Friday, May 7, 2021

Violence Erupts In East Jerusalem As Israeli Police Disperse Protesters

 

NBC: Israel braces for weekend violence after spate of shootings and eviction protests 

 “I don’t know what will happen with us if they kick the families out from the houses,” Yacoub Abu Arafa who is facing eviction. 

Israeli authorities are bracing for more violence over the weekend after a recent spate of shootings and as tensions soar over the threatened eviction of dozens of Palestinians from their homes in east Jerusalem. 

Israeli troops shot and killed two Palestinians and seriously wounded a third after they opened fire with makeshift submachine guns on a base in the occupied West Bank on Friday morning, Israel’s police said. 

No Israelis were injured.  

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More News On the Unrest In Jerusalem  

Police burst into Temple Mount as hundreds riot; 180 Palestinians said hurt -- Times of Israel  

Palestinians, Israel police clash at Al-Aqsa mosque; 53 hurt -- AP  

Violent clashes break out at Temple Mount -- Jerusalem Post  

‘Major attack’ in Israel foiled as 3 gunmen shot in firefight near military base -- Times of Israel  

IDF bolsters troops in West Bank following attempted terror attack -- Jerusalem Post  

Israel detains Al-Aqsa guard, bans sheikh from entering mosque -- Middle East Monitor

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