Israel arrests Sheikh Jarrah El-Kurd twins after brutally detaining Palestinian journalist
An image that went viral on social media following the arrest of Muna El-Kurd
Yumna Patel reports in Mondoweiss:
Tensions came to a head over the weekend in the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah after Israeli forces arrested local residents and journalists from the neighborhood, causing a storm on social media.
On Sunday morning Israeli forces arrested Muna El-Kurd, 23, from her home in Sheikh Jarrah and taken to an Israeli police station in Jerusalem for interrogation. Video footage being circulated on social media showed Israeli forces handcuffing El-Kurd and escorting her out of her home. Israeli police also summoned Muna’s twin brother Mohammed for interrogation. Mohammed turned himself into the same police station where his sister was being held early Sunday afternoon.
Both Muna and Mohammed have become the internationally-recognized faces of the movement in Sheikh Jarrah, and have amassed millions of followers on social media as they shed light on their family’s fight to save their home from being taken over by Israeli settlers.
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The arrests came less than 24 hours after Israeli forces violently detained a Palestinian journalist as she was covering protests in Sheikh Jarrah.
Videos went viral on social media on Saturday of Israeli forces arresting and beating Al Jazeera Arabic reporter Givara Budeiri, forcing her into handcuffs and rushing her out of the neighborhood.
Israeli police arrested Aljazeera journalist Givara Budeiri claiming she assaulted them. Here is the video of her shouting at them not to assault her. This is what happens when you expose war crimes. #FreePalestine #SaveSheikhJarrah pic.twitter.com/KticHaOXDh — Diana Buttu (@dianabuttu) June 5, 2021
Footage showed Budeiri, who was clearly marked as a member of the press at the time, presenting her press credentials to Israeli forces, who pulled and grabbed at her in attempts to detain her.