02:22Israeli police forces and Palestinian protesters broke into scuffles after attempts to disperse a sit-in in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood turned sour on Sunday night.
Dozens of locals from the neighbourhood were holding the sit-in to protest against the imminent threat of eviction. The threat comes after the Jerusalem District Court ruled that at least six families in the area must leave their homes in Sheikh Jarrah, despite living there for generations.
The court also ruled that seven more families must leave their homes by August 1st. 58 locals, including 17 children, are to be displaced to make way for Jewish settlers.
Footage shows police attempting to force the protesters out of their sit-in location, before some scuffles lead to police officers chasing escaping attendees through the streets.
The rulings are the result of a struggle that has been going on for almost 50 years for these Palestinians to stay in their homes. In 1972, a group of Jewish settler organisations filed a lawsuit against the Palestinian families living in Sheikh Jarrah, claiming that the land that they live on originally belonged to Jews.
East Jerusalem: Police and protesters scuffle during protest against eviction of Sheikh Jarrah residents
Israeli police forces and Palestinian protesters broke into scuffles after attempts to disperse a sit-in in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood turned sour on Sunday night.
Dozens of locals from the neighbourhood were holding the sit-in to protest against the imminent threat of eviction. The threat comes after the Jerusalem District Court ruled that at least six families in the area must leave their homes in Sheikh Jarrah, despite living there for generations.
The court also ruled that seven more families must leave their homes by August 1st. 58 locals, including 17 children, are to be displaced to make way for Jewish settlers.
Footage shows police attempting to force the protesters out of their sit-in location, before some scuffles lead to police officers chasing escaping attendees through the streets.
The rulings are the result of a struggle that has been going on for almost 50 years for these Palestinians to stay in their homes. In 1972, a group of Jewish settler organisations filed a lawsuit against the Palestinian families living in Sheikh Jarrah, claiming that the land that they live on originally belonged to Jews.
Israeli police forces and Palestinian protesters broke into scuffles after attempts to disperse a sit-in in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood turned sour on Sunday night.
Dozens of locals from the neighbourhood were holding the sit-in to protest against the imminent threat of eviction. The threat comes after the Jerusalem District Court ruled that at least six families in the area must leave their homes in Sheikh Jarrah, despite living there for generations.
The court also ruled that seven more families must leave their homes by August 1st. 58 locals, including 17 children, are to be displaced to make way for Jewish settlers.
Footage shows police attempting to force the protesters out of their sit-in location, before some scuffles lead to police officers chasing escaping attendees through the streets.
The rulings are the result of a struggle that has been going on for almost 50 years for these Palestinians to stay in their homes. In 1972, a group of Jewish settler organisations filed a lawsuit against the Palestinian families living in Sheikh Jarrah, claiming that the land that they live on originally belonged to Jews.