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Israeli authorities remove property from a Palestinian home in Silwan during the eviction of 11 families on March 25, 2026. (Peace Now)
March 26, 2026, 12:46 am
11 Palestinian families evicted after court found Jews owned E. Jerusalem land their homes were built on before 1948
1970 law allowing Jews to reclaim property lost before establishment of Israel leads to families being forced from Silwan homes where they have lived for decades
By ToI Staff, AFP and Nurit Yohanan
A view of Batn al-Hawa, a section of the Silwan neighborhood of East Jerusalem, on December 19, 2025. (Charlie Summers/Times of Israel)
January 29, 2026, 9:08 pm
Palestinians face fresh slew of evictions in Silwan, after court dimisses appeal
Eviction looms for 32 households in East Jerusalem neighborhood, paving the way for Jewish tenants to take their place as part of charged property dispute
By Charlie Summers and Reuters
Security forces of Syria's new Islamist government stand guard on the road leading to the airport, in the Damascus' suburb of Jaramana on April 29, 2025. (Rami al SAYED / AFP)
April 30, 2025, 10:50 am
Under new regime, Syria’s Alawites are evicted from private homes at gunpoint
Um Hassan says she was forced to surrender Damascus home within 24 hours after brother arrested; rights group says thousands of such cases have taken place
By Amina Ismail
Noura Ghaith-Sub Laban, center, is comforted by family as she reacts to their eviction from their home in Jerusalem's Old City, July 11, 2023. (Mahmoud Illean/AP)
July 14, 2023, 12:29 am
US, EU, UN pan Israeli eviction of Palestinian family from Jerusalem’s Old City
State Department says move ‘exacerbates tensions, undercuts efforts to advance two-state solution after family loses home they’ve had since 1950s
By Jacob Magid
Noura Ghaith-Sub Laban, center, is comforted by family as she reacts to their eviction from their home in Jerusalem's Old City, July 11, 2023. (Mahmoud Illean/AP)
July 11, 2023, 7:07 pm
Palestinian family evicted from Jerusalem home after decades-long legal battle
Supreme Court has ruled the Old City property had Jewish ownership until seized by Jordanians in 1948 war; Ghaith-Sub Laban family say they’ve lived in it since the 1950s
By AP and ToI Staff
The Sumarin family in their home in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan. (Peace Now)
April 3, 2023, 10:40 pm
Top court rules against booting E. Jerusalem Palestinian family after 32-year battle
Supreme Court dismisses case filed by KKL-JNF, which acted on behalf of right-wing group seeking to take over Sumarins’ home in Silwan, located inside City of David national park
By ToI Staff
An Israeli soldier chases a protester while Palestinian, Israeli and foreign peace activists attempt to open a road that passes close to the Israeli outpost of Mitzpe Yair to Masafer Yatta in the West Bank on May 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
May 31, 2022, 4:13 am
Key points about the West Bank village evictions straining US-Israel relations
After 22-year court fight, 1,300 West Bank Palestinians could be moved from their homes in an IDF firing zone ahead of Biden visit; military says area critical for training
By JTA and ToI Staff
Border Police officers try to disperse Palestinians and activists gathering to demonstrate in the flashpoint neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah in east Jerusalem, February 18, 2022. (Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP)
February 22, 2022, 8:21 pm
Court freezes eviction of Palestinian family from Sheikh Jarrah home
Case had been major factor in rising tensions over the past few weeks in the East Jerusalem neighborhood, which had sparked warnings of a new war between Israel and Hamas
By Aaron Boxerman
Israeli security forces and Palestinian Muslim worshippers clash at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, at Temple Mount, on May 21, 2021. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
February 14, 2022, 11:41 pm
US fears repeat of violence in Israel as religious holy days converge in April
Confluence of Passover, Ramadan and Easter has Biden administration urging Israel to thwart fresh conflict reminiscent of last year’s Gaza war
By Jacob Magid
MK Itamar Ben Gvir faints after clashing with officers in East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, February 13, 2022. (Courtesy/Otzma Yehudit)
February 13, 2022, 11:08 pm
Far-right MK faints in clash with cops after planning all-nighter in Sheikh Jarrah
Police official says Itamar Ben Gvir made a ‘substantial contribution’ to violence, as Hamas ups threats amid clashes; Shin Bet probes firebombing of Jewish home as terror attack
By Emanuel Fabian
Israelis clash with Palestinians as far-right MK Itamar Ben Gvir arrives to open his office in the neighborhood, in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, February 13, 2022. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90
February 13, 2022, 1:53 pm
Clashes in flashpoint Sheikh Jarrah after far-right MK opens protest ‘office’
8 arrested; Hamas spokesman says Israel ‘playing with fire’; Ben Gvir sets up shop in East Jerusalem outside Palestinian family home whose 11 residents are to be evicted next month
By Aaron Boxerman
The Touro Synagogue, the nation's oldest, in Newport, Rhode Island, photographed on May 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)
February 2, 2022, 1:04 pm
NY congregation aims to oust worshipers at Rhode Island’s Touro, oldest US synagogue
Move is latest in long battle between New York City’s Shearith Israel and Newport-based Congregation Jeshuat Israel for control of historic building and valuable Torah decorations
By Steve LeBlanc
Israeli forces stand by the ruins of a Palestinian house demolished in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of Jerusalem on January 19, 2022 (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
January 22, 2022, 7:26 pm
Palestinian family evicted from East Jerusalem home to appeal to ICC
London-based group says Salihiyas will speak with lawyer to finalize case; city says it bought land from previous Arab owners, will use it for special needs school, kindergartens
By ToI Staff
A person walks on the ruins of a Palestinian house demolished by Israeli authorities in Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood on January 19, 2022 (Ahmed Gharabli/AFP)
January 19, 2022, 8:11 am
Jerusalem police evict Palestinian family overnight, ending standoff; 18 arrested
Eviction is first to take place in flashpoint Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood since 2017; city hall says it will use plot to build special needs school for Palestinians, kindergartens
By Aaron Boxerman
Palestinians with gas cylinders stand on a rooftop of a house being evacuated by Israeli special forces in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, January 17, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 17, 2022, 2:18 pm
In first since 2017, police try to evict family in flashpoint Jerusalem neighborhood
Family member threatens to burn down home rather than leave; city hall aims to seize the Sheikh Jarrah land for a new school
By Aaron Boxerman
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