Over 200 Israeli settlers storm Batn al-Hawa neighborhood, attack residents
Occupied Jerusalem (QNN)- Over 200 Israeli settlers broke into Batn al-Hawa neighborhood yesterday in Silwan in occupied Jerusalem, attacking its residents.
On Tuesday evening, under the occupation forces protection, more than 200 Israeli extremist settlers, including gunmen, broke into the Batn al-Hawa neighborhood, provoking and attacking the neighborhood residents, who are threatened with Israeli forced displacement and demolition of their homes.
Some 200 Israeli colonial settlers perform a provocative march into Batn al-Hawa quarter in the occupied #Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, yesterday.#SaveSilwan pic.twitter.com/iAH1EWx7bA
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) July 7, 2021
On November 2020, seven eviction rulings were issued by the Israeli High Court in Jerusalem ordering the eviction of seven Palestinian families, over 87 Palestinians, in Batn al-Hawa to be replaced by Israeli settlers.
The Israeli court had previously rejected many appeals filed by the residents of Batn al-Hawa neighborhood of Silwan, and allowed “Ateret Cohanim” to continue its procedures relevant to the immediate expelling of the seven Palestinian families.
Ateret Cohanim, a settler organization, has been seeking, with the support of Israeli occupation authorities, to forcibly evict some 100 Palestinian families from the Batn al-Hawa area in Silwan, claiming the land is rightfully owned by a Jewish trust active in the area more than 100 years ago.
Silwan, home to around 33,000 Palestinians, is located outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem and its holy sites.
Israel has been moving its citizens into the neighbourhood since the 1980s. This has resulted in numerous human rights violations, including the forced eviction and displacement of Palestinian residents.
Hundreds of Palestinian families are being threatened with evictions and house demolitions from their homes by illegal settler groups, fully supported by the Israeli government.
There are nearly 700,000 Israeli settlers living in 256 illegal settlements and outposts scattered across the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Israeli settlements are illegal under international law.
