Weekly Protest in Sheikh Jarrah - 22-1-2010

Last Friday (15-1-10) the Jerusalem police yet again violently suppressed the demonstration against the eviction of Palestinian families from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah. Seventeen demonstrators spent the weekend under arrest and were released after the Magistrate Court judge ruled that there were no legal grounds for the arrests. The police are misusing their power and distorting the law so as to collaborate with the dangerous project of Judaicizing East Jerusalem.

This week the demonstration was even bigger than those of previous weeks. 350 demonstrators, amongst them former minister and Knesset Chair Avraham Burg, former minister Yossi Sarid, MK Muhamad Barak'e and former MK Uri Avneri, gathered in a park near the neighborhood to protest the racist evictions taking place there in spite of intensifying police oppression of the struggle (see last week's report). Two demonstrators offered the police officer in charge, Avi Cohen, a big bouquet of flowers, thanking him for helping the struggle gain nationwide attention by arresting about 20 activists every week. Cohen refused to accept the flowers and they were left at his feet.

After about an hour of demonstrating in a tense atmosphere, demonstrators started marching towards the neighborhood. Border and Riot policemen stopped the march, while still allowing settlers and visitors of the Shimon Hat'sadik Tomb through. After a quarter of an hour police attacked the demonstration, arresting about 15 people and beating on others. The demonstration continued for another two and half hours, with police occasionally beating people and shoving them back, but attempting to avoid too many more arrests. The day ended with 22 arrested.

During the demonstration it became apparent that settlers were attacking Palestinians inside the neighborhood, and two residents required medial care. At the same time police raided Palestinian homes and arrested people who participated in the demonstration and then went home. The demonstrators' protests outside against the police's siding with the violent settlers were met with yet more police brutality.

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• Sheikh Jarrah
• East Jerusalem
• Palestine
• Israel
• Occupation
• settlers
• apartheid

[Leftwingmanyeah]

to arrest non viloent protesters is to be soft? to evict 28 families is soft for you? to kill 1400 people in Gaza is soft? you are either an idiot or a fascist!

[habibnur]

they have their properties which has been demolished 1000 times! the land in wehich they build is theirs, if an israeli- palestinian wants to build in jerusalem, is almost imposible to get permision, even when u own a piece of land to build... but when a russian settler wants to live in jerusalem, he already can live there. are u idiot? the arab population as u said complain about this cause that land was theirs! they lived there, they lost their properties, houses, factories, work, etc..

[PlebScrubber]

always bring cameras to show the world whats happening there

palestine has a right to exhist, i mean you founded your country on their land

[atsmon100]

אדיוטים שימושיים



[125RTY]

Now if these were Egyptian police dealing with protesting Christians, you will truncheon attacks, tear gas used, and live bullet firings and several protestors dead, as happened already. This only shows the tremendous tolerance and gentile handling of these protestors by the Israeli police.

[ceroeck]

and where were your protesting hypocrite faces when they kicked israeli families out of their houses in Katif? Ha? thought so...racist bastards....

[papilion]

The eyes of the world are watching .

[ziv2]

@Leftwingmanyeah

It's great we didn't hear from you nothing in the Violent expulsion from Gush Katif.

It's great that you are ignoring the reason for everything.

The Israelies Just opened a war in Gaza without any reason...

ye right...

please refer to:

wiki/Hamas_Covenant

[ziv2]

איזו בורות

לכו תלמדו מה זה פאשיזם

[kobi22]

fucking arab