Israeli court postpones ruling on East Jerusalem evictions
The Jerusalem court delayed ruling on whether two Palestinians families must vacate their homes in favor of Israeli settlers in the Silwan neighborhood.
A court in Israel delayed a ruling on Palestinian families facing eviction from the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan.
A similar eviction issue involving the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood helped set off the most recent round of Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Dozens protested outside the Jerusalem District Court on Wednesday morning, which was set to hear a petition filed over the planned displacement of two families from Silwan. The judges said they will rule only after the country's Supreme Court rules on similar appeals.
The two families whose cases were due to be heard Wednesday are among a group of seven Palestinian families from Silwan whose evictions a court approved in 2020.
