Israeli academics protest WB evictions

Source: PressTV
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=127929§ionid=351020202



Hundreds of Israeli university students and professors have staged a demonstration in East al-Quds (Jerusalem) to protest eviction orders against the Palestinians in the city.

Some 800 students and at least a dozen professors from Hebrew University staged a march on Wednesday afternoon to Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, where settlers backed by Israeli authorities are forcing out Palestinian families, The Jerusalem Post reported on its website.

The Wednesday's march was the first "academic protest" in the neighborhood which together with the rest of the northeast al-Quds has been the scene of massive weekly Friday protests in the past months.

Polish-born Professor Ze'ev Sternhell from the university's Political Science Department described the rally as a "new step" in the protest movement in Sheikh Jarrah.

"And I think the fact that we're seeing so many people here today, also shows that we've reached a point of crisis and that dangerous things are happening here that need to stop," warned the professor.

Sternhell said the protest was prompted by "the suffering of those who were kicked out of their homes and others who fear they will be next" and "the political stupidity that allowed it to happen."

No confrontation was reported during the brief demonstration which ended when the protesters peacefully dispersed.