“The forced removal of long-time Palestinian residents in Sheikh Jarrah is abhorrent and unacceptable. The Administration should make clear to the Israeli government that these evictions are illegal and must stop immediately,” Elizabeth Warren, senator from Massachusetts, said in a tweet Saturday.
The
property under dispute was owned by a Jewish organization before 1948
until it was captured by Jordan in Israel’s War of Independence. The
land was taken back by Israel during the 1967 war, and a law was passed
in 1970 allowing Israeli Jews to reclaim property in East Jerusalem that
was held before the 1948 war. The property has been the subject of a
legal battle ever since.
Israel’s Supreme Court is set to meet Monday to review the Palestinian residents’ appeal of a court-ordered eviction.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the representative from New York, also weighed in. “We stand in solidarity with the Palestinian residents of Sheikh Jarrah
in East Jerusalem. Israeli forces are forcing families from their homes
during Ramadan and inflicting violence. It is inhumane and the US must
show leadership in safeguarding the human rights of Palestinians,” she
said in a tweet Saturday.
This is pure anti-Semitism. The only reason this is newsworthy is because the owners of the building are Jewish. If they were Arabs, no one would care.
ReplyDeleteIsrael's PR team should be screaming this from the rooftops - by accusing us you are saying that if a Jew buys a house, he has no right to keep it if an Arab wants it. That's anti-Semitism.