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Demolition of Palestinian homes begins; rights activist to be deported

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Published: 19 April 2019

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Supreme Court rejected appeal by East Jerusalem families. In another court, judges enforce deportation of the director of Human Rights Watch under Israel's 'BDS rule'

Israel begins demolishing Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem neighbourhood (Haaretz)
Supreme Court rejected families’ appeal that Jerusalem Municipality discriminated against them and they had no choice but to build illegally; neighbourhood includes some 60 buildings and is home to 500 residents

Court upholds deportation of Human Rights Watch director under BDS rule (Times of Israel)
Omar Shakir ordered to leave country by May 1 over calls to boycott companies to pressure Israel; activist says he only called on firms to cease operations in settlements

Photo: Residents of the Wadi Yetzol section of East Jerusalem’s Silwan whose homes were built without a permit, Israel, April 13 (Olivier Fitoussi)
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