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“They asked my grandparents to either leave their house or start speaking Russian. They left most of their belongings behind and moved through the West of Poland to start a new life in a house made of red bricks, the sign of German construction. The house was still warm from the family who was evicted due to border renegotiations. It is the house I was born in and the house they’ll probably die in, but it is not theirs officially.” Kasia Krakowiak 2009
Please read:
“Jaffa Evacuations: The Tale of a Family and of a Municipal Company that Cares Only for the Bottom Line” for an example story of the Jaffa housing crises.
“Miriam & her 6 kids have been evicted” an activists perspective of M’s eviction.
“Barricade successful, (for the time being)”, a successful action.
“Jaffa: from eminence to ethnic cleansing” by Sami Abu Shehadeh & Fadi Shbaytah
The “Housing Intifada” and Its Aftermath - Ethno-Gentrification and the Politics of Communal Existence in Jaffa, By Daniel Monterescu