Israeli forces carried out raids across the West Bank and Jerusalem on the 19th, detaining at least 31 Palestinians, Palestinian sources said. Among those arrested was Palestinian Authority Jerusalem affairs minister Ashraf al-Awar, seized at his home in the Silwan neighborhood south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Old City. Al-Awar was barred from entering the West Bank in January, the PA said, calling the arrest the latest in a series of restrictions on Palestinian officials in Jerusalem. The Isr

Israeli forces carried out raids across the West Bank and Jerusalem on the 19th, detaining at least 31 Palestinians, Palestinian sources said. Among those arrested was Palestinian Authority Jerusalem affairs minister Ashraf al-Awar, seized at his home in the Silwan neighborhood south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Old City. Al-Awar was barred from entering the West Bank in January, the PA said, calling the arrest the latest in a series of restrictions on Palestinian officials in Jerusalem. The Israeli military had not commented.