Likud Kicks Obama in Teeth Again? a Jerusalem Property Pogrom?……………
(Settlers evict Palestinians from their home in Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem)
“East Jerusalem eviction orders threaten new embarrassment for Netanyahu. As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heads to Washington in a much-feted effort to restore damaged ties with the United States, new tensions in East Jerusalem threaten to rekindle a diplomatic row over Jewish building beyond the Green Line in the city. On Saturday lawyers served eviction notices to two Palestinian families in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, a focus of clashes between Arab residents and settlers. The families were ordered to vacate their properties within 45 days. Netanyahu will meet U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday in what observers predict will be extremely cordial circumstances …… "Failure to comply [with the order] will force my client to act against you with all means available according to the law [...] in such a way as may cause distress, anxiety and large and unnecessary expense," the notices said. The lawyer who served the order, Anat Paz of law firm Eitan Gabay, informed the families they would be liable to a fine of NIS 350 for each day the remained in their homes beyond the eviction deadline. Each family was also ordered to pay NIS 12,000 per year for each of the last seven years. The notices did not reveal names of the claimants to the properties. On Friday, recipients of the eviction notices approached left-wing activists demonstrating in Sheikh Jarrah to ask for help in fighting the orders. "I was born in that house," said Karim Siyam, 37, who shares one of the disputed properties, a tiny two-bedroom home, with his mother, wife and two children.………” Haaretz (Israel)
They are doing it again: this time also on the eve of Netanyahu’s presumably kiss and make up visit. He would rather deal with, say, a Sarah Palin or the orange man (Rep. Boehner) or Pat Robertson.
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