J'lem Mayor: Beit Yehonatan won't be evacuated

By MELANIE LIDMAN
12/26/2010 18:55

Barkat says he’ll remove Jewish and Arab squatters "on the same day"; attorney-general to hold special discussion on Beit Yehonatan.

Talkbacks (9) Rumors of looming evacuations swirling around east Jerusalem’s Silwan neighborhood will not be realized, after Mayor Nir Barkat and the right-wing Ateret Cohanim organization came to an agreement on Sunday evening that will keep the seven Jewish families of Beit Yehonatan and the Old Yemenite Synagogue’s Abu Naeb family in their homes for the time being.

Barkat’s decision to postpone the evacuation of Beit Yehonatan prompted Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein to announce that he will hold a special discussion on Beit Yehonatan this week.

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J'lem Mayor: Beit Yehonatan won't be evacuated