US Congresswoman Marie Newman called on the Israeli government to immediately halt the demolition of Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem. Newman expressed her anger at the Israeli measures against the Palestinians, calling the move ‘despicable.’ Palestinian families are being ripped from their homes in the neighborhood of Silwan. The Israeli government is trampling on Palestinian rights and international law in East Jerusalem”. Newman attached to her tweets a picture of the Israeli bulldozers demolishing a two-story residential house in Silwan, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, belonging to the Odeh family. For further details, click here