no landlord-tenat dispute 17:10  |  Ben Alofs 03/08/09
  106.   Northridge, this is no landlord-tenat dispute 17:11  |  Ben Alofs 03/08/09
  107.   Victor hardhead---fortunately those victims 17:18  |  Labhras 03/08/09
  108.   GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT 17:20  |  zionist forever 03/08/09
  109.   So no action from USA - same old same old 17:21  |  Tcherkessi 03/08/09
  110.   Rise in anti-semitism 17:26  |  White Russian 03/08/09
  111.   #107 more from the irish idiot comedian labarse 17:33  |  v hardman 03/08/09
  112.   Israel`s suicide 17:38  |  Josy Milstein 03/08/09
  113.   Cursed Burglars !!!!!!!!!!!!! 17:43  |  Carol 03/08/09
  114.   #110 White Russian---we already started it heere in Ireland 17:52  |  Labhras 03/08/09
  115.   Warning - Labhras is a well known Jew-hatred provocator 17:52  |  Roby 03/08/09
  116.   Zionist forever he does not have the power to overule 17:58  |  Labhras 03/08/09
  117.   CJ just where are Israelis legal? 18:01  |  Walter 03/08/09
  118.   #106 dr ben misses the essential why the property 18:03  |  v hardman 03/08/09
  119.   110 whiterussian-"Israels ongoing ethnic cleansing in Palestine?" 18:05  |  Black Russian 03/08/09
  120.   UN owns the land 18:06  |  Marilyn 03/08/09
  121.   PETER SM...no, ROR is an inalienable right for all people. 18:21  |  CJ 03/08/09
  122.   What shameful upstarts in Israel.... 18:26  |  Dutch 03/08/09
  123.   Part of Israel,s problem is it,s dual justice system 18:29  |  Labhras 03/08/09
  124.   Israel,s colonialist actions are obvious to all. 18:33  |  Labhras 03/08/09
  125.   zionist forever The "Straight Fact" - the area is not in Israel. 18:33  |  CJ 03/08/09
  126.   Those who irrationally hate Israel... 18:34  |  SDHD 03/08/09
  127.   Joe Frazier. The UN says it`s occupied. The UNSC says Israel`s.. 18:37  |  CJ 03/08/09
  128.   How about land owned by Pals now occupied by Jews? 18:41  |  Canuck 03/08/09
  129.   CJ claims Israel has no right to be in E. Jerusalem 18:44  |  SDHD 03/08/09
  130.   Yoav Naor I Agree 18:46  |  Lucy 03/08/09
  131.   v hardman Jordan`s occupation of the West Bank was strictly 18:46  |  CJ 03/08/09
  132.   Marilyn .. Actually the UN doesn`t `own` any land. 18:53  |  CJ 03/08/09
  133.   To Marilyn from Australia and everyone else 18:55  |  Lucy 03/08/09
  134.   CJ and "sovereign territory" 18:56  |  SDHD 03/08/09
  135.   Black Russian 18:58  |  White Russian 03/08/09
  136.   SDHD - er proven by a court that has no right to judge in the ter 18:59  |  CJ 03/08/09
  137.   CJ is too full of it 18:59  |  SDHD 03/08/09
  138.   CJ (#89) as I said it will take a 30 year old to grasp it! 18:59  |  Gil 03/08/09
  139.   own destruction 19:03  |  Benjamin 03/08/09
  140.   SDHD - Israel`s Sovereign territories do not inlude 19:11  |  CJ 03/08/09
  141.   CJ has no right to think he`s being rational 19:12  |  SDHD 03/08/09
  142.   #155 roby aka Gil--- 19:14  |  Labhras 03/08/09
  143.   Lucy - Eminent Domain in the US is not international law. 19:14  |  CJ 03/08/09
  144.   CJ says "the law is the law," but CJ isn`t the law 19:20  |  SDHD 03/08/09
  145.   #117 Walter it is not about where Jews can live 19:21  |  Labhras 03/08/09
  146.   CJ loves the catch-phrase, "international law." 19:22  |  SDHD 03/08/09
  147.   Lucy peddling propaganda 19:23  |  CJ 03/08/09
  148.   Labhras (#87) 19:24  |  Gil 03/08/09
  149.   Labhras (#87) 19:25  |  Gil 03/08/09
  150.   Perpetuating stereotypes worldwide... 19:25  |  St. Petra 03/08/09
  151.   SDHD - Israel isn`t a Sovereign State? That`s news.... 19:27  |  CJ 03/08/09
  152.   Everyone listen up. Get a clue. 19:29  |  Lucy 03/08/09
  153.   Labhrat and where "Israelis cannot live" 19:29  |  SDHD 03/08/09
  154.   CJ just an empty-headed mouthpiece 19:32  |  SDHD 03/08/09
  155.   CJ, up the IQ and you`ll up the quality of these exchanges 19:36  |  SDHD 03/08/09
