Israel supreme court decision expected on Sheikh Jarrah evictions

Verdict due in case that could lead to Palestinians being forcibly displaced to make way for Jewish settlers

Israel's supreme court is due to make a decision on whether to evict Palestinian families from the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah, in a final hearing in the controversial case that helped spark communal violence inside Israel and a new war with Hamas earlier this year.

A verdict in the deeply contentious case, which could lead to the neighbourhood's current residents being forcibly displaced to make way for Jewish settlers in a decades-old dispute, is expected on Monday morning.