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Israelis force 29 to leave dwelling
Dispute ongoing over ownership

By The Associated Press    Comments Comment on this article0
Published: November 4, 2009

JERUSALEM — Jewish settlers forced their way into a disputed house in east Jerusalem on Tuesday, using hired guards to evict an elderly Palestinian woman and 28 other family members.

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The settlers displayed what they said was a court order granting them ownership of the simple one-story building.

Human rights groups said the takeover was a push by Jewish settlers to expand their presence in eastern Jerusalem.

Israel captured the area in the 1967 Mideast war and immediately annexed it — a move recognized by no other country. The Palestinians consider east Jerusalem the capital of their hoped-for state.

Palestinians and their Israeli supporters clashed with the Jewish settlers after they took over the building, and police intervened to restore calm, arresting one of the Israeli protesters, a police spokesman said.

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