Jerusalem Muslim cleric ‘relieved’ of duties
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday issued a surprise presidential decree relieving the Mufti of Jerusalem, Sheikh Ekrema Sabri, of his duties, saying that he had reached the pension age. …
Muslim leader condemns Jewish desecration of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem
Palestinian chief justice Sheikh Tayseer Al-Tamimi has scathingly condemned the most recent invasion of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third most holy site in Islam, by Jewish extremists protected by Israeli…
Palestinian negotiator slams Israeli decision to allow Jews to enter al-Aqsa mosque
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat Thursday denounced a decision of Israeli police to allow extremist Jews to enter the al-Aqsa mosque in East Jerusalem, the third-holiest site in Islam, and…
Jewish youth attack Palestinian Mosque in Akka
In the Jewish suburbs of Akka, a largely Palestinian city inside Israeli borders — a place where Israeli flags regularly fly overhead, incensing the Palestinian-Israeli population, Jewish youth attacked the…
30ft high Jerusalem wall bars the path of Christian pilgrims on Easter
Pilgrims wishing to follow in the footsteps of Jesus to Jerusalem from the place where he raised Lazarus from the dead will soon need their own miracle, as the ancient…
Islamic leaders: `“Israel building synagogue under Al-Aqsa Mosque`
The General Mufti of Jerusalem and Palestine, Sheikh Ikrema Sabri, said that Israeli occupation authorities are secretly building a synagogue under the holy Al- Aqsa Mosque. Sheikh Sabri said that…
Illegal Israeli Digging Beneath Western Wall of Al Aqsa Mosque Continues
Israeli construction companies, with support from Israeli armed forces, have resumed digging underneath the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, apparently in a bid to undermine the foundations of the ancient mosque…
Israelis indicted for attack on Christian holy site in Nazareth
An Israeli couple and their daughter were indicted on Thursday for trying to set fire to the Basilica of the Annuciation in Nazareth, one of the holiest sites in Christendom.…
Joint Muslim-Christian statement condemns attacks on Holy Sites, caricatures of Prophet Mohammed
After a Mass meeting held Monday in Jerusalem in which Moslem and Christian religious leaders participated, the group issued a statement condemning the attack on the Basilica of the Annunciation…
Israeli Kadima party using ancient ‘Red Mosque’ in Safad as party headquarters
The Kadima ruling party has joined a long list of Israeli official and popular institutions that have taken mosques inside Israel, many left empty after the Palestinian population was expelled…
Orthodox Patriarch demoted to monk
The Orthodox Church has decided to demote Irineos, its former Patriarch of Jerusalem, to the rank of simple monk. Irineos, who has been accused of selling Church land in the…
Orthodox Church leaders select a temporal patriarch
Leaders of the Greek Orthodox Church in the Holy Land unanimously selected on Monday Archbishop Cornelios, the head of the church’s ecclesiastical court, as a temporary replacement for the embattled…
Istanbul’s highest Orthodox convention dismisses patriarch Irineos I
The highest Christian convention of Orthodox Patriarchs decided Tuesday to dismiss Jerusalem Patriarch Irineos I over responsibility for the latest major Jerusalem property deal with Jewish investors. 13 of the…
Jewish settlers behind Greek Orthodox patriarchate land deal
The viscous deal between the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate and ‘Jewish investors’ in which major property in Omar Ben Al-Khatab square in Jerusalem was presumably sold, was reportedly made by settler…
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew recognizes dismissal of Irineuos
The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew recognized dismissal of the Jerusalem Patriarch Irineuos for his involvement in selling the church property in the old city of Jerusalem to Jewish Investors. Patriarch Bartholomew,…
Dozens injured, one seriously in Jerusalem
Monday before noon, dozens of residents were injured in the old city of Jerusalem, one seriously, after the army attacked hundreds of residents who gathered in the area. A local…
Greek Orthodox Church dismisses patriarch
Dismissed Greek Orthodox Patriach Irinous I returned, under police protection, to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher Friday night. Irinous I managed to enter the church, but most bishops have…
Report: Patriarch sold J’lem property to win Israel’s approval
The Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem sold properties inside the Jaffa Gate to a Jewish company to prove to Israel that he does not sympathize with Palestinians and the PLO,…
Ten injured near the Church of the Holy Sepulcher
