This Monday, Feb. 24 2020 photo, shows Palestinian students passing a roadblock at the entrance to the Palestinian neighborhood of Issawiya in East Jerusalem. Nearly every day for the last nine months Israeli police have stormed into Issawiya in a campaign they say is needed to maintain law and order. Rights groups say that in addition to searching houses and issuing fines, they have detained hundreds of people some as young as 10, on suspicion of stone-throwing. The …
March 7, 2020
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Heavy police raids leave east Jerusalem neighborhood on edge
JERUSALEM (AP) — Murad Mahmoud's 14-year-old son has been detained by Israeli police in his east Jerusalem neighborhood three times in the last two years. His 10-year-old has been interrogated by police in combat gear. These days, he keeps all six of his children inside most of the time, fearing even worse.