The Minister of Internal Security, Omer Bar-Lev, referred to the evacuation in the Shimon Hatzadik neighborhood.
'I'm monitoring the situation in Sheikh Jarrah. The court ruled that this was an illegal invasion. The area is intended for the establishment of classrooms and kindergartens for special education that are for the benefit of the neighborhood's Arab children. It is impossible to hold on to a stick from both ends - both to demand that the municipality act for the welfare of the Arab residents, and also to oppose the construction of educational institutions for their welfare."