24th, November 2008
Al Kurd family owns their house in East Jerusalem since the 1950s. Now Israel claims that it owns the land and therefore its Palestinian residents should be evacuated. A few years ago, the state of Israel confiscated half the house and placed Israeli settlers in it. Then they sent notices to 27 other houses eviction orders. Last week the Israeli police came and evacuated Al Kurd family in the early morning hours and placed the family out in the streets.
The family built a tent and lived in it since then. On Wednesday 19th, the Israeli forces came and bulldozed the tent and confiscated its furniture: a few mattresses and plastic chairs. The house is located opposite to the YWCA and their students visited the tent in a solidarity action and were there later during the time the tent was bulldozed.
