Category: Jerusalem

The East Jerusalem neighborhoods of Ras Shehada, Ras Khamis, Dahyat A’salam and the Shufat refugee camp, which are cut off from the rest of the city by the separation wall,…

[Monday, March 17, 2014] Israeli police have closed the gates leading to Al Aqsa Mosque, in Jerusalem, and banned Palestinians under 50 years of age from entering, giving rise to…

[Sunday, March 16, 2014] Israeli special forces stormed the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, injuring a number of worshipers on Sunday morning, according to witnesses. Eyewitnesses said that soldiers entered the compound…

In 2008, HP was awarded a $74 million contract by the Israeli Ministry of Interior to manufacture five million biometric ID cards, which contain advanced technology which allows the Israeli…

Israeli occupation forces re-arrested, Thursday at dawn, freed ex-prisoner Midhat al-Isawi from al-Isawiyya village, in occupied Jerusalem. Wadi Helwa Information Centre reported that Israeli forces abducted Midhat, brother of the…

Israeli occupation forces, on Friday, prevented Palestinian men under the age of 40 from entering the al-Aqsa Mosque to observe the Friday prayer. Israeli police had distributed a statement, earlier,…

Israeli bulldozers demolished, Wednesday morning, residential homes and barracks belonging to a Palestinian community in the East Jerusalem town of al-Eizariya.According to the Palestinian News Network (PNN), witnesses in Jerusalem…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Tuesday evening, March 12, 2014, five Palestinians, while wounding several others, after attacking a nonviolent procession denouncing the latest Israeli military escalation that claimed the lives…

The District court judge in Jerusalem cancelled, last Thursday, an indictment against the 19-year-old Ahmad Daoud Obeid, from the village of Esawyeh.The Wadi Hilweh Information Center reports that Mohammad Mahmoud,…

The Bureau of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People expressed concern over the recent developments and increased tensions in Occupied East Jerusalem, and…

Some 50,000 Palestinian residents of Jerusalem have been without water for three days, after their water supply was cut off, on Tuesday. The residents are from the Shufat refugee camp…

Eleven Palestinian women were hurt by tear gas inhalation, Saturday, when Israeli forces dispersed a demonstration marking International Women’s Day.Dozens of Palestinian women rallied, early Saturday, near Qalandia checkpoint between…

Late Thursday, Israeli forces raided the town of al-Isawiya , in east Jerusalem, and abducted several members of the family of former political prisoner and 266-day hunger striker Samer al-Issawi,…

64 Jewish settlers broke into Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, Thursday morning, under the protection of Israeli colonial police, witnesses said.Media coordinator of Al Aqsa Institute for Religious Trusts and…

[Wednesday, March 5, 2014] Dozens of Israeli settlers, accompanied by Israeli police, have again stormed the al-Aqsa Mosque, touring the facility while holding maps and documentations.Mahmoud Abu Atta, spokesperson of…

The Israeli Magistrates’ Court, in occupied Jerusalem, has sentenced Sheikh Raed Salah, head of the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement, to eight months imprisonment, and three years’ probation. He…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday [March 4, 2014], Silwan town in occupied East Jerusalem, broke into a number of homes, and kidnapped three Palestinian children. The Wadi Hilweh Information Center…

Israeli municipal authorities in Jerusalem are planning to require mosques to lower the volume of the Muslim call to prayer, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem said in a statement, Sunday.…

The District court sentenced, on Wednesday, two Jerusalemite children to prison terms of 9 and 6 months. Silwanic reports that according to Amjad Abu Asab, director of Jerusalemites detainees and…

Israeli police said they will limit access for Muslim men to Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound during Friday prayers to prevent possible clashes following services.Photo: Israeli security forces stand guard at…

The Israeli Supreme Court approved, on Monday [February 26, 2014], the appeal submitted by the public prosecution against the district court’s decision to imprison 21-year-old Mohammad Abdullah Mahmoud for 6…

Israeli occupation authorities forced the al-Sha’er family, on Wednesday, to demolish a garage in their house. The house’s owner, Lu’ai al-Sha’er, said that occupation authorities forced him to demolish the…

Israeli occupation bulldozers, on Tuesday, leveled a grab-threatened land in the al-Tur Mountain area in occupied east Jerusalem.Al Ray reports that Israeli authorities had handed the Abu Al-Hawa family a…

[Tuesday Morning, February 25, 2014] Palestinian medical sources have reported that at least twenty Palestinians have been wounded, after undercover soldiers of the Israeli army invaded the yards of Al-Aqsa…

[Tuesday, February 25, 2014] A Palestinian detainee from occupied Jerusalem died, in an Israeli hospital, of injuries suffered nearly two weeks ago, after Israeli soldiers violently assaulted him while at…

