nypost.com The truth about Sheikh Jarrah and other commentary Post Editorial Board 5-6 minutes May 17, 2021 | 4:59pm | Updated May 17, 2021 | 4:59pm Enlarge Image The truth about Sheikh Jarrah and other commentary Supporters gathered at a pro-Israel rally near the Federal Building in downtown Los Angeles last week. AP Foreign desk: The Truth About Sheikh Jarrah “The truth about Sheikh Jarrah is the opposite” of the narrative peddled by media progressives, argue Avi Bell and Eugene Kontorovich in The Wall Street Journal. According to the narrative, Israelis seek to lawlessly evict Palestinians from the Jerusalem neighborhood. Yet “the Jewish claimants’ ownership of the few plots of land has been confirmed repeatedly in court, following laws that apply equally regardless of ethnicity.” The case before Israel’s courts now involves a Jewish title to properties dating back to 1875. When Jordan invaded Israel in 1948, it expelled the Jewish residents and seized their properties. The Jewish state recovered those properties following the 1967 Six Day War but allowed Palestinian residents to stay “in the many cases in which Jordan had officially transferred the title of Jewish-owned properties to Palestinians.” However, “title to the properties in dispute in Sheikh Jarrah was never given by Jordan to Palestinians, so Israeli law respects the unbroken title of the plaintiffs.” So much for “ethnic cleansing.”