{mosimage}Friday afternoon, at least ten Palestinian residents were injured after the Israeli police and soldiers attacked them with clubs in the yard of the church of the Holy Sepulcher in…
More Documents on Greek Orthodox Church Jerusalem’ bargain revealed
{mosimage}Reporter Kliman Lipskind, from Israeli newspaper Ma’areev, revealed Friday the original documents concerning the Jerusalem property deal between the Greek Orthodox Church and Jewish investors, saying the documents will be…
Sheikh Yousif released
Israelipolice released Monday Sheikh Hassan Yousif after being detained for few hours for entering Jerusalem without a permit. Israeli Police detain Sheikh Hassan Yousif Israeli police Sunday detained a Hamas…
Jews threaten, Moslems prevented
Against Israeli security and police expectations, tens of thousands of Muslim worshippers peacefully concluded weekly prayers in Haram Al-Sharif in Jerusalem on Friday. Amid high alerts of a possible attack…
Arab Orthodox conference calls Patriarch Irinious I ‘a traitor’
In a conference held in the city of Nazareth on Thursday night, the local Roman Orthodox denomination accused Patriarch Irinuis I of selling church properties to the Jewish Agency and…
Rabbis renew call to soldiers to disobey pullout orders
The Rabbis’ Union for the People and Land of Israel, headed by former Israeli chief rabbis Mordechai Eliyahu and Avraham Shapira, called Thursday security forces to refuse orders to evacuate…
`“Increasing threats against Al-Aqsa Mosque`
The Israeli police revealed that extremist Jewish groups are considering bombings at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem; and decided to increase police force at the mosque area. Yedioth Ahronoth, an Israeli…
Pope John Paul II died Saturday at age 84
Vatican officials confirmed the death of Pope John Paul II, who led the Roman Catholic Church for more than 25 years, on Saturday at night, at the age of 84.…
Jordan: We will revoke all powers of attorney given to Orthodox Church
Jordan will revoke all powers of attorney given to the Orthodox Church and it will work to cancel the sales deals carried out recently by the Church, Palestinian sources reported…
Fleeing Greek Orthodox treasurer says Patriarch Irinuos blessed, signed the deal
The former Greek Orthodox Church treasurer Nicolas Papadimos, who fled the country after concluding a deal selling major church property in Jerusalem to Jewish investors, told Tuesday a Greek newspaper…
Israeli police bar right wingers from entering Haram Al-Sharif
The Israeli police said that it issued a gag order barring activists of an Israeli right wing group decided to rally and enter Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem on April 10th,…
Protestors in Nazareth call the Greek Orthodox Patriarch to Step Down
Thousands of Palestinians from Nazareth area in the upper Galilee took the streets of the city protesting the alleged sales deal though which the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate sold major church…
Top Greek Orthodox Church leader calls Patriarch Irinous to step down
The General Secretary of the Greek Orthodox Chruch Archbishop Arastachios called Thursdays Patriarch Irinous to resign following the scandal of a ‘viscous’ land bargain in Jerusalem, through which major church…
PA to investigate the Greek Orthodox Church’ Jerusalem bargain
The Palestinian cabinet decided Saturday to for a committee to investigate the selling of Omer Ben Al-Khatab square in East Jerusalem to Jewish investors. Most of the sold property belongs…
Greek Orthodox Church sold a Jerusalem’ square to Jewish investors
Israeli newspaper Ma’ariv revealed in a report published on Friday that the Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem secretly sold Omar Ben Al-Khatab square to Jewish investors. The square includes restaurants,…
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef: Sharon is evil, God will strike him
In a pre-Purim sermon at a Jerusalem synagogue, Shas party spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef slammed Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his disengagement plan. ‘What a cruel and evil…
Israeli security: an Attack on Haram Al-Sharif more likely than on Sharon
The Israeli Knesset discussed on Wednesday the threats against Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem after the Shabak and other security devices warned of a possible attack by extremist Jewish groups in…
Israeli Police want NIS 61 million to counter Haram Al-Sharif threats
The Israeli police is demanding an additional NIS 61 million to counter increasingly grave threats of an attack by Jewish extremists on Haram Al_Sharif in Jerusalem. In recent weeks, Israeli…
Jewish Extremists escalate threats against Al-Aqsa mosque
The Israeli media revealed on Thursday that the Israeli security received lately several warnings that extremist right wing Jewish groups are planning to cary out bombings in Al-Aqsa mosque in…