‘We don’t sleep’: Sheikh Jarrah Palestinians decry harassment

Palestinians living in flashpoint neighbourhood have been placed ‘under siege’ by Israeli authorities, residents say.

Palestinians living in the flashpoint neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah in occupied East Jerusalem say they have been placed “under a siege” by Israeli authorities. Recently Israeli police have been preventing non-residents from entering the neighbourhood, which has been closed off, Palestinian resident Abdelfatah Iskafi, 71, told Al Jazeera. Palestinian residents have limited their movements and are mostly staying at home, since if they leave the neighbourhood Israeli authorities sometimes will not allow them to return, claiming they have orders it is a military zone, Iskafi said.