Israel’s occupation forces and Jewish settlers, together with extremist parliamentarian Itamar Ben-Gvir, have renewed their assaults on the neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah in occupied Jerusalem. In keeping with Wafa information company, the Israelis have blocked the western entrance of the neighbourhood and assaulted native residents and solidarity activists with rubber-coated steel bullets, tear fuel and sound bombs. Dozens have been injured, and 7 have been arrested.
The occupation forces additionally moved the activists standing close to the house of the Salem household, who’re threatened with imminent expulsion to make method for the far-right settlers. Ben-Gvir has even opened an workplace in Sheikh Jarrah as Jewish settler assaults on Palestinians and their properties proceed.
Israeli police tried to get Ben-Gvir out of the world in an effort to cut back stress, reported the Occasions of Israel. An unnamed police official instructed Channel 12 that the Knesset Member had made a “substantial contribution” to the escalating violence.
“The police have crossed each potential line tonight,” tweeted Ben Gvir earlier than he misplaced consciousness when the police tried to take away him from Sheikh Jarrah. “Whereas our representatives sat down with the district commander to result in everlasting police safety, dozens of law enforcement officials come, use extreme violence in opposition to right-wing activists and me, and attempt to destroy the parliamentary workplace.”
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