[news] Palestinian Family Denied Even Half a House: Settlers Eye Historic Jerusalem Neighborhood

[Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed]

By JONATHAN COOK - July 26/27, 2008

It must be the smallest Israeli settlement in the occupied Palestinian territories: just half a house. But Palestinian officials and Israeli human rights groups are concerned that it represents the first stage of a plan to eradicate the historical neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem, cutting off one of the main routes by which Palestinians reach the Old City and its holy sites.  


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