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Sheikh Jarrah

‘We’re not giving up our house’: The story of a Sheikh Jarrah family fighting Israeli expulsions

Latifeh Abdellatif
, Mohamed Hashem
Published date: 23 February 2022 17:26 UTC | Last update: 9 months 2 weeks ago
For decades, Fatma Salem and her family have been fighting cases in courts against Israeli settler claims over their home in the occupied East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah.

This is their story.
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