150 Jerusalemite families are terrified of being uprooted before Ramadan

More than 150 Jerusalemite families who reside in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem and its neighbouring neighbourhoods are plagued by the spectre of impending mass demolition and displacement, a few weeks before the holy month of Ramadan.

Israeli courts are slated to convene potentially pivotal hearings on eviction and displacement cases in March, putting more than 80 Jerusalemites at risk of being forcibly relocated at once.

In order to take possession of the Jerusalemites' homes and properties, forcibly evict their residents, and deny them the chance to stay in their ancestral homes, rights groups claim that settler associations file eviction claims against Palestinian families in Jerusalem on the basis of racist and discriminatory Israeli laws.

In the Old City, the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood, and the town of Silwan, dozens of Palestinian families would lose their homes, according to a warning from the Israeli activist group Ir Amim, which focuses on Jerusalem issues. This would be the largest eviction and uprooting operation ever undertaken in Israel.

The organisation issued a warning, stating that if the displacements go forward, it will not only be a grave breach of international and human rights law but also have a "severe humanitarian impact on the families and further degrade conditions for an accepted political future."

The Salem family could be forced out of their Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood home in favour of unauthorised settlers. The family has owned a home with a parcel of land adjacent to it that is frequently vandalised by settlers for 73 years while residing in the neighbourhood

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