The Israeli High Court this week approved a request by a Jerusalemite family to appeal the eviction ordered issued to them by the Israeli Magistrates’ Court in 2014.
A hearing is now due to take place on 8 September before a panel of three judges. An injunction placed by the court will remain in place until the conclusion of the proceedings.
Justice Mini Mazoz, who preliminarily considered the Ghaith-Sub Laban family’s appeal request, indicated that the family had strong arguments which require the previous decisions to be re-examined. Mazoz further indicated that the family’s appeal raises serious questions regarding the alleged abandoning of their house and the decision to evict the family.
The decision comes in contrast to the findings of both the magistrates’ and district courts who ruled in favour of the family’s eviction under the claim that they had abandoned their house.
The decision to grant the family the right to appeal comes in light of an international campaign by the family and a group of activists to pressure the Israeli government to stop the family’s eviction and cease the forced displacement of Palestinians through evictions and house demolitions
Nora Ghaith-Sub Laban said: “All the efforts to pressure the Israeli government and involve foreign diplomats are paying off. Israel knows that the world is watching and this can change the outcome, not only in my case, but hopefully it can put an end to Israel’s policies of displacing Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank. These efforts should continue.”
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