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JERUSALEM, PALESTINE - NOVEMBER 08: Behind the cheerful face that Nabil al-Kurd puts on when receiving guests at his home lies the fear that he and his family might be evicted from their home at any moment by Israeli forces.Al-Kurd’s family is among a number of Palestinian families in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem who are at risk of forced evictions.An Israeli court ruling in January to evict seven Palestinian families from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah sparked fierce clashes between Palestinians and Israeli forces across the Palestinian territories in May.The dispute stems from the events of 1948, when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were forcefully evicted from their homes and lands, a tragedy Palestinians refer to as the "Nakba," or Catastrophe.In 1956, 28 families settled in Sheikh Jarrah, under an agreement with the Jordanian government, which ruled the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, before its occupation in 1967, and the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).Israeli settlement associations, however, claim that the homes were built on land that was owned by Jews before 1948, a claim vehemently rejected by Palestinians."I always stay alert roaming around the neighborhood until midnight and once I am home, I surveil it through the CCTV cameras in anticipation of being evicted from my house,” al-Kurd told Anadolu Agency.The 76-year-old said his home is the only place he knows adding that his home is his small country where he grew up, received education and got married.Al-Kurd vividly remembers when more than 1000 Israeli soldiers with vehicles and dogs evicted the al-Ghawi and Hanoun families from their homes in 2009. (Footage by Faiz Abu Rmeleh/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)