ACRE, Historic Palestine (Israel) - The walls of 76-year-old Salwan Zeidan’s modest home are lined with photos documenting three generations of her family: her and her late husband’s wedding, family trips with her now-grown children, and school pictures of her grandchildren. “My husband and I were married right out there in the garden,” Zeidan, better known as Umm Ahmed, told Middle East Eye, explaining that they moved into the seaside house in 1967. “My 10 children - three boys and seven girls - were born and raised here. I now have more than 30 grandchildren who are here all the time. [The home] means a lot to my family.” Though Acre has a 70 percent Jewish-Israeli majority, Umm Ahmed‘s family is part of the indigenous Palestinian minority that makes up nearly the entire population of the historical Old City, where dozens of families have received eviction orders throughout the years. “The eviction order was delivered to me on 2 April,” Zeidan said, adding that she rents her home from Old Acre Development Company, a state-owned housing company that controls property confiscated from Palestinians who were displaced during the 1948 war that led to the establishment of Israel
Posted on: Sat, 20 Sep 2014 21:23:48 +0000
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