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Early Thursday morning, right-wing Israelis set on fire the Church of the Multiplication, where Christians believe that Jesus multiplied loaves and fishes, and wrote graffiti in Hebrew on the walls…
Israeli police officers kidnapped, Tuesday, two Palestinian women while leaving the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem, and assaulted two elderly men.A worker of the Islamic Endowment Department said the police…
Israeli settlers, last week, attempted (but failed) to attack a mosque during dawn prayers in the city of Hebron, local sources recently revealed.WAFA sources said that two masked settlers attempted…
Tens of extremist Israeli settlers, again, stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque under heavy police protection, Thursday morning.The settlers broke into the mosque from Al-Maghareba Gate, while witnesses said that police assaulted two…
Israeli Jews banned, on Monday, Christian prayer at holy site of Jesus’ Last Supper, calling it “pagan ceremony.”Witnesses said that clashes erupted between the Israeli Jews and Christians –Palestinian and…
Extremist Israeli settlers broke into the courtyards of Al Aqsa Mosque, on Monday morning, from Mughrabi Gate, under heavy guard of Israeli police.Mahmoud Abu Atta, media coordinator of Al-Aqsa Foundation…
A Swedish company established in 2007 was used to cover up the sale and transfer of a West Bank church compound to settlers funded by American millionaire Irving Moskowitz, Israeli…
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, Sunday, six Palestinian Muslim worshipers in the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem, as groups of Israeli fanatics stormed the area while chanting and…
Two 19th-century nuns on Sunday became the first Palestinians to gain sainthood in recent history during an open-air mass celebrated by Pope Francis in St Peter’s Square, and attended by…
Pope Francis met President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday, calling him ‘an angel of peace,’ days after the Vatican said it was preparing to sign its first accord with Palestine, to…
Israeli intelligence teams, along with groups of extremist colonial settlers, Tuesday morning, have renewed raids on Al Aqsa Mosque, entering from the Mughrabi gate.The groups were heavily guarded by private…
Dozens of extremist Israeli settlers stormed the courtyards of Al Aqsa Mosque on Sunday morning, from Mughrabi Gate and amid tight security protection from private Israeli occupation police.The director of…
A group of Israeli settlers, early Sunday, stormed Al Aqsa Mosque courtyards from Al Magariba gate, under heavy guard by Israeli police, and attacked students, according to local sources.Director of…
The Islamic-Christian Committee to Support Occupied Jerusalem and Holy Sites warned,, Thursday, of a new project underway by Israeli authorities which is conducting tunnel excavations beneath the homes in Silwan…
Israeli soldiers attacked dozens of Palestinian worshipers near the Chain Gate, one of the Gates of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem, and kidnapped two young men. Army invades a…
As dozens of Israeli extremists stormed the yards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem, chanting and raising Israeli flags, and trying to raise the flags on the mosque, Israeli…
Hundreds of extremist Israeli settlers again invaded and performed prayers at Joseph’s Tomb in eastern Nablus, under armed protection, early Tuesday.Locals told Ma’an News Agency that Israeli forces escorted a…
Extremist Israeli settlers raised the Israeli flag on the walls and over the rooftop of al-Ibrahimi Mosque, also known as the Cave of the Patriarchs, today in Hebron.The reconstruction committee…
The Israeli Authorities decided, Tuesday, to deny access to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, to two elderly men for 30 days, and a mosque guard for ten days.…
Dozens of extremist Israeli settlers stormed Al Aqsa Mosque yards, early Sunday, via Al Magariba Gate under heavy guard of Israeli police. Local sources reported that about 33 settlers broke…
A Jewish settlement foundation used a secret tunnel under Al Buraq Wall at Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, an Israeli daily paper revealed, Tuesday.The newspaper reported, according to Al Ray,…
Israeli settlers, with elements of the intelligence community invaded, on Monday, the courtyards of Al Aqsa Mosque from Mughrabi Gate, amid tight police security.Media coordinator of the Foundation for Islamic…
Israeli police, on Saturday, beefed up their military presence and procedures across Jerusalem, preventing Christians from reaching Al Qiyamah Church to celebrate their holidays. WAFA correspondence reports that Israeli police…
Thousands of Christian pilgrims filled Jerusalem’s ancient Church of the Holy Sepulcher, on Saturday, for the ‘Holy Fire’ ceremony which marks the eve of Orthodox Easter.The ceremony, celebrated by Palestinian…
Hundreds of Jewish settlers stormed the occupied West Bank flashpoint site of Joseph’s Tomb, in the early hours of Wednesday morning, and performed Talmudic rituals inside, said a Palestinian activist.’At…
