Israel's trying to expel a whole Palestinian district in East Jerusalem, activists say

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• Israel's trying to expel a whole Palestinian district in East Jerusalem, activists say toggle caption Ammar Awad/Reuters EAST JERUSALEM — Fakhri Abu Diab, 62, has lived on the same property in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan all his life.
• But he doesn't know how much longer he will be able to stay.
• In the courtyard, there are geese in a pen — and a massive mound of rubble.
• Two years ago, Israeli authorities demolished the house, saying it lacked proper building permits.
• It was his mother's house, the home where Abu Diab was born and grew up.