The United Nations, the United States and the European Union have all called on Israel to stop the illegal eviction of Palestinians and the demolition of their homes.

Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, urged Israel to end its “provocative actions” in East Jerusalem, while calling for it to freeze all settlement activity in the occupied West Bank.

Despite that, the sight of Palestinians in East Jerusalem being forced out of their homes has become an all too familiar scene.

Al Jazeera’s Jacky Rowland reports from occupied East Jerusalem.

Return to the Middle Ages
By BOUTHAINA SHAABAN
When you read a news story saying that “the United Nations called on Israel to stop demolishing Palestinian homes and put an end to the policy of forced evictions in East Jerusalem, warning that there are 60,000 Palestinians threatened of becoming homeless,” you cannot but wonder about the [...]

Top IDF officer warns: Settlers’ Radical Fringe Growing
By Anshel Pfeffer
Wednesday, 21st October, 2009
The extremist fringe of West Bank settlers is growing, a senior officer on the Israel Defense Forces General Staff warned this week.
Though most West Bank settlers are law abiding, the officer said, recent years have seen an upswing in violent attacks by [...]