 Hello and welcome to the International Daily Roundup by People's Dispatch, where we bring you major news developments from around the world. Our headlines, Israeli Supreme Court post phones decision on forced evictions in Sheikh Jarrah, Mexico holds referendum on investigation into former presidents, millions at risk in the US after government ban and evictions expires, and in our video section, we take a look at the growing political opposition to Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. In our first story, hearing on the case of four Palestinian families from Sheikh Jarrah was held at the Israeli Supreme Court on August 2nd. The Jaunee, Iskafi, Al-Qurd and Al-Qadi families had filed a petition against the forced evictions ordered by the lower courts. The Supreme Court proposed an agreement during the hearing on Monday. It said it would issue a protected status to the families. This would mean that they would not be evicted for an unspecified number of years. However, they would have to pay rent fee to the Nahalat-Shimon settler organization. As per reports, the organization has also demanded that the Palestinians recognize its legal ownership of their land. Despite pressure from the Supreme Court, the four families rejected this offer. It is important to note that Mondays proceedings were conducted in Hebrew, which most of the Palestinians present did not understand. The court has now given the families seven days to present till the presence of protected tenants. Meanwhile, at least three people were arrested after Israeli forces raided homes in Sheikh Jarrah. The Supreme Court has also deferred a decision on the eviction of the Dajani, Hamad and Dahudi families on July 29th. Thirteen families in Sheikh Jarrah are currently facing eviction orders. Overall, 28 families of over 500 Palestinians in the area are at risk. They are settled in the neighborhoods in 1956 after being violently displaced from their homes during the Nakaba. Ownership was granted by the Jordanian government, which had controlled over Jerusalem until the war in 1967. However, Israeli settlers began firing lawsuits in 1970s claiming that the land belonged to them. Documents also showed that Jordan had started registering Palestinian ownership of the land before the efforts were disrupted by the war. In our next story, a referendum was held in Mexico on August 1st to decide if former president should be investigated for corruption. The action was promoted by incumbent progressive president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador or AMLO. Where 93 million people were eligible to vote, however, voter turnout stood between 7 to 7.7%. Among those who voted between 89.3 to 96.2% voted in favor. These figures are the result of a quick count conducted by the National Electoral Institute. However, the referendum has failed, given that 40% of all eligible voters needed to vote yes. AMLO had promoted an inquiry into five former presidents, these included Carlos Salinas de Gortari, Ernesto Zedillo, Vincent E. Fox, Felipe Calderón and Enrique Pena Nieto. All stand accused of human rights violations, electoral fraud, corruption, illegal privatization, etc. An earlier version of the referendum had asked for a prosecution. However, the Supreme Court later changed the question and removed the names of the presidents. The low turnout on Sunday's polls was not surprising. The ruling Morena party had already denounced electoral authorities and opposition parties for trying to prevent a large turnout. Only one-by-third of the voting tables set up for legislative and local elections in June were set up on Sunday. We now go to the U.S. where millions of people are at risk of being forced out of their homes. This is after a pandemic-related government ban on evictions expired on July 31. The U.S. Congress adjourned on July 30 without revising the ban. This was after the Republican lawmaker blocked an attempt to extend the measure till October 18. The failure to pass the eviction ban has been condemned by housing rights activists and organizers. Progressive lawmakers within the Democratic Party too have blamed the Biden administration and senior leadership. President Biden stated last week that he would not extend the moratorium as per a recent Supreme Court ruling. In a ruling issued last month, the court had indicated that the recent moratorium would be the last. One of the judges also stated that a further expansion would require approval by the House of Representatives. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has stated that the administration did not inform the body of its stance until the last minute. Congresswoman Cori Bush also held an overnight vigil on Friday to protest the failure to extend the ban. Moratoriums and evictions have been in place across the U.S. since March 2020. Over 15 million people or 6.5 million households across the U.S. are currently behind on rent. At least 3.6 million people are at immediate risk of eviction within the next two months. Meanwhile, only 3 billion out of the 46.5 billion dollars in rental assistance allocated by Congress has been distributed. The eviction ban has also ended just weeks before an additional unemployment aid is set to expire on September 6. And on 7.5 million people are estimated to be impacted. And finally, we go to Brazil, where supporters of President J.R. Bolsonaro held protests on August 1. The mobilizations were called to defend the public counting of votes and the use of printed ballots. Bolsonaro had been pushing for an amendment to replace the current electronic voting system. He has also raised allegations of fraud in the 2018 elections without presenting any evidence. In a video published by the president's YouTube channel, he also threatened to cancel the 2022 elections. Bolsonaro is facing growing public opposition with the poll placing his disapproval rating at 51%. Recent surveys have also showed that former president Lula currently holds a lead over Bolsonaro ahead of next year's election. Meanwhile, lawmakers and even former supporters are now distancing themselves from the president. Here is a video by Brazil de Fato on the growing political opposition to Bolsonaro. With or without impeachment, the decrease of the president's popularity is for sure. It has been shown in every opinion poll. Sectors of the right-wing and center, conservatives and ultra liberals, which walked hand-in-hand with Jair Bolsonaro since the 2018 electoral campaign, keep on trying to distance themselves from Bolsonaro's image to maybe build the third way in 2022. According to the movement Vem pra rua, the current president betrayed the group. The movement was one of the protagonists in the controversial Dilma Housseff's impeachment process and in the election of Bolsonaro. Logo nos primeiros. In the first months of Bolsonaro's mandate, the movement realized that it would not fulfill his promise. The fight against corruption was being dismantled, either by action or even omission by the president of the republic. For congressman Alexandre Frota, elected thanks to his strong association with Bolsonaroism, the current government is committed to political alliances. It's only his role in staff that benefits all the time. Yes, Bolsonaro proved to be extremely unprepared. A liar, a charlatan, an electoral embezzlement was committed. Brazil COVID-19 parliamentary inquiry, which indicates serious failures by the federal government in managing the pandemic and everyday rebels' new complaints of corruption, has also had an influence in changing the opinion of former Bolsonaro supporters. Now many of the president's former allies are singing in unison with the left wing, demanding that he leaves office. It's very important to have this union. Unity does not mean that we will stop disagreeing on what we disagree with. It turns out that it's no longer a matter of political divergence. It's a matter of humanity. I find it very difficult to have a convergence around a unique name for the next presidential election. Which does not mean that it does debate or this union is not guiding the 2022 campaign. We need to remember that Bolsonaro, above all, wants to be reelected. That's all your time for today. Be back tomorrow with more news from around the world. Until then, keep watching People's Dispatch.