Sabri: “Digging near the Al Aqsa Mosque aims to gain control over it”
The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and Palestine, Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, slammed the Israeli digging near the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. He considers it part of an Israeli plan to…
Malaysia Demands UN Security Council to Intervene to Halt Digging in Jerusalem
On Tuesday Malaysia, a large Islamic country, called the UN Security Council to intervene to halt the Israeli authorities’ construction works at the Al-Aqsa mosque of east Jerusalem, which is…
Israel to Postpone Construction at the Al-Aqsa Mosque
Israel decided Monday to suspend construction of a new bridge near the Al-Aqsa mosque of Jerusalem, allowing the Israeli public to have their say, Jerusalem Mayor Uri Lupolianski said. However,…
Israeli police close Palestinian schools in Jerusalem, fearing protests
For the last week, while Israeli forces have been excavating a controversial area around the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, hundreds of schoolchildren have been denied access to education.For the last…
Israel continues excavating under Muslim holy site despite condemnations
Despite mounting condemnations by many worldwide bodies, Israeli bulldozers continued digging around the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in occupied east Jerusalem. The Israeli cabinet today deemed the excavations ‘necessary’. The decision,…
Arab residents of Israel call on UN to stop Jerusalem dig near the Al Aqsa Mosque
Several Arab leaders in Israel called on the international community to act against the Israeli digging near the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. The leaders said that East Jerusalem is…
Cairo to Pass a Bill Condemning Israeli Digging around Al-Aqsa Mosque
Cairo will be passing a bill at the upcoming Arab Foreign Ministers meeting, due to be held shortly, condemning in the strongest terms underway Israeli digging around the Al-Aqsa mosque…
Israeli police abducts Palestinian school students in Jerusalem
Israeli police has abducted a number of Palestinian high school students and injured some others in the old city of Jerusalem on Saturday morning. The school students organized a protest…
Lieberman demands harder response to protests against mosque digging
The extremist right-wing minister, Avigdor Lieberman, demanded that Israel should respond more severely to the protests against the digging Israel is conducting near the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.Lieberman, the…
Thousands protest in Nazareth against excavations near Al Aqsa Mosque
At least twenty-thousand Arab residents of Israel, residents of Nazareth city, protested on Friday against the Israeli excavations near the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.The protest took off after Friday…
Criticism of Israeli Actions in Jerusalem Continues as Israeli Army Attacks Worshippers
While Israeli army attacked Friday Muslim worshippers at the Al-Aqsa mosque in occupied east Jerusalem, more criticism has been reported against Israeli digging around the mosque, the third holiest site…
Israeli army and police attack Palestinian worshipers in Jerusalem
The Israeli army and police attacked the Palestinian worshipers inside the Aqsa mosque in the old city of Jerusalem on Friday. Eyewitnesses stated that massive Israeli forces invaded the main…
Israel is still digging near the Al Aqsa Mosque, predicts Friday protests
On Thursday, Israeli bulldozers continued digging near the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. In the streets, thousands of Palestinians continued their protest against the digging, and the Israeli police is…
Israeli Defense Minister Calls for Reconsidering Digging around Al-Aqsa Mosque
Israeli Defense Minister, Amir Perets, called Thursday his Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert to reconsider digging by Israeli bulldozers around the Al-Aqsa mosque in the occupied east Jerusalem. Perets expressed concern…
Supreme Judge calls for ‘day of outrage’ at Al-Aqsa excavations throughout Muslim world on Friday
Palestinian media sources reported on Thursday that the Supreme Judge of Palestine, Tayseer Al-Tamimi has called for the Muslim world to simultaneously express their outrage at the excavations being carried…
World Bodies Voice Concern over Israeli Actions in Jerusalem
Amidst continued digging by Israeli authorities around the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, several world bodies including states and organizations voiced concern over the actions, calling for their immediate halt. The…
Israeli Police deny Palestinians access to Al Aqsa and Old City, demolition continues
On Wednesday Israeli police restricted access to the Al Aqsa Mosque in the Old City of Jerusalem for the second consecutive day while controversial demolition is underway. Only Muslim men…
Israeli Police arrest Ra’ed Salah, head of Islamic Movement in Israel and a few others in Jerusalem
The Israeli department of archeology continued on Wednesday morning to bulldoze the Mugarbi road leading to the Al Aqsa mosque in the old city of Jerusalem. Palestinians living in Israel…
Jordan slams Israeli digging near Al Aqsa Mosque
King Abdullah of Jordan stated on Tuesday that the Israeli digging near the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem is considered an Israeli attack against one of the sacred Muslim holy…
