Some 350,000 Palestinians live in East Jerusalem, encircled by about 200,000 Jewish settlers. Palestinians want East Jerusalem to be the capital of a future state but Israel wants Jerusalem as its undivided capital. “And it’s not a symbolic thing.”Peace Now estimates that at least 200 families in Arab neighbourhoods in East Jerusalem are facing evictions under the same law used in Kurd’s case. Another 20,000 Arab-owned homes in East Jerusalem face demolition under other laws, including for zoning and building permit violations, according to Peace Now. “All of this needs to be Jewish – we don’t believe in East Jerusalem and west Jerusalem.

Source: The Irish Times May 20, 2021 11:38 UTC