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Israeli forces are attempting to reassert their control over Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem by arresting them.

© Jamal Awad/APA Images Israeli forces detain a Palestinian protester Sheikh Jarrah • May 6, 2021 Israeli forces are rounding up Palestinians en masse inside Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory as part of what Israeli police are calling "Operation Law & Order", following two weeks of Palestinian uprisings over Israeli aggressions in Jerusalem, Sheikh Jarrah, and Gaza. Shortly after midnight on Monday the Israeli police announced plans to "launch an extensive arrest operation across the country," targeting Palestinian citizens of Israel over the next 48 hours in order to "settle...

Black Lives Matter, Palestinian Resistance, and the Ties That Bind The symbiosis between African Americans and Palestinians grows as both groups face human rights crises. Maya Alleruzzo/AP A mural depicting George Floyd on Israel’s separation barrier in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, April 2021. At the beginning of Ramadan, police and special forces barely distinguishable from fully kitted-out soldiers descended on young Palestinians who, intending to meet up at the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City, found the plaza blocked off. They also attacked those at prayer in the al-Aqs...

What is happening in occupied East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah? Linah Alsaafin © Palestinian, Israeli, and foreign activists demonstrate against Israeli occupation and settlement ac... Palestinian, Israeli, and foreign activists demonstrate against Israeli occupation and settlement activity in the Palestinian territories [File: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP] Dozens of Palestinians are facing imminent dispossession from their homes in the occupied East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah, in what they say is a move to force them out and replace it entirely with a Jewish settlement...

Dozens of Palestinians are facing imminent dispossession from their homes in the occupied East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah, in what they say is a move to force them out and replace it entirely with a Jewish settlement. The Jerusalem District Court ruled at least six families must vacate their homes in Sheikh Jarrah on Sunday, despite living there for generations. The same court ruled seven other families should leave their homes by August 1. In total, 58 people, including 17 children, are set to be forcibly displaced to make way for Jewish settlers. The court rulings are a culmin...