Jerusalem - "Jerusalem" dot com - In a statement issued by them today, Monday, the people of Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood called on the legal authorities and human rights institutions, and the Jerusalemite community, to stand by them, and work to deter settlers who come from several settlements to provoke and assault citizens, with the aim of intimidating them. and forcing them to leave their homes.

The residents of Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood accused the occupation police of failing to repel the settlers and punish them. Rather, the police formed a protective shield for them, which encouraged them to persist in their aggression against the residents of the neighborhood, which led to spreading terror in the hearts of children and women.

Last Thursday, settlers attacked Jerusalemites in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, smashing the windows of several vehicles, with the protection of the Israeli occupation forces, who arrested two young men after assaulting them.

Local sources said that the residents responded to the settlers' incursion, which led to clashes with the Israeli occupation forces, who fired tear gas and sound bombs at the residents and their homes.

The Red Crescent in Jerusalem said that a settler attacked an ambulance with stones in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in Jerusalem.