Muna al-Kurd: Notable activist Sheikh Jarrah arrested by Israel | Occupied Jerusalem East News

Israeli police have arrested activist Muna al-Kurd, who has led a campaign to stop Palestinian forced evictions of Palestinians from the Sheikh Jarrah district of East Jerusalem, Palestinian news agency WAFA has reported.

Muna’s father, Nabil al-Kurd, told reporters that a 23-year-old activist has been arrested by police after a search of Sheikh Jarrah’s house, the WAFA reported, with police issuing a note ordering police to hand over his twin brother Mohammad.

Her daughter was taken to an Israeli police station on Salaheddine Street in occupied East Jerusalem.

“Don’t be afraid,” he is seen telling his family, as Israeli police take him out of the house, according to a video posted on social media.

Mohammad al-Kurd, along with his sister, are behind a three-month #SaveSheikhJarrah social media campaign to force Palestinians out of their homes.

Arrest Givara Budeiri Al Jazeera, an Arab journalist from Alava, was arrested on Saturday during a demonstration in Sheikh Jarrah. It was Budeiri release After his arrest a few hours later, he caused worldwide condemnation.

Thanks in part to the siblings, the story of Sheikh Jarrah – an Israeli-held East Jerusalem neighborhood – has become a worldwide hashtag since last month.

The 23-year-old Muna el-Kurd was arrested at his home at the time. “Call the lawyer, don’t be afraid,” he says.#SheikhJarrah pic.twitter.com/IbASAVpVYV

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In recent months, the Sheikh Jarrah district has seen a large number of Palestinian seats in protest against Israeli orders to leave their homes, which they say is a continuation of the ethnic cleansing that began in Nakba in 1948.

In 1967 Israel occupied East Jerusalem, later joining a move that was never recognized by the international community.

Under Israeli law, Jewish groups can claim Jewish-owned land before Israel is founded in 1948, even if Palestinian families have lived there for decades.

Palestinians who fled their ancestors in the 1948 war have no means of reclaiming their current Israeli homes or land. More than 700,000 Palestinians were expelled from their homes in 1948 when Israel was declared an independent state.

On Monday night, dozens of Israeli forces attacked the neighborhood and attacked Palestinian families by hitting and firing tear gas and bomb blasts. According to local Palestinian media, 20 people were injured, and at least four Palestinian men and a girl were arrested, and two were released on Tuesday.

Half of the Al-Kurd family home was taken over by Israeli settlers in 2009. Al-Kurd twin brother Mohammed told Al Jazeera that sharing his house with Brooklyn accents with occupiers was “unbearable, unbearable.” [and] amazing “.

“They are sitting in our house, torturing us, harassing us, doing everything they can to not only force us to leave the second half of our house, but harassing our neighbors in an effort to completely destroy the house. Palestinian presence in Jerusalem,” said Mohammed, an 11-year-old settler. when they forced their way.

Last March, a court in the occupied Israeli district of East Jerusalem upheld six Palestinian families in Sheikh Jarrah, including al-Kurds, to allow settlers to evacuate their homes. The same court ruled that the other seven families had to leave their homes before August 1st.

An Israeli court must report the verdict in the case.

Protests in Sheikh Jarrah spread early last month to the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex, the third holiest site in Islam, and Israeli security forces cracked down on Palestinian worshipers. The attack on Al-Aqsa by Israeli forces sparked worldwide outrage.

Israeli-occupied repression in East Jerusalem and attacks on al-Aqsa were prompted by Hamas, the group that governs Gaza, to launch rockets at Israel.

Israel launched an 11-day military offensive in Gaza, leaving more than 250 Palestinians dead, including 66 children.