Israeli police in standoff with Palestinians over Sheikh Jarrah eviction
by Agence France-Presse in Jerusalem from World news | The Guardian on (#5V3H6)
Man has reportedly threatened to set himself on fire if removal order in Jerusalem district is carried out
Israeli police are in a standoff with a Palestinian man who carried a gas canister on to the roof of his home in a Jerusalem flashpoint district as his family faced eviction.
Israeli media reported that Mohammed Salhiya had threatened to set himself on fire if the eviction order from the Sheikh Jarrah area of Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem was carried out.
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