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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Clashes continue between Palestinians and occupation settlers, police</h1>
<div class="gmail-credits gmail-reader-credits">May 15, 2021</div>
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</a> </div> <p>Demonstrations and clashes have continued in several
cities in the occupied Palestinian territory for the fourth consecutive
day, in condemnation of the occupation's <a href="https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20210512-the-untold-story-of-sheikh-jarrah/">attack on the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood</a>, Jerusalem and the other cities, as well as the continued bombardment of the Gaza Strip.</p> <p>The
confrontations took place in Nazareth, Sakhnin, Al-Raynah, Shfaram,
Al-Taybah, Ararat Al-Muthalath, Tamra, Haifa, Al-Ba'nah, Deir Al-Assad,
Kafr Qara, Qalansuah, Araba, Baqa Al-Gharbiyya, and Kawkab Abu Al-Hija,
as well as Tuba Al-Zangariya, Kafr Manda, Jadidah Al-Makr, Yafa
Al-Nazareth, Kafr Kanna, Sha'ab and Jaffa, and other towns.</p> <p>In the <a href="https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20210513-israeli-extremists-launch-attacks-on-arabs-in-israeli-cities/">city of Lod</a>,
armed clashes took place between Palestinian citizens and settler gangs
who roamed the streets of Arab neighbourhoods aiming to attack and
ambush Arab citizens. There have been reports of shots fired at the
city's Grand Mosque while worshippers were still inside.</p> <p>Israeli
Defence Minister Benny Gantz extended the state of emergency in the city
for two days, while Internal Security Minister Amir Ohana visited the
city and praised the oppressive approach employed by the occupation
forces to repress the protests.</p> <p>Settlers fired on Palestinian
homes in Lod, prompting residents to defend themselves and their
children. This led to the outbreak of armed clashes between the two
sides, severely injuring one settler.</p> <p>In the city of Jaffa,
settlers, under the protection of the occupation police, shot at the
Siksik Mosque while worshippers were inside, according to documented
video footage captured by a citizen.</p> <p><a href="https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20210515-islamic-jihad-movement-confrontations-prove-that-palestine-is-united-and-indivisible/"><strong>Islamic Jihad Movement: 'Confrontations prove that Palestine is united and indivisible'</strong></a></p> <p>In the village of Jadeidi-Makr, clashes between protesters and Israeli police also erupted.</p> <p>Sources
reported that the house of the council chairman was targeted by unknown
persons, while military vehicles were seen roaming the streets of the
village.</p> <p>In Sha'ab, the locals entered into confrontations with
settlers who attempted to storm the village from the eastern quarter.
Witnesses said that an electric power pole was set on fire, which caused
a power outage in the whole city.</p> <p>In Shefa-Amr, the occupation
police searched the homes of municipality member Zuhair Karkabi and
Murad Haddad, member of the National Democratic Assembly's political
bureau, and arrested them in connection with the demonstrations that
took place in the city over the past two days.</p> <p>The occupation
forces arrested at least 30 young men and a ten-year-old child in Haifa
and used sound bombs and tear gas to disperse a protest that took place
in Allenby Street against the settler attacks and in support of
Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa.</p> <p>According to a local source, settlers
entered the Wadi Al-Jamal neighbourhood in cars and on motorbikes and
fired and bombed Palestinian homes.</p> <p>Israeli police also shot and
wounded an 18-year-old as demonstrators were dispersed into Wadi Nisnas,
Jaffa Street and the Abbas quarter, and violent clashes erupted
throughout the city.</p> <p>In Haifa, a popular and civilian committee
was formed to defend Palestinian neighbourhoods following the settlers'
successive attacks, supported by the Israeli security apparatus.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20210515-hamas-we-urge-everyone-to-engage-in-open-confrontation-with-the-enemy/">Hamas: 'We urge everyone to engage in open confrontation with the enemy'</a></strong></p> <p>Near
the village of Kafr Manda, a 23-year-old Palestinian man sustained
injuries after being stabbed by settlers at the Hemovil intersection. He
was rushed by a rescue team to Poriya Hospital for treatment.</p> <p>In
the city of Nazareth, Israeli police raided a house of the Abbas family
in Al-Safafra neighbourhood and assaulted a young man in his 20s before
arresting him. Meanwhile, fights erupted between the Israeli police and
demonstrators in the city centre, which led to the arrests of many
protesters.</p> <p>Various parts of Nahf city witnessed power cuts that
coincided with the ongoing demonstrations, and at a time when the
occupation forces gathered at the entrance to the city.</p> <p>In
Shfaram, Sakhnin, Al-Raynah, Ararat Al-Muthalath, Al-Ba'neh, Deir
Al-Assad, Kawkab Abu Al-Hija, Tuba Al-Zanghariya, Kafr Manda, Tamra,
Yafa Al-Nazareth and Kafr Kanna, clashes took place between
demonstrators and Israeli police officers at the entrances to the towns.</p> <p>In
Kafr Qara and Qalansawe, demonstrators set fire to two Israeli police
stations and closed Street 65 at Kafr Qara's junction, while more than
20 young men were arrested.</p> <p><a href="https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20210513-israels-attacks-on-palestinians-qualify-as-state-terrorism/">The occupation police</a> arrested 374 people during the last 24 hours in connection with the protests that took place in Palestinian towns last night.</p> <p>In
a related context, an Israeli court yesterday released four settlers
suspected of taking part in the murder of the martyr Musa Hassouna in
the city of Lod last Monday.</p> <p><a href="https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20210515-pakistan-on-israeli-attacks-not-conflict-but-a-massacre/"><strong><br></strong></a></p>
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