Israeli police detain Palestinian activist twins from East Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah

Mona el-Kurd.

Israeli police detained two prominent Palestinian activists on Sunday who have become the face of a campaign to halt Palestinian evictions from a flashpoint East Jerusalem neighbourhood. Supporters of Muna and Mohammed el-kurd, who are twins, say their detention is part of a broader Israeli effort to halt opposition to the evictions in Sheikh Jarrah, where Jewish settlers want to move into the el-kurd' home and others under an Israeli court ruling. Without explicitly naming Muna el-kurd, 23, an Israeli police spokeswoman said "police arrested under court order a suspect (23) who is a resident of East Jerusalem, on suspicion of participating in riots that took place in Sheikh Jarrah recently". Footage on social media showed her handcuffed and being escorted out of her home by Israeli officers earlier on Sunday.