The Israeli High Court has postponed looking into appeals filed by four Palestinian families against rulings evicting them from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, in occupied Jerusalem, for the benefit of colonialist settlers.

The Court was scheduled to hold a hearing today, Sunday, but decided to delay the deliberations until this coming Thursday.

The appeals were filed by attorneys representing the indigenous Palestinian families of Eskafi, al-Kurd, al-Ja’ouni, and al-Qassem; the court is set to look into the appeals, Sunday.

The families filed all needed documents and deeds proving ownership of their lands and homes.

It is worth mentioning that the appeals were filed after an Israeli court ordered the eviction of the Palestinian families after Israeli colonialist settlers claimed ownership.

The initial Israeli court ruling, ordering the four Palestinian families out of their homes, was issued in September of the year 2020, and was followed by another ruling also evicting the families of Hammad, Dajani, and Daoudi from their homes in the same neighborhood.

The four families filed an appeal, which was denied in February of the year 2021, and were ordered to leave their homes by May 2nd, 2021, while the three other families were ordered to leave their homes by August 1st, 2021.

The families are determined to continue to file appeals and defend their homes.