Published: 18 June 2021
Last updated: 4 March 2024
The families had turned to the High Court after two lower courts upheld ownership claims by an Israeli company; Israeli military to halt night-time ‘mapping’ of Palestinian homes
Court hearing for Sheikh Jarrah evictions set for August 2 (Jerusalem Post)
The families had turned to the High Court after two lower courts upheld ownership claims by the Nahalat Shimon company to the property on which their home are built
Israel to halt night-time ‘mapping’ of Palestinian homes (AP)
The Israeli military says it is reining in a controversial practice of conducting late-night raids of Palestinian homes in the West Bank aimed at gathering information about the houses and their inhabitants.
The military has in the past defended the practice, known as “intelligence mapping,” as a necessary measure to counter militant groups. But human rights groups say the policy served only to intimidate civilians.
Photo: Children looking on in Sheikh Jarrah on June 11 (Mohammed Salem/Reuters)
