Jerusalem_Ma'an- The Central Court rejected the appeal of four Jerusalemite families against decisions to evict them from their homes in the Batn al-Hawa neighborhood in the town of Silwan, south of Al-Aqsa Mosque. The Wadi Hilweh Information Center - Jerusalem and the Batn al-Hawa Neighborhood Committee explained in a joint statement that the Central Court rejected the appeal submitted by the families of "Al-Rajabi, Ghaith, and Abu Nab" against the decisions to evict them from their homes in favor of settlers, under the pretext of "the ownership of the land belongs to the Jews of Yemen." The center and the committee added in their statement that the Central Court held sessions over the past two days to discuss the appeal submitted by the families against the eviction decisions issued by the Magistrate Court over the past years. The sessions were held this week in the court, and decisions were issued to reject the appeal. The center and the committee explained that the court gives families 90 days to objec t to the eviction decisions in the Supreme Court. The center and the committee added in their statement that the eviction decisions were issued against the families of "Salem Abdul Ghani Ghaith, Jawad Abu Nab, Abdul Fattah Al-Rujabi, Nasser Awad Al-Rujabi", which consist of 9 residential units, housing more than 80 individuals, including the elderly, patients with special needs, and children. They added in their statement that the Ateret Cohanim Association claims that 5 dunams and 200 square meters of land in the Batn al-Hawa neighborhood have belonged to Jews from Yemen since 1881, and since 2015 the association has begun delivering notices and judicial notices to families in the Batn al-Hawa neighborhood to evict them from their homes. Zuhair Al-Rajabi, head of the Batn Al-Hawa neighborhood committee, explained that 87 families, comprising between 600-680 people, are threatened with eviction in the Batn Al-Hawa neighborhood, and are facing judicial decisions and notifications in the 'Magistrate, Central , and Supreme' courts. The Supreme Court had rejected the Shehadeh family's appeal to evict them from their homes in the neighborhood early last June. Thirty-two members of the Shehadeh family live in three apartments. Source: Maan News Agency
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