WHAT IS HAPPENING IN SILWAN?
Silwan is a Palestinian neighborhood in Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem targeted by Israeli settiers. 230 Palestinian families face ethnic cleansing from their homes in Silwan. Here's what you need to know.
Silwan is a Palestinian neighborhood in Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem targeted by Israeli settlers. Around 33,000 Palestinians live there.
230 Palestinian families face ethnic cleansing from their homes in Silwan.
Settlers are using Israel's apartheid court system to forcibly displace 100 families so that settlers can move into the neighborhood of Batan al Hawa.
Already, settlers have displaced 13 families in Batan al-Hawa.
In Al-Bustan, Silwan, Israeli authorities and settlers have advanced a plan to destroy 78 Palestinian homes where 130 families live, to make way for an archeaological tourist park.
The Israeli court system is reviewing the settlers' plans, but the courts' discriminatory history shows they will likely side with the settlers.
Last month, 25 House Democrats sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, calling on him to condemn Israel's plans to displace Palestinians in Silwan.
This ethnic cleansing, also taking place in Sheikh Jarrah, is part of the Israeli government's plan to fragment and displace Palestinians to maintain Israeli domination over them.
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