'Ethnic cleansing': Israel evicts 11 Palestinian families from Jerusalem neighbourhood

'Ethnic cleansing': Israel evicts 11 Palestinian families from Jerusalem neighbourhood Submitted by MEE staff on Wed, 03/25/2026 - 14:26 Video footage showed settlers throwing furniture from Palestinian homes in occupied East Jerusalem Employees of the Israeli authorities remove the belongings of a Palestinian home, in the neighbourhood of Silwan in East Jerusalem, on 25 March (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli) Off Israeli forces have entered the neighbourhood of Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem to evict 11 Palestinians families from their homes. According to locals and rights groups, 13 Palestinian apartments were seized in Silwan on Wednesday. Police escorted Israeli settlers from the Ateret Cohanim organisation - who advocate settlement in Palestinian neighbourhoods of Jerusalem - into the Batn al-Hawa area of Silwan.