Israeli police imposed restrictions on Palestinian worshipers entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Monday, one day after three Palestinians were banned from the compound for periods of up to 45…
The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem urged Christians to stand firm in the face of tragedy, as worshipers massed for Easter Sunday at the site where they believe Jesus rose from…
The archbishop of the Sebastian Greek Orthodox Church, Atallah Hanna, addressed crowds in the town of al-Ezzariya (Lazarus) on Saturday, condemning the Israeli restrictions on Easter celebrations, and calling on…
A total of 1,268 Israelis stormed occupied East Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa Mosque Compound during March alone, according to a Palestinian non-governmental organization.According to WAFA, Al Aqsa Institute for Waqf and…
After annual difficulty accessing religious sites, Palestinians have vowed to pursue ‘other means’ if restrictions continue.After annual difficulty accessing religious sites, Palestinians have vowed to pursue ‘other means’ if restrictions…
Dozens of extremist Israeli settlers stormed Al Aqsa Mosque on Wednesday morning, from Mughrabi gate, amid tight security protection from private Israeli occupation police.An employee at the Islamic Waqf in…
Media sources in Jerusalem said Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday morning, a Palestinian woman near the Silsila Gate (Chain Gate), one of the Gates of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, as she…
Jewish groups which define themselves by the name of the alleged ancient temple are preparing for the Jewish holiday of Passover by mobilizing the largest number of settlers to enter…
Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed, early Thursday, the monument of Sheikh Yousef Dweikat, a local religious figure, to the east of Nablus, said security sources.Protected by Israeli forces, several buses…
Judaism’s accepted ruling that entry to Jerusalem’s al Aqsa mosque compound – the site of the biblical temples – is prohibited to Jews is apparently softening following a concerted campaign…
Israeli soldiers attacked, Monday, a 10-year-old Palestinian child as dozens of Israeli fanatics stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque yards, in occupied Jerusalem, and also assaulted a mosque guard while trying to…
The Israeli police kidnapped, Sunday, a Palestinian woman and a teenage girl while leaving the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, and took them to a police station in the Old…
Palestinian medical sources have reported that an elderly man was injured, on Saturday evening, after a number of Israeli extremists assaulted him as he was leaving the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in…
Extremists affiliated to ‘Groups for the Temple Compound’ have called on supporters to participate in breaking into Al Aqsa Mosque next Wednesday and Thursday, in Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem, to celebrate…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas issued a statement denouncing the Israeli attacks on Islamic and Christian holy sites in occupied Palestine, and called for international protection. Arab League condemns latest assaults,…
A group of Israeli fanatics burnt, on Thursday at dawn, a section of the Church of the Dormition, in occupied Jerusalem, causing significant damage, and wrote racist anti-Christian graffiti.The fanatics…
Hundreds of Palestinians marked, Wednesday, the 21st anniversary of the Ibrahimi Mosque massacre that led to the death of 29 Palestinians, and the injury of around 200. Among the victims…
A group of Israeli extremists burnt, on Wednesday at dawn, a Palestinian mosque in the al-Jab’a village, west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and wrote racist anti-Arab and…
Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed into Joseph’s Tomb, east of Nablus, in the early light of Tuesday morning, under the protection of occupation guard patrols.According to PNN sources, some seven…
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, Tuesday, a Palestinian woman from Jerusalem while she was leaving the Al-Aqsa Mosque, through the Bab an-Nather Gate, and took her to an interrogation center in the…
A right-wing Jewish organization called the Western Wall Heritage Foundation has circulated an invitation for bids to conduct excavations in tunnels under al-Aqsa Mosque compound, a top Palestinian official said…
The Israeli Municipality of West Jerusalem set up, on Wednesday, a sign reading “Temple Mount”, in reference to the nearby al-Aqsa Mosque compound.The sign, which was placed near Al Nather…
Near Madaba, Jordan, and connected to the Jordan River, is Bethany Beyond the Jordan (Al-Maghtas in Arabic). It is a bustling attraction constantly inundated with tourists: those who come every…
Twelve Israeli police officers invaded Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque compound Tuesday morning, and toured the area.Later in the morning, some twenty Israeli settlers invaded the compound, accompanied by police and intelligence…