Israeli forces and civil administration officers issued demolition and eviction orders to 40 Palestinian families in East Jerusalem, late Sunday.Popular committee spokesman Hani Halabiya told Ma’an News Agency that civil…

A Palestinian prisoner, held in a Beersheba prison for driving without a license, has been hospitalized following an assault by Israeli prison guards, his family said on Friday.Jihad Abd al-Rahman,…

Israeli police, on Thursday, took an engineer and three of his staff for fixing a run-down water pipe inside al-Aqsa Mosque compound, in the Old City of Jerusalem, according to…

A group of settlers, with Israeli intelligence and police officers, stormed the al-Aqsa Mosque compound, on Tuesday, through Bab al-Magharbeh gate.Jewish religious leaders have recently called the settlers to participate…

[Wednesday at Dawn, February 19, 2014] A number of Israeli settlers punctured the tires of more than 30 Palestinian cars, and wrote racist graffiti on a number of walls in…

[Tuesday Evening, February 18, 2014] The Israeli Police in occupied Jerusalem kidnapped a Palestinian photojournalist, identified as Mohammad Abed-Rabbo, over a Facebook post and picture he shared. Abed Rabbo was…

[Tuesday Evening, February 18, 2014] Israeli soldiers invaded the yards of the al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem, and neighborhoods in the city, and kidnapped seven young Palestinian men.Nasser Qous,…

The Palestinian Authority and Hamas issued a warning, on Sunday, of Israeli plans to impose sovereignty on al Asqa Mosque in Jerusalem.The PNN reports that Palestinian Minister for Religious Affairs,…

Israel plans to build a Jewish tourist center, in East Jerusalem, on private Palestinian land, a local information center said, Tuesday.Wadi Hilweh Information Center said, in a statement, that the…

The Ayyad family, owners of the Cliff Hotel, located in Abu Dis, to the southeast of Jerusalem, managed on Sunday to stop the construction of a stretch in the segregation…

Israeli television Channel 7 has announced that the Israeli occupation municipality in Jerusalem approved, on Friday, the construction of 350 housing units in the settlement of Talpiot, east Jerusalem.Originally translated…

In a meeting with nearly 170 Israeli college students, at his office in the central West Bank city of Ramallah, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said that the Palestinian Authority does…

Israeli authorities, Sunday, completely cut off the water supply of 14 houses in the old city of Jerusalem, under the pretext of accumulated debts, bringing the number of houses without…

Thousands of young Israeli hardliners marched, on Thursday, to demand that the government build new settler homes in E1, a highly sensitive strip of West Bank land near Jerusalem. (AFP/Ma’an)…

Israeli forces arrested a number of youth, including children, on Wednesday, in the old city of Jerusalem, serving demolition orders to several citizens in Silwan town.Al Ray reports that the…

[Jerusalem – February 13 2014] Palestinian activists held a protest in front of the European Union office, in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, demanding an end to the illegitimate Israeli policies of…

[Thursday Morning, February 13, 2014] Israeli soldiers attacked and fired gas bombs at dozens of schoolchildren in Silwan town, in occupied East Jerusalem, leading to dozens of injuries, Wadi Hilweh…

[Wednesday at Dawn, February 11, 2014] Israeli soldiers invaded a Palestinian home in the neighborhood of al-Bustan, in Silwan town, occupied Jerusalem, kidnapped a father and his son, and injured…

[Tuesday Evening, February 11, 2014] Local sources in occupied Jerusalem have reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped five Palestinian children in different areas of occupied East Jerusalem.The sources said that the…

[Monday Morning, February 10, 2014] Local sources have reported that the Israeli police demolished two Palestinian homes in Silwan and Jabal al-Mokabber, in occupied East Jerusalem.Resident Mohammad Hasan Sawahra, 38,…

[Monday at Dawn, February 10, 2014] A number of Israeli settlers invaded the Wad Yasoul area in Silwan town, occupied East Jerusalem, punctured tires of 30 Palestinian vehicles, and sprayed…

Sunday Evening [February 9, 2014] Israeli sources have reported that a hareidi (conservative orthodox) Jewish man was stabbed near the Damascus Gate, in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem.Israeli…

Jerusalem – A video, captured by Rami Alarya of the Alqods Independent Media Center, showed a number of Israeli soldiers assaulting a Palestinian child, on Friday evening [February 4 2014],…

An Israeli was killed after a car bomb exploded on Saturday evening, in south Tel Aviv.Israeli sources reported that the explosion targeted a car on Sheshet Hayamim (Six Days) street,…

