Extremist Israeli settlers attempted on Thursday to seize a plot of land owned by a Palestinian family in Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood before they were spotted by the locals and forced out of the area.
Local sources said fanatic Israeli settler Arieh King who spearheads settlement activity in the area led a group of settlers as they leveled a land tract owned by Palestinian citizen Abdul Razzak al-Sheikh for settlement purposes.
The residents quickly intervened and prevented the settlers from further damaging the land.
Takeover of Palestinian homes and property by Israel’s settler gangs and authorities in occupied Jerusalem has been on the rise over recent years.
