The Audacity of the Shawamreh Family

Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at 05:10PM
1948 in International Law

This is the story of a Palestinian family Salim and Arabiya Shawamreh in Anata. Their house has been forcibly demolished FOUR times by Israeli bulldozers. Salim and Arabiya "had the audacity to bring their case to the Israeli court" for which they were fined 2,000 Dollars.

The Shawamreh family outside Beit Arabiya (photo taken from IHCAD website)

Read here for a full account of their ordeal.

Article originally appeared on 1948 (https://www.1948.org.uk/).