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Protesters challenge eviction of Palestinian Families from Sheikh Jarah April 9, 2010
Israeli, Palestinian and International Protesters challenge eviction of Palestinian Families from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah, Jerusalem. Four activists were arrested.
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Internationals detained at East Jerusalem rally Jerusalem – Four international peace activists were detained in occupied East Jerusalem on Friday, during a protest supporting Palestinian families who were evicted from their homes and replaced by Israeli settlers. Photographer Mustafa Abu Turk told Ma’an that Israeli forces assaulted photojournalists in the neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah “in an attempt to prevent us from doing our jobs.” Maysoon Al-Ghawi, a resident of the flashpoint East Jerusalem district and a member of one of the Palestinian families expelled by settlers in 2009, also told Ma’an that “Israeli forces attacked protesters and used force to to keep them from approaching their confiscated homes.” Israeli police officials told the Hebrew-language daily Yedioth Ahronoth that the protesters were detained after arriving at the Jewish houses in the neighborhood and forcibly refusing to leave the compound. |
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