APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Al-Bureij - 09 May 2021. Masked Palestinians prepare incendiary balloons near Al-Bureij camp, in the center of the Gaza Strip to launch across the border fence towards Israel, in solidarity the Palestinians in Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, where several families face eviction from their homes in a dispute with Jewish settlers. The Israeli Supreme Court is expected to announce its ruling on the issue next month.
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Dozens of Palestinian families in east Jerusalem are at risk of losing their homes to Jewish settler groups following a decades-long legal battle. The threatened evictions have sparked weeks of protests and clashes in recent days, adding to the tensions in Jerusalem.
Israel vowed to restore order in Jerusalem following consecutive nights of violence around the revered Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem, fuelled by a years-long bid by Jewish settlers to take over nearby Palestinian homes in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem
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