Some 5,000 Arab and Jewish peace activists rallied tonight (Saturday, March 6), among them several members of Hadash (the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality – Communist Party of Israel), in the Palestinian Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in East Jerusalem in order to protest against the settlement of Jews in the area and the eviction of Arab families from their homes.
The protestors gathered in a soccer field in the neighborhood and waved Israeli and Palestinian flags before marching towards the Tomb of Simon the Just. A leading member of the Communist Party of Israel MK Dov Khenin noted that “any political agreement will require Jerusalem’s division and these settlements are aimed at preventing peace.” Protesters carried red banners and Palestinian flags and chanted: “Stop the Destruction of Homes!” “There Is No Sanctity in an Occupied City!”
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