
Mya Guarnieri
Eviction of Palestinian family in East Jerusalem temporarily postponed
The eviction of a Palestinian family from their home in Sheikh Jarrah, planned for today, has been delayed by two months. The Shamasneh family was slated to be evicted from their home at 2:00 p.m. today, December 31, so that the Israeli Custodian for Absentee Property could take possession of the house. The Jerusalem District Court ordered the eviction to be postponed until March 1, 2013 after the family's lawyer appealed to Israel's high court. Activists and politicians who support the Shamasnehs in their fight to stay in their East Jerusalem home emphasize that this is just a temporary postponement…
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