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Friday 28 August 2015
Jewish settlers take over homes in Arab part of Jerusalem
MIRIAM BERGER the only Palestinian resi- A man is seen from a window as Israeli flags fly on top of a house in Silwan neighborhood of east
Associated Press dent who has still refused Jerusalem Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015. Ultra-nationalist Israelis have taken over the building in the
JERUSALEM (AP) — Ultra- to vacate the building. He heart of an Arab neighborhood in east Jerusalem, raising fears of fresh violence in the tense area.
nationalist Israelis took over said he already paid the
a four-story building in the year’s rent. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
heart of an Arab neighbor- Abu Sneineh said his chil-
hood in east Jerusalem on dren were afraid of the
Thursday, raising fears of Jewish settlers suddenly liv-
fresh violence in the tense ing above them.
area. Israel captured east Jeru-
A small group of activists salem, along with the West
from the Ateret Cohanim Bank and Gaza Strip, in the
settler organization moved 1967 Mideast war.
into the rundown white It subsequently annexed
stone building. It was the east Jerusalem in a move
latest in a wave of settler that is not internationally
advances since national- recognized. The Palestin-
ist Jews began buying up ians claim east Jerusalem
properties in densely popu- as the capital of a future
lated Palestinian areas two state. East Jerusalem, par-
decades ago. ticularly the Old City and its
The building is located in sensitive holy sites, is often
Silwan, a rundown neigh- a flashpoint of violence.
borhood that is home to Silwan is adjacent to the
several hundred Jewish Old City, and Israel has
residents and some 50,000 developed an area there
Palestinians. Israeli soldiers called the City of David,
were guarding the latest where Jewish tradition
wave of settlers. holds that King David es-
“I have 11 people inside the tablished Jerusalem as Ju-
house, where should I go?” daism’s central holy city..q
said Jawaf Abu Sneineh,
Thai court issues warrants for
suspect in second bomb blast
BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai in the Thai capital, where
court on Thursday issued smaller bombs have been
an arrest warrant for an un- employed in domestic po-
named suspect in a river- litical violence over the
side blast that occurred a past decade, but not in an
day after the bombing of effort to cause large-scale
a shrine in central Bangkok casualties.
which killed 20 people. Police have not deter-
Police spokesman Prawut mined a clear motive for
Thawornsiri said the suspect the shrine bombing, which
appeared in a security vid- injured more than 120 peo-
eo that shows a blurry im- ple in addition to the 20
age of an unidentified man fatalities. Possible suspects
in a blue shirt kicking a bag include Muslim separat-
into the water near a busy ists from southern Thailand,
pier on the night of Aug. 17, parties seeking to avenge
soon after the explosion at the forced repatriation of
the Erawan Shrine. ethnic
An explosion took place Uighurs to China by the
near the spot about 18 Thai government, oppo-
hours later on Aug. 18, but nents of Thailand’s military
caused no casualties. government and feuding
The blast at the Erawan factions within the security
Shrine was unprecedented services.q
