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Settlers evict woman from disputed east Jerusalem home | World news | guardian.co.uk
I would say so it begins but in reality, so it continues.![eusa_eh :eusa_eh: :eusa_eh:](/styles/smilies/eusa_eh.gif)
Jewish settlers forced their way into a disputed house in east Jerusalem today, using hired guards to evict an elderly Palestinian woman and throwing out other residents' belongings.
The settlers displayed what they said was a court order granting them ownership of the single-storey building. Human rights groups said the takeover was part of a push by Jewish settlers to expand their presence in the traditionally Arab sector.
"It's clear to me that this is another case of settlers taking the law into their own hands," said Yehiel Grenimann, of Rabbis for Human Rights, an Israeli group that opposes Palestinian home evictions and demolitions. "It's just another step-by-step way of pushing them [the Palestinians] out."
I would say so it begins but in reality, so it continues.
![eusa_eh :eusa_eh: :eusa_eh:](/styles/smilies/eusa_eh.gif)