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By Zainah El-Haroun JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli police detained two prominent Palestinian activists on Sunday who have become the faces of a campaign to halt Palestinian evictions from the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah. Footage on social media on Sunday showed Muna El-Kurd, 23, whose family faces eviction from their home in Sheikh Jarrah after Jewish settlers won an Israeli court ruling, handcuffed and being escorted from her home by Israeli officers. Her twin brother, Mohammed El-Kurd, later turned himself in at a police station after receiving a summons, their father said. Both were released hours later, he added. Without explicitly naming Muna El-Kurd, an Israeli police spokeswoman said police had arrested a 23-year-old resident of East Jerusalem under court order, on suspicion of participating in riots that took place in Sheikh Jarrah recently. The police did not immediately comment on Mohammed El-Kurd, who was later shown in a live Instagram video leaving the stat
Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza mostly dismissed a change in Israeli government, saying the nationalist leader due to replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would likely pursue the same right-wing agenda.
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