Israel evicts Palestinians from disputed Jerusalem property

By ILAN BEN ZION
Associated Press

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police have evicted Palestinian residents from a disputed property in a flashpoint Jerusalem neighborhood. The predawn demolition took place in Sheikh Jarrah, an east Jerusalem neighborhood where attempts by Jewish settlers to evict longtime Palestinian residents have sparked protests that last year helped lead to an 11-day war between Israel and Gaza. Earlier this week, residents held a tense standoff with police officers who had come to evict them from the property. The municipality formally seized the property in 2017 and says it plans to build a special needs school for Palestinian children. The family says it has owned the property since before 1967, when Israel captured east Jerusalem.