04:56There were clashes between Palestinians and Israeli security forces in East Jerusalem following the arrest of activist Muna el-Kurd on Sunday, as crowds gathered as she was escorted to a police car.
"What happens to us in Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood and happens to us in Silwan and in most areas around Jerusalem, is that Israelis do not want us in Jerusalem. They want to expel us from Jerusalem, but we are staying," Nabil el-Kurd, the father of Muna, commented.
Israeli police could be seen using tear gas and stun grenades to disperse the crowds in Sheikh Jarrah as Muna el-Kurd was escorted into a waiting police car before being driven away.
Israeli authorities allege the 23-year-old Palestinian woman participated in riots alongside her twin brother, both were later released without charge, with the pair condemning their arrests as a 'clear tactic of intimidation,' due to their campaign opposing the eviction of several Palestinian families, including their own, from Sheikh Jarrah.
Multiple Palestinian families, many of whom have lived in the neighbourhood for decades, are faced with eviction and forced removal from Sheikh Jarrah, after an Israeli court found that the land on which their homes were built belonged to a Jewish settler organisation as it was owned by Jews prior to 1948. The long-running legal dispute, which has lead to repeated protests and tensions in East Jerusalem and further afield, is now in front of the Israeli supreme court.
East Jerusalem: Clashes erupt between Palestinians and Israeli police following activist Muna el-Kurd's arrest
There were clashes between Palestinians and Israeli security forces in East Jerusalem following the arrest of activist Muna el-Kurd on Sunday, as crowds gathered as she was escorted to a police car.
"What happens to us in Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood and happens to us in Silwan and in most areas around Jerusalem, is that Israelis do not want us in Jerusalem. They want to expel us from Jerusalem, but we are staying," Nabil el-Kurd, the father of Muna, commented.
Israeli police could be seen using tear gas and stun grenades to disperse the crowds in Sheikh Jarrah as Muna el-Kurd was escorted into a waiting police car before being driven away.
Israeli authorities allege the 23-year-old Palestinian woman participated in riots alongside her twin brother, both were later released without charge, with the pair condemning their arrests as a 'clear tactic of intimidation,' due to their campaign opposing the eviction of several Palestinian families, including their own, from Sheikh Jarrah.
Multiple Palestinian families, many of whom have lived in the neighbourhood for decades, are faced with eviction and forced removal from Sheikh Jarrah, after an Israeli court found that the land on which their homes were built belonged to a Jewish settler organisation as it was owned by Jews prior to 1948. The long-running legal dispute, which has lead to repeated protests and tensions in East Jerusalem and further afield, is now in front of the Israeli supreme court.
There were clashes between Palestinians and Israeli security forces in East Jerusalem following the arrest of activist Muna el-Kurd on Sunday, as crowds gathered as she was escorted to a police car.
"What happens to us in Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood and happens to us in Silwan and in most areas around Jerusalem, is that Israelis do not want us in Jerusalem. They want to expel us from Jerusalem, but we are staying," Nabil el-Kurd, the father of Muna, commented.
Israeli police could be seen using tear gas and stun grenades to disperse the crowds in Sheikh Jarrah as Muna el-Kurd was escorted into a waiting police car before being driven away.
Israeli authorities allege the 23-year-old Palestinian woman participated in riots alongside her twin brother, both were later released without charge, with the pair condemning their arrests as a 'clear tactic of intimidation,' due to their campaign opposing the eviction of several Palestinian families, including their own, from Sheikh Jarrah.
Multiple Palestinian families, many of whom have lived in the neighbourhood for decades, are faced with eviction and forced removal from Sheikh Jarrah, after an Israeli court found that the land on which their homes were built belonged to a Jewish settler organisation as it was owned by Jews prior to 1948. The long-running legal dispute, which has lead to repeated protests and tensions in East Jerusalem and further afield, is now in front of the Israeli supreme court.