Facebook, Instagram and Twitter have reportedly censored, as well as deleted posts and hashtags related to the recent tensions in occupied Jerusalem.
"Instagram and its parent, Facebook, have been censoring posts related to Sheikh Jarrah for at least the past day," independent website Mondoweiss, which is devoted to informing readers about developments in Israel, Palestine and related US foreign policy, said on Twitter.
It also retweeted a post that said Instagram has limited posts with hashtag #Jerusalem in English and Arabic.
Users on Twitter criticized social media companies for censoring content related to Sheikh Jarrah.
"Twitter is fighting the Palestinian content which exposes the crime of displacing Palestinians from Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, in Jerusalem," said NewPress, adding that its English account has been suspended by the "Twitter administration."Another user, #SaveSheikhJarrah, said on Twitter that Instagram deleted "entire highlight of posts about what's going on in Palestine."
Settler activist and Deputy Mayor of occupied Jerusalem Aryeh King was caught on camera telling Muhammad Abu Hummus, a Palestinian activist from East Jerusalem, that it was a "pity" he did not get a bullet to his head.
Palestinians in Jerusalem have protested in solidarity with the residents of Sheikh Jarrah in recent days that has led to clashes with Israeli police.
Protests came as the Israeli Central Court in East Jerusalem approved a decision to evict seven Palestinian families from their homes in favor of Israeli settlers at the beginning of 2021.
Late Friday, the number of Palestinian injured rose to 205 in Israeli attacks at Al-Aqsa Mosque, Damascus Gate of the Old City and the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in East Jerusalem.
Israeli police attempted to disperse worshippers inside the Haram al-Sharif area of Al-Aqsa Mosque, using stun grenades and gas bombs.
Police attacked Muslim worshippers inside Al-Aqsa Mosque while worshippers were performing tarawih -- special night prayers during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Al-Aqsa Mosque is the world's third-holiest site for Muslims. Jews call the area the "Temple Mount," claiming it was the site of two Jewish temples in ancient times.
Israel occupied East Jerusalem, where Al-Aqsa is located, during the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. It annexed the entire city in 1980 in a move never recognized by the international community.
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Palestinians
vow to save Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood
5 May 2021 Palestinians
continue solidarity protests against forced displacement of families
from the occupied East Jerusalem.
Israeli
security forces detain a Palestinian amid ongoing confrontations as
Palestinian families face eviction in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood
of East Jerusalem. [Ahmad Gharabli/AFP]
Israeli
forces raided the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of occupied East
Jerusalem for the second night on Tuesday, spraying skunk water, a
chemically enhanced type of sewage water, and physically assaulting
residents and solidarity protesters.
Several
Palestinians were arrested, including Tala Obeid, Omar al-Khatib and
Mahmoud Nabil al-Kurd, whose families face displacement from their
homes in occupied East Jerusalem. Al-Kurd along with another
Palestinian was released on Wednesday morning, but the detention of
al-Khatib, a local activist, has been extended.
Palestinians
have been protesting against the forced displacement of people in the
Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood following an Israeli court order. The
Israeli district court in East Jerusalem approved a decision to
vacate six Palestinian families from their homes in May in favour of
Israeli settlers. The same court ruled that another seven families in
Sheikh Jarrah are to leave their homes by August 1.
Palestinians
fear it is part of an ongoing effort by Israeli settlers to take
control of Palestinian homes in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood.
A video
showing
a settler attempting to take over a Palestinian home in Sheikh Jarrah
on Saturday has further caused outrage.
On
Monday, at least 20 Palestinians were injured in a brawl after
Israeli police stormed a solidarity demonstration with the residents
of Sheikh Jarrah, which Israel conquered in 1967 and annexed in a
move not recognised by most of the international community.
Since
1956, a total of 37 Palestinian families have been living in 27 homes
in the neighbourhood – including 28 refugee families who were
ethnically cleansed from their homes in Jaffa and Haifa in 1948.
However,
illegal Jewish settlers have been trying to push them out on the
basis of a law approved by the Israeli parliament in 1970.
Sheikh
Jarrah is a short walk from the Old City’s Damascus Gate, a plaza
popular with Palestinians especially during the fasting month of
Ramadan. The latest protests follow days of demonstrations after
Israeli police blocked the plaza and a far-right Israeli group
marched in the areas chanting “death to Arabs”.
Police
quelled those protests with stun grenades, water cannons and skunk
water before ultimately removing the barriers.
Israeli
security forces detain a Palestinian man amid ongoing confrontations
as Palestinian families face forced displacement in the Sheikh Jarrah
neighbourhood of occupied East Jerusalem. [Ahmad Gharabli/AFP]
A
Palestinian woman scuffles with an Israeli border police officer
during a protest against the forced evictions of Palestinian families
[Mahmoud Illean/AP Photo]
On
Monday, at least 20 Palestinians were injured in a brawl after
Israeli police stormed a solidarity demonstration with the residents
of Sheikh Jarrah, which Israel conquered in 1967 and annexed in a
move not recognised by most of the international community. [Ahmad
Gharabli/AFP]
A
woman reacts amid ongoing confrontations as Palestinian families face
eviction in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood. [Ahmad Gharabli/AFP]
Since
1956, a total of 37 Palestinian families have been living in 27 homes
in the neighbourhood – including 28 refugee families who were
ethnically cleansed from their homes in Jaffa and Haifa in 1948.
[Mahmoud Illean/AP Photo]
A
video showing a settler attempting to take over a Palestinian home in
Sheikh Jarrah on Saturday has further caused outrage. [Mostafa
Alkharouf/Anadolu Agency]
Israeli
forces raided the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood for the second night on
Tuesday, spraying skunk water and physically assaulting residents and
solidarity protesters. [Ahmad Gharabli/AFP]
Palestinians
have been protesting against the forced displacement of people in the
Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood following an Israeli court order.
[Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu Agency]
https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2021/5/5/palestinians-arrested-at-protest-over-jerusalem-evictions
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