An Israeli settler stands inside the entrance of the Shamasneh family home in Sheikh Jarrah, east Jerusalem, after Israeli policemen evicted the Palestinian family on September 5, 2017. Ahmad Gharabli / AFP
An Israeli settler stands inside the entrance of the Shamasneh family home in Sheikh Jarrah, east Jerusalem, after Israeli policemen evicted the Palestinian family on September 5, 2017. Ahmad GharabliShow more
Palestinian family evicted from Jerusalem home of 50 years
The Shamasneh family has for years been fighting a court battle against Jewish claimants who said the building was their family property which they fled when east Jerusalem was occupied by Jordanian troops in the 1948 war that led to the creation of Israel