Dozens of Israeli settlers, Monday, stormed Muslim religious sites in the village of Awarta, northwest of Nablus, and performed religious rituals exhibiting disrespect to Muslim residents, according to a local…
The Israeli Authorities decided, on Thursday evening, to deny access to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, to three women and one girl for a period of 15 days.Earlier on…
The Israeli Police in occupied Jerusalem released, on Monday evening, five Palestinian women after detaining and interrogating them for several hours, and ordered three of them away from the Al-Aqsa…
Israeli police stated, Monday, that they had closed down three NGOs affiliated with the Islamic Movement in northern Israel, which is known for defending Al Aqsa Mosque against extremist Jewish…
A rare ‘White Christmas’ was celebrated Tuesday evening by Orthodox Christians in Bethlehem. The snow did not hinder the festivities, which were carried out as planned.Under the Eastern Orthodox calendar,…
According to latest reports, constant Israeli excavations underneath Al Aqsa Mosque have caused serious destruction to the foundation of Buraq Square, inside the Dung Gate.According to the PNN, local sources…
The Popular Struggle Coordination Committee, this year, in the Hall of the Nativity, Bethlehem, lit up a Christmas tree decorated with teargas grenades, sound bombs, pictures of injured and murdered…
At this time of every year, the whole world celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ with shining lights, Christmas carols, colors and winter coziness. And, with the Christ being born…
1,000 Israelis raided the northern West Bank area of Nablus, Sunday night, to pray at Joseph’s Tomb, located on the outskirts of the city.The settler-affiliated news site Arutz 7 reports…
Israeli authorities in the city of Beersheba, in a symbolic gesture, have recently converted an historic mosque into an Islamic museum, despite the fact that 10,000 local Muslims still have…
Tens of thousands of Palestinians performed afternoon prayers at Al Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, Friday, and later marched through the streets of the Old City in protest against…
His Beatitude Fouad Twal, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, expressed in a Christmas message sent out through his Vicar in Jerusalem and Palestine, Bishop William Shomali, his concern over a…
Israeli forces allegedly ‘eased restrictions’ on Palestinian worshippers attending the weekly prayer service Friday at the Al Aqsa Mosque, but dozens of women were refused entry, and were forced to…
Dozens of Palestinian women were forced to pray in the alley outside of al-Aqsa Mosque, Sunday, after Israeli forces imposed conditions for entry on female worshipers.The renewed restrictions entailed that…
Thousands of Palestinians were able to conduct Friday prayers for the first time in months, at al-Aqsa mosque, after Israel lifted age restrictions which have kept most worshipers out for…
Israeli settlers, on Wednesday, broke into al-Aqsa Mosque from the Dung Gate, guarded by intensified private units of the Israeli police force.Police stood at the gates of the mosque, blocking…
A number of fanatic Israeli settlers infiltrated, on Wednesday at dawn, into the al-Mogheer village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, set its mosque on fire, and wrote…
The Israeli Army and Police declared, on Thursday evening, a series of further restrictions limiting the entry of Muslim worshipers into the al-Aqsa Mosque, on Friday, including preventing all men,…
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday morning, the grounds of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, assaulted the worshipers with concussion grenades, gas bombs and rubber-coated metal bullets, and…
Hundreds of Palestinian Muslims had to perform dawn prayers in the streets and alleys of the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem, after Israeli soldiers and police officers denied them…
Undercover soldiers of the Israeli military kidnapped, on Monday morning, a Palestinian woman in the yards of the al-Aqsa mosque in occupied Jerusalem, when she tried to stop and an…
Palestinian medical sources in occupied East Jerusalem have reported that scores of residents have been injured during clashes that took place in different parts of occupied Jerusalem following noon prayers,…
Israeli soldiers and police officers kidnapped, on Wednesday evening, nine Palestinian women while leaving the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, and took them to a police station in the Old…
An official from the Gaza-based Palestinian political faction Hamas, on Saturday, downplayed an earlier call by Palestinian President and PA leader, Mahmoud Abbas, for Palestinians to stay at al-Aqsa Mosque…
Israeli settlers known as “Students for the Temple Mount”, on Sunday, again broke into Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, under the protection of special police guards.WAFA correspondence from the Old City, in…
A number of fanatic Israeli settlers invaded, late on Thursday at night, the Ishaqiyya area of the Ibrahimi Mosque in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, designated for Muslim…
