[compromise] to solve their dispute with the Jewish-owned Nahalat Shimon Company. Four of the families – al-Jaouni, al-Kurd, Qassem and Iskafi – were supposed to present their response to the compromise by Tuesday. Hours before the expiration of the deadline, however, Palestinian sources said that seven other families also threatened with eviction have accepted the compromise, according to which they would be recognized as “protected tenants.” The reports about the agreement of the seven families to the compromise, which appeared in several Palestinian media outlets, sparked a public outcry among the Palestinians. The reports claimed that several unnamed parties had...