Israeli police on Sunday imposed strict security measures on the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in Occupied Jerusalem turning it into a military barracks.
According to SAFA news agency Israeli police blocked the main road axis leading to the crossroad of the so-called Tomb of Simeon the Just.
The closure was imposed in the evening and will last until Monday evening to facilitate the Jewish settlers’ incursions into the Tomb.
Palestinian families in Sheikh Jarrah are concerned about the possible launch of new settlers’ attack to coincide with the incursions into the site.
In the center of the neighborhood there is a cave carved into the rock which is sealed and guarded surrounded by parked vehicles and filled with Hebrew signs. Hundreds of Jewish settlers break into the cave and perform Talmudic rituals.
Since the Israeli occupation of East Jerusalem in 1967 Jewish settlers have taken over the cave and used it as a synagogue.
