27,000 NIS Fine For East Jerusalem Woman

Friday January 29, 2010 02:00 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies

Fatima al-Dahoudy, a home-owner and resident of East Jerusalem, was fined 20,000 NIS after objecting to a court ruling allowing settlers to live in her home. An additional fine of 7,000 NIS was imposed to cover costs incurred by the prosecution.

The Maan News Agency reported Fatima al-Dahoudy was ordered to share her home with Jewish Settlers. Male settlers will be permitted to stay every day until 8 P.M, while settler women are allowed to occupy the residence at night.



Court prosecutors and claims by the settlers have caused the al-Dahoudy family to lose half of their property. They are also required to pay 1,000 NIS a month in order to retain ownership of the other half of their home. 



The al-Dahoudy family has lived in the home in question for 80 years, prior to the creation of the Israeli state.

The loss of Fatima's property was precipitated by a woman named Nadia al-Tatanji. Al-Tatjani is a Jewish woman who led Fatima to falsely beleive she was Arabic.

Al-Tatanji told Fatima she was in the home remodeling business and offered to modify and fix the al-Dahoudy property. Al-Tatanji had Fatima sign documents allowing the modification of her property.

Nadia al-Tatanji, whose real name is Wazna al-Tatanji, forged documents using Fatima's signature which led to the District Court ordering Fatima and her family share their property.



This issue comes amidst extensive campaigning by settlers to occupy Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem neighborhoods.

Israeli court forces Palestinian family out of home; gives it to Jewish settlers

[ 29/01/2010 - 06:48 PM ]

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)--

An Israeli court in the occupied city of Jerusalem has forced Thursday a Palestinian Jerusalemite family out of their home and gave it to Israeli settlers alleging they own “half” of the house.

The court also fined the true owners of the house, Palestinian citizen Fatima Al-Dahoodi 5,000 US dollars in addition to paying 1,750 US dollars for alleged contempt charges instead of putting her in jail.

Zuhair al-Dahoodi, husband of Fatima, disclosed that the court asked them to surrender the key of the house after they become “no longer the only owners of the house”, and that the Israeli settlers have the full right to dwell in it.

“I and my family have been living in this house for 80 years now even before the coming of the Jewish settlers to our country, so I wonder how the house suddenly became owned by the settlers”, underlined the frustrated Palestinian Jerusalemite.