  156.   East-Jerusalem is ours! 19:36  |  German Zionist 03/08/09
  157.   SDHD - I did say specifically the West Bank/GC`s. 19:37  |  CJ 03/08/09
  158.   CJ - Take a look at Agrigulture 19:37  |  Lucy 03/08/09
  159.   Gil - Strange all you have is insults, no facts 19:40  |  CJ 03/08/09
  160.   Gold #20-Your Philosophy of Pure Jewish J`lem Similar to Nazi`s 19:46  |  Ed 03/08/09
  161.   Where to live? 19:46  |  PATRICK A.HAMMEL 03/08/09
  162.   SDHD The occupying power cannot change the law in an occupied t 19:47  |  CJ 03/08/09
  163.   CJ, you`re too full of it 19:51  |  SDHD 03/08/09
  164.   Lucy 19:53  |  CB 03/08/09
  165.   CJ, quit being obtuse 19:53  |  SDHD 03/08/09
  166.   SDHD You can prove me wrong by producing a map of Israel`s actua 19:55  |  CJ 03/08/09
  167.   how about you accept this ruling from your own court 19:57  |  Labhras 03/08/09
  168.   Proving CJ wrong 20:10  |  SDHD 03/08/09
  169.   Ooops 20:13  |  spokanite 03/08/09
  170.   CB 20:18  |  Lucy 03/08/09
  171.   CJ ---some reading material for you. 20:25  |  Labhras 03/08/09
  172.   Us can slam till their blue in the face doesn`t phase Bibi.. 20:32  |  Dror 03/08/09
  173.   Tzedek, tzedek tirdof 20:36  |  David 03/08/09
  174.   If the property really belongs to this "committee" 20:39  |  Ibrahim 03/08/09
  175.   Lucy....Agricultural advances were not unique to Israel. 20:39  |  CJ 03/08/09
  176.   SDHD wants everyone who was kicked out of home ... 20:41  |  Ibrahim 03/08/09
  177.   Labhras - thx 21:07  |  CJ 03/08/09
  178.   This is demented 21:54  |  Erica 03/08/09
  179.   Lucy, get off your pedistool 21:58  |  Ibrahim 03/08/09
  180.   Josy Milstein 22:02  |  rich 03/08/09
  181.   PETER SM 22:19  |  jake 1948 03/08/09
  182.   #8 Gal 22:47  |  mark 03/08/09
  183.   marylin 22:31  |  mark t 03/08/09
  184.   yaakov sullivan 22:59  |  mark g. 03/08/09
  185.   Ibrahim get real 23:13  |  Lucy 03/08/09
  186.   CJ # 82 That`s Just The Point 23:15  |  Jeff Northridge 03/08/09
  187.   #59 PeterSM. "... long before there was any Israel." 23:57  |  Maureen Ann 03/08/09
  188.   SEND IN THE USMC! 00:06  |  Abby 04/08/09
  189.   White Russian-#135-Who is "chosen" and why? 00:27  |  Daniel Leopold 04/08/09
  190.   Justice, not Just-Us 00:39  |  Les Lyshkov 04/08/09
  191.   Can all this lieing cheating be Gods desire? 00:43  |  billy jack 04/08/09
  192.   Eviction of Arabs 01:08  |  Howard Hilton 04/08/09
  193.   JQAKE Since the Arabs got well over 80% of the British mandate of 02:34  |  PETER SM 04/08/09
  194.   Peter Sm`s patent lies 02:40  |  Truth 04/08/09
  195.   176 02:41  |  zionist forever 04/08/09
  196.   CJ Wiping off the map?Did you mean the Arab war of extermination 02:42  |  PETER SM 04/08/09
  197.   Eviction of Tenants 03:06  |  Leeguy 04/08/09
  198.   cJ Sovereign borders can never change??Give historical examples 05:02  |  PETER SM 04/08/09
  199.   PETERSM...Israel Sovereignty. 06:28  |  Iain 04/08/09
  200.   SDHD - "Proving CJ wrong" OK go ahead... 06:55  |  CJ 04/08/09
  201.   Lucy - Is the US still usurping the Navajo? 06:58  |  CJ 04/08/09
  202.   Jake 1948 (#181) 07:03  |  Gil 04/08/09
  203.   Re maryln 07:16  |  shlomog 04/08/09
  204.   to all that calls Israel racist 07:21  |  shlomog 04/08/09
  205.   Re Rod 07:30  |  shlomog 04/08/09
  206.   CJ 07:48  |  shlomog 04/08/09
  207.   it does wonders to pay for your home utilities... 08:16  |  Miron 04/08/09
  208.   Ignorant Yaakov Sullivan 08:58  |  Ron 04/08/09
  209.   Netanyahu`s gamble. 09:05  |  Justine Effort 04/08/09
  210.   Tit for tat 09:40  |  maoriboy 04/08/09
  211.   Evictions 14:58  |  Marie Bernadotte 04/08/09
  212.   Gil - Private, corporate or institutional land ownership has 18:49  |  CJ 04/08/09
  213.   shlomog The `pals` are not a UN Member, they`re not a state... 19:02  |  CJ 04/08/09
  214.   Re Cj 07:14  |  shlomog 05/08/09
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