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Israeli occupation forces manning a military checkpoint at the Shu'fat
refugee camp in Jerusalem set off protests Saturday due to the
humiliating conditions inflicted on Palestinians on a daily basis. The
residents, whom were displaced from their homes across Jerusalem, have
been denied access to the city by the apartheid wall as well as
various military checkpoints.

There have also been recent protests against home demolitions in the
area. Palestine Information Center reports:

In the city's Sheikh Jarrah suburb, an armed Israeli settler wearing
military uniform pointed his rifle at Palestinian lady Refqa Al-Kurd,
85, in a bid to frighten her and force her out of what is remained of
her house after the settlers occupied most of it.

Refqa Al-Kurd, aged 85, after assaultThe incident prompted clashes
between the Palestinian neighbors, who rushed for the help of the
elderly woman, and the settlers.

Another Israeli settler in the same suburb dropped a big stone at
Palestinian teenager Murad Ateyyah, 14, prompting angry Palestinian
citizens to intervene and clash with the settlers before the Israeli
occupation police arrived and broke up the clashes.

Palestinian Jerusalemites asserted that attacks by Israeli settlers
against them increased rapidly with the aim to force them out of the
city.

Tensions were raised further by army raids on private residences in
the Anata camp early on Monday. Packs of soldiers ransacked homes at
daybreak in surrounding villages abducting residents for torture
interrogations. House to house searches without search warrants
resulted in the seizure of one homemade rifle.

Ma'an reports that over 60 Palestinians were seized in the raids.
Young Palestinians confronted the intruding forces by throwing stones.
Journalists that attempted to record the clashes were fired upon with
tear gas, rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades. Eyewitnesses also
report the use of live ammunition. Several journalists were injured.

Occupation forces then attacked the local clinic and detained the
doctors working there, preventing them from attending to the injured.
The camp is now under military control, curfew has been imposed.

http://www.nogw.com/israeliatrocities.html

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