Israeli high court upholds eviction orders against Jerusalem families Israel’s Supreme Court on Monday upheld lower court eviction orders in two of four appeals filed by Palestinian residents of Batn al-Hawa in the East Jerusalem district of Silwan, according to the Jerusalem Governorate. The rulings affect two apartments belonging to the family of Abdel Fattah al-Rajabi, where 16 people live, and 11 apartments belonging to Yaqoub and Nidal al-Rajabi and their brothers, home to more than 100 residents, the governorate said in a statement. Rulings on the other two appeals are still pending, the statement said. One was filed by Yousef al-Basbous and relates to four apartments with about 20 residents. The other, filed by Zuhair al-Rajabi, relates to seven apartments with roughly 50 residents. Ateret Cohanim, an organisation that supports illegal Jewish settlement in East Jerusalem, is backing the ownership claims at issue in the cases, according to the governorate. The governorate described the eviction proceedings as violations of international humanitarian law, including the Fourth Geneva Convention and the Rome Statute, and alleged they form part of a policy of forcible displacement. Around 16 families have been forcefully evicted from Batn al-Hawa since 2015, the governorate added.