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Israeli police assault Jerusalemites in Sheikh Jarrah and Batn al-Hawa

Tuesday 25-May-2021

The Israeli occupation police on Monday evening physically assaulted young people as they were painting a solidarity mural in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah and stormed the sit-in tent in Batn al-Hawa neighborhood in Silwan district.

Local sources said that police forces assaulted young activists and local youths and children as they were participating in the painting of a mural in solidarity with Sheikh Jarrah residents who are threatened with displacement from their homes.

They added that police officers kidnaped one of the young men called Iyad Abu Sneineh during his participation in the activity.

Meanwhile police forces stormed the sit-in tent in Batn al-Hawa neighborhood in the east Jerusalem district of Silwan and assaulted local residents and activists inside it.

About 800 Palestinians in Batn al-Hawa are also threatened with displacement from their homes to make way for Jewish settlers.

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