At 1500hrs (1400 GMT) today, the Hannoun and Ghawi families were served an order to appear in the District Court of Jerusalem at 1630hrs. The settlers that had moved into the Hannoun and Ghawi homes filed a restraining order for the Hannoun and Ghawi families to stay 150 metres from the homes.
The settlers had seized the houses an hour after more than 200 armed Israeli police invaded the houses and threw the Hannouns and Ghawis out into the streets on August 2, 2009. Since then, the families have been camped out on the sidewalk across their stolen homes, sleeping on mattresses, without causing any disturbances to the Jewish settlers.
They are still holding out hope that justice will be restored and the houses which they have always lived in will be restored to them.
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Archbishop of Jerusalem urges Sheikh Jarrah steadfastness
By: Ma'an News Agency
Jerusalem - Ma'an - Greek Orthodox Archbishop Atallah Hanna visited the Palestinian families of Sheikh Jarrah on Tuesday, one of the East Jerusalem neighborhoods threatened with home demolitions.
Hanna visited the Hanun and Ghawi families who were expelled from their homes, confiscated by Israeli settlers.
Hanna congratulated the families on the occasion of Ramadan and expressed the solidarity of the Jerusalem churches with the families struggle, saying the church would not spare any effort to defend their humanitarian cause.
"The Israeli procedures in Jerusalem are inhuman and a clear violation of the human rights," the Partiachate said, noting the cause of the families was a part of the church's concern for the future of Jerusalem. The future, he added, "will be a dark one if it continues on the same path when we lose one day after the other."
Speaking to all Arabs the Partiachate spoke, saying "if you want Jerusalem to be Arab as it now is, then move for it, do not leave it alone."
The Sheikh Jarrah families expressed gratitude to the Church leader, affirming steadfastness in their neighborhood despite all Israeli actions against them. "We demand all of the involved parties to support us in this crisis," they appealed.
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 As refugees and people living under occupation, we are asking people to help us with our struggle for our rights. It is unbelievable that in the 21st century, Israel's authorities can get away with demolishing the homes of Palestinians in order to build settlements or national parks. The price we and our neighbours have to pay is too high, we are faced with two impossible choices - either we throw our kids out on the street or we go to prison. If we lose our homes, there is nowhere else for us to go, the only option we have is to live in tents.
International solidarity gives us more power and strength to continue in our struggle and stay in our homes. We need support from people around the world to let everybody know about our story and pressure their governments to help stop this racist policy of house evictions and demolitions.  By: Maher Hannoun, resident from Sheikh Jarrah facing imminent eviction and imprisonment
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