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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Israeli crackdown on Shuafat sparks violence across Jerusalem and West Bank</h1>
<div class="gmail-credits gmail-reader-credits">By Shatha Hammad in Ramallah, occupied Palestine - October 13, 2022<br></div>
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<div><img src="cid:ii_l97gv2y91" alt="image.png" width="435" height="245"><br><p>Violent confrontations erupted between <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israel</a> and <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinian</a>
youth in separate parts of occupied East Jerusalem late on Wednesday,
with the most intense standoff seen in the besieged Shuafat refugee
camp.</p>
<p>Flare-ups were also reported across the occupied West Bank, with
confrontations between Palestinians and Israeli troops accompanied by
attacks by Jewish settlers.</p>
<p>In the Shuafat camp, which Israeli troops have locked down for five
days following a deadly shooting at a nearby checkpoint, violence
continued until around 3am.</p>
<p>The confrontations were sparked by Israeli troops storming homes
belonging to the Tamimi family, a member of which is suspected by Israel
of killing an Israeli soldier at the checkpoint on Saturday night.
Three Tamimis were arrested.</p>
<p>Israeli forces fired tear gas inside the homes, with several people inside suffering injuries from choking.</p>
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<p>Muhammad Samrin, a journalist from Shuafat refugee camp, told Middle
East Eye that an Israeli bulldozer advanced from a military checkpoint
at 7am and began to open the roads that the residents had closed as part
of their civil disobedience protest against the camp’s blockade.</p>
<p>Around 140,000 Palestinians live in Shuafat, the only refugee camp
within Jerusalem’s municipal boundary. Though lying close to the Old
City, the camp is separated from the rest of Jerusalem by Israel’s
towering separation wall.</p>
<p>Later on Thursday, Israel partially relieved the closure, which had
cut residents from the outside world and forced them to miss medical
appointments and work, by opening a checkpoint.</p>
<p>Waste collection trucks entered and transported rubbish that had piled up in the streets since the closure began on Saturday.</p>
<p>Some vehicles were allowed to leave the camp towards Jerusalem after
thorough searches, Samrin said. Meanwhile, the Anata road, which
connects Shuafat camp to the West Bank, was also opened but remained
under heavier restrictions.</p>
<p>Israel believes the shooting suspect is still inside Shuafat camp and
will attempt to reach the West Bank, according to Israeli media.</p>
<p>Despite the partial reopening of the camp’s entrances and exits,
residents of Shuafat said their civil obedience action and protests will
continue until Israeli forces end all restrictive measures against
them.</p>
<p>"The occupation army is imposing a policy of collective revenge
against the camp's residents, and this has cost us a lot financially and
psychologically, " Samrin told MEE.</p>
<p>In solidarity with Shuafat camp, fierce confrontations spread to
several Jerusalem neighbourhoods on Wednesday night, including Beit
Hanina, al-Isawiya, Sur Baher, Sheikh Jarrah, Silwan and Jabal
al-Mukaber.</p>
<p>In Sur Baher, Palestinian residents reportedly opened fire on Israeli
forces, but no injuries were reported. Two Israeli police officers were
lightly wounded in al-Isawiya, possibly by explosive devices or
firecrackers.</p>
<p>At least 18 Palestinians were arrested across the city.</p>
<h3>Settler attacks in the West Bank</h3>
<p>Meanwhile, settler attacks escalated on Palestinian villages located near Israeli settlements across the West Bank.</p>
<p>In the village of Qasra, south of Nablus, settlers attacked poultry
farms and torched three of them, which led to the deaths of 30,000
birds. The settlers also destroyed olive trees in the area, leading to
confrontations with residents.</p>
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<p>'These attacks are very dangerous and all indications suggest that they will likely become more violent in the coming days'</p>
<p>- <em>Ghassan Daghlas, Palestinian activist</em></p>
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<p>At least 15 Palestinians were wounded in a subsequent Israeli
crackdown, during which soldiers fired baton rounds, according to
Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian activist monitoring the expansion of
Israeli settlements in the West Bank’s north.</p>
<p>Daghlas said settler attacks this year have been very intense compared to previous years, with at least 1,000 recorded so far.</p>
<p>"These attacks are very dangerous and all indications suggest that
they will likely become more violent in the coming days,” he told MEE.</p>
<p>On Thursday morning, settlers flanked by soldiers attacked Palestinian houses in Huwarra town south of Nablus.</p>
<p>Elsewhere in Nablus, gunfights erupted overnight in the vicinity of
Joseph's Tomb after settlers stormed the site under heavy army
protection.</p>
<p>The confrontations came after a Nablus-based Palestinian armed group,
called the Lions’ Den, said it would attack soldiers protecting
settlers while they stormed the site, which is holy to both Jews and
Muslims.</p>
<h3>Growing resistance</h3>
<p>Palestinian armed resistance in the West Bank has been growing in
recent months, but military analyst Youssef Sharqawi told MEE that it
has a long way to go before transforming into a fully fledged intifada.</p>
<p>Security coordination between Israel and the Palestinian Authority
still limits fighters’ ability to expand their activities and recruit
more people.</p>
<p>"The young Palestinian fighters today are fighting in the spirit of
standing up to the occupation and trying to counter its strategy of
killings, humiliation and controlling Palestinians,” Sharqawi said,</p>
<p>But, he added, as Israeli targets get attacked more frequently, momentum will build up.</p>
<p>"Each operation is stronger than the previous one. They become
infectious and spread widely, and every time it puts Israel in a more
difficult position."</p>
<p>According to Sharqawi, the West Bank is witnessing only the beginning
of a new era in the conflict, the nature of which is yet to become
clear.</p>
<p>"This phenomenon may precede the climax of a future intifada and is
building on recent short-lived uprisings. We are going through a very
important moment, but it may take some time to fully be able to
understand it," he said.</p>
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