More than 120 injured in continuing Palestinian protests over planned evictions in the Sheikh Jarrah area
Israel’s supreme court has delayed a deeply contentious decision on whether Jewish settlers can evict Palestinians by force from their homes, after hundreds of Palestinians were wounded in confrontations with the police in some of Jerusalem’s worst unrest in years.
A former Israeli defence official described the atmosphere as like a powder keg ready to explode at any time, after more clashes erupted outside the Old City overnight on Saturday.
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