Ongoing Ethnic cleansing in Jerusalem-Sheikh Jarrah/ Nettoyage ethnique a Jerusalem- Sheihk Jarrah

(c) Photo by Anne Paq/Activestills, Sheikh Jarrah, Jerusalem, 16.03.2009.

As one of the owner of a house threatened of being evicted, "Jerusalem has become the capitale of the tents". Indeed there are five protest tents at the moment in Jerusalem: two in Silwan, one on the mountain of olives, one in Sheikh Jarrah and
New waves of eviction orders have recently affected many areas in Jerusalem. Two Sheikh Jarrah families, the Al-Hannoun and El-Ghawi have received an eviction order valid from 15.03.2009 until 22.03.2009. This will affect 51 people. A tent has been erected in Sheikh Jarrah months ago following the eviction of the Al Kurd Family. The tent, after having been demolished 5 times is still standing. In total 28 families in the area are under threat of being evicted.

Comme un des proprietaire d'une maison dont tous les habitants sont menaces d'expulsion l'a affirme: "Jerusalem est devenue la capitale des tentes." Il existe en effet deja cinq tentes de protestation a Jerusalem qui s'elevent contre les recentes vagues d'avis de demolitions et d'expulsions: deux a silwan, une a sheikh jarrah, une sur le mont des oliviers et une a shufat.
Deux familles a Sheikh Jarrah sont directement menacees, et ont juste recu des avis d'expulsion qui, si ils sont appliques, vont mettre une cinquantaine de palestiniens a la rue. La tente de Sheikh Jarrah a ete erigee il y a des mois apres l'expulsion de la famille Al-Kurd. Elle est toujours debout, apres avoir ete demolie cinq fois.
Au total, 28 familles de Sheikh Jarrah sont menacees.