Senior Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said he was outraged at the action. "Israel is once again showing its utter failure to respect international law," he said. "New settlers from abroad are accommodating themselves and their belongings in the Palestinian houses and 19 newly homeless children will have nowhere to sleep." The operation to evict the Palestinians from the Sheikh Jarrah district of the city was carried out before dawn on Sunday by police clad in black riot gear. --MORE www.spa.gov.sa/689696