The Latest Breaking News from Sheikh Jarrah

Palestinian family threatens to burn Sheikh Jarrah home in eviction standoff

Israeli police were in a standoff Monday with a Palestinian man who carried a gas canister onto the roof of his home in a Jerusalem flashpoint district as his family faced eviction. The Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood resident threatened to blow up his home rather than let his family be forced…

France 24 · Jan 17, 2022

Palestinian family protests East Jerusalem home displacement

Israeli forces surround Mahmoud Salhiyeh’s house in an attempt to force his family out of their Sheikh Jarrah home.

Al Jazeera · Jan 17, 2022

Palestinian threatens to burn Sheikh Jarrah home rather than be evicted

A Palestinian facing eviction by Israeli police from the flashpoint East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah threatened on Monday to blow up gas canisters at his home rather than let his family be forced out.

Reuters · Jan 17, 2022