Israeli Police and Settlers Evict More Palestinian Families from Occupied East Jerusalem

In occupied East Jerusalem, Israeli authorities on Wednesday evicted at least 11 Palestinian families from their homes in the Silwan neighborhood, as police escorted Israeli settlers to the scene. The settlers were then filmed throwing furniture out of apartment windows and raising an Israeli flag above the buildings. The Israeli human rights group B’Tselem reports about 2,200 Palestinians in Silwan face the imminent threat of eviction, which the group calls “ethnic cleansing in East Jerusalem.”