Posted on 05/08/2021 11:43:10 AM PDT by Olog-hai
The usually quiet residential neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah in east Jerusalem is in turmoil. For the past two weeks, young Palestinians have been holding nightly protests against the imminent eviction of several Palestinian families from their homes in the neighborhood, to make way for Jewish settlers.
Tensions have been building in the city. On Friday, 205 Palestinians and 18 police officers were wounded as clashes erupted after prayer at Jerusalem’s holy Al-Aqsa mosque compound and elsewhere in east Jerusalem. […]
The violent skirmishes in recent weeks have added to long-standing legal battles between the residents of Sheikh Jarrah and Israeli settler organizations since evictions started in 2008. Over the last decade, both Palestinian and Jewish activists have demonstrated against expanding takeovers by settlers in the neighborhood. But this time, many more people have joined the protests. […]
The Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood stretches over a small hill in the north of east Jerusalem, a 10-minute walk from the Old City. Several diplomatic missions and offices of international organizations are located in the upper quarters of the residential area. The neighborhood also hosts the site of the tomb of Simeon the Just, a Jewish high priest revered by ultra-Orthodox Jews who typically come to the area to pray. According to the Israeli anti-occupation group Ir Amim, Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan are now under “[the] greatest pressure from ideological settler groups.” …
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...protests against the imminent eviction of several Palestinian families from their homes in the neighborhood, to make way for Jewish settlers.
IOW, it sounds like more Arab squatters finally got kicked out of property seized from Jewish owners when the racist Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan expelled all Jews from Jordanian-occupied eastern Jerusalem and Jordanian-occupied Judea and Samaria. ot surprising some neo-Nazi from Germany would take the side of the squatters. Thanks Olog-hai.
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