Overnight clashes took place in different neighborhood in and alleys of the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem, after the army closed the al-Aqsa Mosque, preventing all Muslim worshipers below…
In light of escalated violations by Israeli forces and settlers against al-Aqsa Mosque and other holy sites, including Christian, Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah is urging the international community to protect…
Dozens of Israeli soldiers and police officers invaded, on Monday morning, the al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, and fired gas bombs, concussion grenades, and rubber-coated metal bullets. The invasion…
Archbishop Attallah Hanna, of the Greek Orthodox Church in occupied Palestine and Jerusalem, strongly denounced the Israeli military and fanatic Israeli groups who attacked and invaded the al-Aqsa Mosque in…
Israeli authorities announced the closing of Hebron’s Ibrahimi Mosque for Muslim worshippers, this past Sunday and Monday, under the pretext of facilitating Jewish celebrations.The PNN reports that, during these two…
Palestinian medical sources have reported that dozens of residents have been wounded when Israeli soldiers and settlers invaded the yards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem, and attacked…
Security officers at Al Aqsa Mosque stated that over 200 extremist Israeli settlers entered the compound in occupied East Jerusalem, early Tuesday, under protection of armed escort.According to Ma’an News…
The Greek Orthodox Christian Patriarchate in occupied Jerusalem issued a press release denouncing the Israeli draft law for considering Aramaic Christians as a “nationality’, and said that Israel is attempting…
Similar to every Friday, the Israeli army and police imposed a strict siege on the Dome of the Rock and the al-Aqsa mosque, in occupied Jerusalem, ahead of noon prayers,…
Israeli forces, with the so-called ‘Nature Authority’, on Sunday, demolished 20 Palestinian tombs in occupied East Jerusalem’s Yousufeya Cemetery.The cemetery is located in the area of Lions’ gate, according to…
The Israeli army installed, on Monday, a new surveillance room at the main entrance of the Ibrahimi Mosque, in the center of the southern West Bank city of Hebron.Head of…
Palestinian medical sources in occupied Jerusalem have reported that at least ten Palestinian worshippers were injured, Monday, during clashes that took place after Israeli police officers stormed the yards of…
110 Palestinians, including a number of elderly men and women, were treated for injuries after Israeli troops attacked worshipers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. The wounded include two Directors…
Nine young Palestinians were injured during clashes with Israeli soldiers near Rachel’s Tomb, during the night on Thursday. In Jerusalem, restrictions were placed again on worshippers at al-Aqsa mosque. Tariq…
As the holy festival of Ramadan begins for the world’s Muslim community, Israeli settlers raided al-Aqsa mosque compound again, this morning, under the protection of Israeli police. Over two dozen…
This morning, 22 Israeli settlers stormed al-Aqsa Mosque via the Moroccans’ gate under the protection of Israeli police, according to witnesses. Palestinian worshipers were determined to stay inside the courtyards…
Yesterday, an Israeli bulldozer demolished a mosque that was erected in a refugee camp located in occupied East Jerusalem. Violations against the Palestinian Muslim community continued in the region with…
At least 18 Israeli settlers, again led by Rabbi Yehuda Glick and guarded by Israeli police, have stormed al-Aqsa mosque through the Moroccans’ gate.Israeli forces arrested, this morning, Ziad Abu…
45 Israeli settler students from Talmudic institutions stormed al-Aqsa, today, led by Israeli Rabbi Yehuda Glick.The settlers, backed by Israeli police, invaded the mosque from al-Maghareba Gate, as usual, and…
Israeli settlers have again stormed the courtyards of al-Aqsa mosque, on Tuesday, escorted by dozens of Israeli soldiers.Approximately 20 settlers broke into the mosque, through the Moroccan Gate, touring the…
Israeli rabbi Yehuda Glick has once again broken into al-Aqsa Mosque, Sunday morning, accompanied by a group of Israeli settlers. Protected by Israeli police, settlers stormed the mosque from al-Maghareba…
This morning, 160 settlers under the protection of Israeli police marched through the courtyards of al-Aqsa Mosque from the Mughrabi Gate.Director of Media at Aqsa Foundation for Waqf and Heritage,…
Israeli soldiers have again surfaced in recently publicized video footage, on Wednesday, as they violently beat a Palestinian elderly in al-Aqsa mosque compound, occupied Jerusalem.A number of soldiers appear in…
[Occupied Jerusalem, May 28, 2014] At least Five Palestinians were injured when more than 200 Israeli militants invaded the yards of the al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem. The Palestinians managed…
His holiness Pope Francis met on Monday [May 26, 2014] the Grand Mufti of Occupied Jerusalem and the Holy Land, Sheikh Mohammad Hussein, and various Jerusalemite Islamic and Christian leaders.He…