Occupation Forces Suppress Anti-Settlement Rally in Sheikh Jarrah, Five People Detained

Occupation forces in Friday evening quelled the anti-settlement rally in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in East Jerusalem and detained five people, said eyewitnesses. They told WAFA that Israeli forces attacked participants in the peaceful rally that was held on the main street in the neighborhood, and detained five people, including four Israeli activists. One young member…

Hundreds of Hadash and Communist Party Activists Participated in Sheikh Jarrah Protest

Hundreds of Hadash and Communist Party activists participated on Friday in the weekly protest in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem. Israeli police arrested three demonstrators. The protesters carried Palestinian flag and chanted slogans in Arabic and Hebrew calling for an end to Israeli occupation and attacks on Palestinians in the neighborhood. Hadash…

Supreme Court Suspends Palestinian Evictions in Sheikh Jarrah

After years of protests and demonstrations, Israel’s Supreme Court has ruled that a group of Palestinian families slated for eviction from the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah can remain in their homes for the time being. The court ruled on Tuesday that the four families could stay in their homes until Israel carried out…

Occupation Forces Brutally Attack Sheikh Jarrah Protesters

Israeli occupation forces on Friday brutally attacked Palestinian protesters and Israeli peace activists in Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah, Zo Haderech and Al-Ittihad reported. Palestinians have been angry with the Israeli occupation over its unjust plans to evict Sheikh Jarrah’s residents from their homes to replace them with settlers, under the pretext that the Palestinian homes and lands were…

Occupation Forces Lock Down East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah Neighborhood

Israeli occupation forces imposed on Thursday evening a nearly full lockdown of occupied East Jerusalem’s highly-tense Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, shortly after dozens of local Palestinian citizens and Israeli peace activists supporting them in the neighborhood were assaulted by the forces. WAFA correspondent said Israeli Police physically assaulted Palestinians and solidarity activists outside the home of…