The protesters expressed their support for Palestinian families threatened with eviction in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in East Jerusalem, the Palestinian part occupied and annexed by Israel.
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Clashes opposed, Friday, February 18, the Israeli police to demonstrators showing their support for Palestinian families threatened with eviction in the neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, in East Jerusalem, the Palestinian part occupied and annexed by Israel.
Unfolding carpets in the street, Palestinians prayed before being joined by protesters opposed to the eviction of residents of this neighborhood. More than 300,000 Palestinians and 210,000 Israeli settlers now live in East Jerusalem, while settlement is illegal under international law.
Summoned by the police to free the way, the demonstrators refused. The mounted police then charged the small crowd, according to AFP journalists on the spot. One of them saw two people detained by police officers. The police, she said that no arrests had taken place, citing a “riot”.
Palestinian protesters also clashed with Israeli forces in Hebron and Beita in the West Bank. In this city, an AFP photographer was injured by a rubber bullet fired by Israeli forces. According to the Palestinian agency Wafa, 23 Palestinians were injured.
By May 2021, protests in support of these families had degenerated and hundreds of Palestinians had been injured. The Palestinian movement Hamas then launched rockets from the Gaza enclave towards Israel. The Jewish state had replied. An 11-day war followed.