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Palestinian activist Muna al-Kurd (centre) with other activists as Israeli police approach their friends repairing a mural that was defaced by a Jewish settler, in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of east Jerusalem last month
TWO prominent activists fighting the forced removal of Palestinian families from their homes in the occupied East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrar were released from Israeli police custody on Sunday, hours after their arrests.
Twins Muna and Muhammad al-Kurd, 23, have played a central role in bringing worldwide media attention to the protests against armed Jewish settlers’ attempts to expel dozens of Palestinian families from Sheikh Jarrar.
The settlers are using a law drafted in 1970 that allows Jews to seize properties lost during the 1948 war that led to the creation of Israel, a right not extended to Palestinians who also lost their homes and possessions in the same war.
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