A far-right Israeli lawmaker set up a makeshift office in the disputed East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah on Monday in what he called a show of support for Jewish settlers there.
Israeli police said they had increased their presence in the flashpoint area, which has become an emblem of what Palestinians see as an Israeli campaign to force them out of East Jerusalem.
Protests against forced evictions in Sheikh Jarrah led to a surge in fighting between Israel and Hamas, the Islamist group that controls Gaza, last May.
