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April 25, 2012

Israeli Lawmakers Pose for Mocking Photo on Evicted Palestinian Family’s Sofa 
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Two Israeli lawmakers are drawing controversy for a photograph showing
them posing on the sofa of a recently evicted Palestinian family in East
Jerusalem. The Natcheh family was forced out of their home last week to
make way for Jewish settlers after an eight-year effort by the Israeli
government to evict them. The land had been in their family since the
1930s. A photograph posted on Facebook shows Israeli Knesset members
Michael Ben-Ari and Aryeh Eldad boastfully lounging on the Natcheh
family's sofa on the property's front lawn.

 

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