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Historic Jerusalem district threatened by settler group

The houses of several Palestinian families in East Jerusalem are threatened with destruction or expropriation by a powerful Israeli organization working to expand the settlements.
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JERUSALEM — The family of Nohad Siam is making legal preparations for the upcoming trial in March 2019 in the case, the Jerusalemite and his brothers, filed to prove the ownership of their grandmother’s house for his mother Mariam Abu Zweir. The house is located in Wadi Helwe in the Silwan district south of the Old City of East Jerusalem.

Ownership of Siam's grandmother’s house is at risk of falling completely to settlers after the Israeli Magistrate Court in Jerusalem ruled Dec. 5 to evict its inhabitants in line with the Elad Settlement Association’s claim of owning the majority of shares in the house.

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