• Tensions escalate in Sheikh Jarrah as settlers attempt to provoke violence

    23 October 2009 On Friday 23 October 2009, tensions ran high when 30 settlers conducted a provocative prayer on the street outside the confiscated Gawi family house in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of occupied East Jerusalem. Several heavily armed Israeli police units arrived quickly thereafter but they did not stop the prayer until after one hour. In response to the settler action, the Gawi family and Palestinian neighbours put up a display of resistance by making…

  • Clashes erupt at Aqsa compound

    Al Jazeera 25 October 2009 Dozens of people have been wounded in clashes between Israeli police and Palestinians in and around the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem, a flashpoint site holy to Muslims and Jews. The Red Crescent emergency service said at least 18 Palestinians were wounded in the violence on Sunday. At least three officers were also hurt in the fighting, Israeli police said. The site is known to Jews as the Temple Mount and…

  • Three Palestinians injured as settlers attack villagers from Iraq Burin

    24 October 2009 The village of Iraq Burin came under attack from the nearby settlement Bracha on Saturday, 24 October. Approximately 50 settlers clashed with 50 young men of the village, followed by violent intervention of Israeli Occupation Forces. Three Palestinian boys were taken to hospital following the attack. At 1pm approximately 50 settlers were seen approaching Iraq Burin. They then surrounded a now-defunct well approximately 200m from the edge of the village. Eyewitnesses report them…

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