Ethnic Cleansing of East Jerusalem
An Urgent Call to
His Holiness Pope Francis, the global ecumenical movement and World Council of Churches
Join the Palestinian Christians: Resist the Ethnic Cleansing of East Jerusalem
His Holiness Pope Francis, the global ecumenical movement and World Council of Churches
Join the Palestinian Christians: Resist the Ethnic Cleansing of East Jerusalem
Your sisters and brothers in Palestine implore you to resist the State of Israel’s impending eviction of 15 families from their homes in the Israeli occupied territory of East Jerusalem. Israeli courts have ruled in favor of lawsuits undertaken by settler organizations to remove these families—yet another instance of Israel’s illegal policy of forced transfer. Evictions are scheduled to take place on Sunday, May 2, which happens to coincide with the Greek Orthodox celebration of Easter.
Most of these families, totaling 37 households of around 195 Palestinians, are refugees who in 1948 were forcibly transferred from their homes during the 1948 Nakba (catastrophe). They reside now in the Karm Al-Ja’ouni area of the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood and the Batn Al-Hawa neighborhood in Silwan.
Download and read the full statement.
Most of these families, totaling 37 households of around 195 Palestinians, are refugees who in 1948 were forcibly transferred from their homes during the 1948 Nakba (catastrophe). They reside now in the Karm Al-Ja’ouni area of the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood and the Batn Al-Hawa neighborhood in Silwan.
Download and read the full statement.
Appeal from Kairos Palestine:
In the attached document—an urgent appeal to Pope Francis, the World Council of Churches and other global ecumenical bodies—you will read about Israel’s impending eviction of 15 families from their homes in the Israeli occupied territory of East Jerusalem. These families represent a total of 37 households of around 195 Palestinians. Israeli human rights organizations tell us that hundreds more evictions are expected to follow.
Please, join us in a growing global action to resist these evictions by contacting your government’s representatives and urging them to speak out against this illegal transfer of persons by Israel.
Warmest regards,
Rifat Kassis
General Coordinator
In the attached document—an urgent appeal to Pope Francis, the World Council of Churches and other global ecumenical bodies—you will read about Israel’s impending eviction of 15 families from their homes in the Israeli occupied territory of East Jerusalem. These families represent a total of 37 households of around 195 Palestinians. Israeli human rights organizations tell us that hundreds more evictions are expected to follow.
Please, join us in a growing global action to resist these evictions by contacting your government’s representatives and urging them to speak out against this illegal transfer of persons by Israel.
Warmest regards,
Rifat Kassis
General Coordinator
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The following script is offered to help you shape your emails, texts and/or letters.
[Greeting] We are heartbroken to learn of Israel’s impending May 2nd eviction of fifteen families from East Jerusalem neighborhoods in Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan, making it possible for settlers to occupy their homes. These families will have nowhere to go. We urge you to speak out against this violation of international law and basic human rights. Surely, no matter your position on the situation in Israel/Palestine, you can see the injustice of this forced transfer and find a way to express your own disapproval. Please read the recent report from the UN Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner in which one of its experts calls on Israel to reverse its eviction orders, describing them as part of an alarming pattern to change the demography of the city. [Signature] |
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© AHMAD GHARABLI Palestinian Muslim worshippers attend Friday noon prayers in front of the rubble of buildings demolished by Jerusalem municipality workers, reportedly built without an Israeli construction permit, in the mostly-Arab East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Issawiya, on February 26, 2021. (Source: MNS News)
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Published 2021-03-29