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Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed the Palestinian neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah late on Monday, local sources confirmed. Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood committee member Aref Hammad told The New Arab that “several hundreds of settlers entered the neighbourhood and began to break cars, assault residents in the street and throw stones at the houses”. Hammad said local Palestinians confronted the settlers for over an hour, after which Israeli police arrested 14 Palestinians over the clashes. “Israeli police protect the settlers at all times,” said Hammad. “Without the police protection, the settler…