11 arrested protesting Al-Aqsa excavation ; J’lem comptroller: ‘Excavation permit illegal’
In the wake of the controversial demolition work which is being carried out by Israeli authorities near the holy Al Aqsa Mosque on Tuesday, Palestinian youths are taking to the…
Three Palestinian Resistance Groups Vow to Retaliate to Israeli Actions in Jerusalem
Three Palestinian resistance groups warned Sunday of Israeli constructions beneath the Al-Aqsa mosque in the occupied east Jerusalem, vowing they would heighten resistance against the Israeli occupation. The three groups…
Jordanian Monarch Warns of Israeli Constructions beneath Al-Aqsa Mosque
The King of Jordan, Abdullah II, warned Sunday of harm to the holy Islamic sites of Jerusalem, condemning all Israeli attempts to damage the Al-Aqsa mosque, especially the road leading…
Israeli settlers overtake houses in close proximity to Al Aqsa Mosque
Abdel Halim lives as a prisoner, within dark rooms that sun does not reach, behind bars and high walls. But this is not a prison, it is an Israeli military…
Israeli PM grants license to build Jewish synagogue at door of Muslim Quarter near Al Aqsa Mosque
The current Israeli Prime Minister and former Mayor of Jerusalem is achieving his dream to further Judaize the Palestinian capital. Ehud Olmert has granted a license for a Jewish synagogue…
Construction of new synagogue begins on stolen Palestinian land in east Jerusalem
Residents of occupied East Jerusalem's Old City are requesting international assistance as Israeli forces move forward with plans to build a Jewish Synagogue in the heart of the Palestinian area.…
Beit Sahour begins Christmas celebration in the midst of economic depression
Dozens of residents of Beit Sahour, near Bethlehem in the West Bank, gathered on Saturday evening in front of the Municipality building, in the center of the town, to light…
Bethlehem safe, and ready for Christmas
This is an interview conducted by Najeeb Farraj, Palestine News Network, with the Palestinian Minister of Tourism, Jouda Morqus, in Bethlehem. Palestinian Minister of Tourism, Jouda Morqus, said that Bethlehem…
Muslim worshippers attacked by Israeli police in Jerusalem
Thousands of Palestinian Muslims flocked to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem today to celebrate Lailat al-Qadr, one of the holiest days in the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. They were…
Jerusalem grand Mufti warns of attacks against the Al Aqsa Mosque
Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and the Holy Land, Skeikh Mohammad Hussein Khateeb, warned that any attack by extremist Jewish groups against the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem could lead the…
Hebron commemorates anniversary of massacre in Ibrahimi mosque
It was 13 years ago on this, the fifteenth day of Ramadan, that Dr. Baruch Goldstein walked into Al Haram Al Ibrahimi Mosque in the southern West Bank's Hebron and…
Israeli settlers take over Hebron mosque under armed protection of Israeli soldiers
Today in the southern West Bank's Hebron District a heavily armed group of Israeli settlers broke into the Halhoul Village Mosque and began performing Jewish religious services. Official Palestinian sources…
As Ramadan begins, Israeli forces close Ibrahimi mosque in Hebron to Muslims
The Israeli troops stationed inside the Ibrahimi mosque in the occupied Palestinian town of Hebron, apparently disturbed by an increase in worshippers entering the mosque since the Muslim holy month…
Palestinian Islamic Justice criticizes Pope’s speech; says attacks on churches counter to Islam
Chief Islamic Justice for Palestine, Sheikh Taysir Al Tamimi, said Monday that attacks on churches in Palestine and anywhere in the Islamic world contravene the teachings of Islam, and that…
Israeli forces attack Palestinians trying to pray at Al-Aqsa Mosque
Israeli soldiers in al-Ram neighborhood at the edge of occupied Jerusalem opened fire at West Bank Palestinians trying to enter Jerusalem to attend the Friday prayers at the Aqsa Mosque.…
Israeli violations in occupied Jerusalem
The Jerusalem Center for Democracy and Human Rights issued its report for the month of July on Israeli violations in the Governorate of Occupied Jerusalem. A sample of the report…
Israeli Supreme Court decides to allow Jewish extremist groups into Al Aqsa Mosque
Top Islamic leaders, including Chief Islamic Justice Sheikh Taysir Al Tamimi, are meeting in Jerusalem today to discuss yesterday’s decision by the Israeli Supreme Court to allow members of Jewish…
Israeli police fire stun grenades, tear gas at worshippers in Al-Aqsa Mosque
Israeli police, who control the entry to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, have been preventing anyone under 40 years old from praying on Thursday and Friday, today firing tear gas…
Muslim leaders warn of renewed threats against Al-Aqsa Mosque by extreme Jewish groups
The Mufti of Jerusalem and Palestine, Sheikh Mohammed Hussein, along with two Arab members in the Israeli parliament, have called upon the Arab and Muslim community to stand up to…
Israel’s Wall Construction destroys 120-year old monastery, winery
On terraced fields under the summer sun and the watchful eyes of a small group of Italian priests, weather-beaten workers tend vines ready for transformation into a light Chardonnay, a…
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…