Palestinians facing eviction offered deal by judges

Palestinian residents of the occupied East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah facing forcible eviction from their homes have been offered a compromise deal with Jewish settlers by Israel’s supreme court.

The session on Monday, due to decide whether to accept an appeal from four Palestinian families over eviction orders in the decades-old legal battle, was instead met with an entreaty from the judges for the two sides to accept a “practical solution”.

The proposed compromise would allow the 70 Palestinians to remain with “protected status”.