Israeli police clash with Palestinian protesters in Jerusalem Middle East News
Israeli police and Palestinians clashed in front of the walls of Jerusalem’s Old City from night to Sunday as tensions erupted during the holy month of Ramadan.
Hundreds of police officers rioted around the Old City after the nightly riots erupted in the Gaza Strip and occupied the West Bank. Some Palestinians threw stones and bottles at police as they dispersed people on horseback, although the violence appeared less than on previous nights.
Protests spread to several cities on the West Bank and Israel-Gaza border. The Israeli army said it had dispersed hundreds of Palestinians, some throwing rocks and burning tires.
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Arab protesters also set a dumpster and a bus stop on fire.
According to the Israel Police, far-right Jewish extremists also hurled stones and set a trash can ablaze at a Jerusalem intersection.
A wounded Palestinian demonstrator receives treatment after he was hit during clashes with Israeli police at Damascus Gate just outside Jerusalem’s Old City, Thursday, April. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Video posted to social media from the scene showed Jewish youths attacking an Arab home just inside the Old City.
The sounds of children crying can be heard as a woman, unseen, shouts “Stop” in Arabic while several youths throw objects at the home.
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