Live Update From the Liveblog of
Thursday, May 18, 2023
Police breaking up scuffles between Jewish and Palestinian youths in Old City
Carrie Keller-Lynn is a former political and legal correspondent for The Times of Israel
Fighting begins to break out in the Old City’s Muslim Quarter, with the police intervening between the shouting and pushing Jewish and Palestinian youth.
Police give chase to a group of Palestinian teens, as a Jewish teen yells “whore” at the Palestinians and a Palestinian returns the insult.
Fights begin to break out between religious Jewish and Palestinian youth.
“Whore!,” one of the Jewish teens yells, as police give chase to Palestinian teens. pic.twitter.com/2v1oG4g1NL
— Carrie Keller-Lynn (@cjkeller8) May 18, 2023