At least 18 Palestinians were injured when Israeli forces clashed with Palestinian worshipers after prayers, in the al-Aqsa compound, on Friday.Dozens of Israeli soldiers raided the compound, firing tear gas…

[Wednesday, February 5, 2014] Member of the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, strongly denounced Israel’s approval of an additional 349 units of Jewish settlements…

[Wednesday, February 05, 2014] Ahmad Sob-Laban, a Palestinian researcher specializing in Israeli settlement activities, stated that Israel is preparing to expand the Maaleh Zeitim illegal settlement, built in the heart…

[Wednesday, February 05, 2014] The Israeli government of Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, approved the construction of 558 additional units in illegal Israeli settlements, in occupied Jerusalem.The Jerusalem City Council announced…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday morning [February 5, 2014], the town of Sur Baher, south of occupied East Jerusalem, demolished one home, and partially demolished another.The Palestinian News & Info…

[Tuesday Evening, February 4, 2014] Israeli soldiers kidnapped five young Palestinian men in occupied East Jerusalem after harassing and assaulting them.Local sources have reported that a number of soldiers harassed…

14 Israeli settlers, led by Rabbi Yehuda Glick, stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque on Sunday morning, and toured its courtyards. Media coordinator for the al-Aqsa Foundation for Waqf and Heritage, Mahmoud Abu…

[Jerusalem – Saturday, February 01, 2014] Lawyer of the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees, Tareq Barghouth, visited two Palestinians who were shot and wounded by Israeli military fire before army dogs…

Two Palestinian youth were shot and injured by Israeli forces, early Friday, at a checkpoint east of Jerusalem, in the West Bank, according to witnesses.Witnesses told Ma’an News Agency that…

Al Aqsa Foundations for Heritage and Waqf has warned against attempts by Israeli occupation forces to install surveillance cameras on al-Aqsa mosque’s northern wall, and this in addition to the…

[Wednesday Evening, January 29, 2014] Eyewitnesses said that Israeli soldiers invaded the al-Isawiyya town, in occupied East Jerusalem, and kidnapped seven Palestinians, including a young woman. Dozens of residents have…

Jerusalemite Ubaida Asaid, age 16, has begun an open-ended hunger strike to protest against transferring him to Ofek criminal jail.The father of the boy said that the IPS transferred his…

Israeli media sources reported Tuesday [January 28, 2014] that the Israeli Internal Security managed to uncover a “Hamas cell” in occupied East Jerusalem, and that its members planned attacks in…

[Monday Morning, January 27, 2014] Israeli soldiers invaded Al-Isawiyya neighborhood and Beit Hanina town, in occupied Jerusalem, and demolished three Palestinian homes.Mohammad Abu al-Hummus, of the Follow-up Committee in al-Isawiyya,…

[Saturday Evening, January 26, 2014] Palestinian sources have reported that several Israelis hurled stones at Palestinian cars driving on Road 1, in occupied Jerusalem; injuries have been reported.The sources stated…

Israeli Minister of Housing and Construction, Uri Ariel, of the ‘Jewish Home’ fundamentalist party, a senior member of Israel’s settler-led government, has called for the ‘rebuilding’ of what he calls…

Israeli police have ordered Khalid al-Zir, a resident of Silwan neighborhood in East Jerusalem, to remove a tent which he and other Jerusalem residents had set up the night before…

[Thursday, January 23, 2014] In a Wednesday press release, the Ministry of Higher Education denounced the Israeli army attack against Al-Quds University, for desecrating the sanctity of the institution, obstructing…

[Wednesday, January 22, 2014] Palestinian medical sources have reported that dozens of students have been injured at Al-Quds University, in Abu Dis town of occupied East Jerusalem, after dozens of…

[Tuesday Evening, January 21, 2014] Palestinian Presidency spokesperson Nabil Abu Rodeina denounced a recent Israeli plan to build an additional 381 units of illegal Jewish settlements in occupied East Jerusalem.Abu…

[Monday, January 20, 2014] An Israeli force raided former prisoner Samer al-Issawi’s home in the Issawiyeh District of occupied east Jerusalem, local media said. Shireen al-Issawi, Samer’s sister, said that…

[Sunday, January 19, 2014] Officials of the Jerusalem City Council, accompanied by dozens of soldiers and police officers, invaded Silwan town, in occupied East Jerusalem, and handed out orders targeting…

Israeli municipality workers, on Sunday, distributed orders for the demolition of eight buildings in East Jerusalem, witnesses and residents told Ma’an News Agency. Notices were issued in the neighborhoods of…

[Thursday January 16, 2014] 22 Israeli settlers, escorted by occupation soldiers, stormed al-Aqsa yards on Thursday morning.Media coordinator for the al-Aqsa Foundation for Waqf and Heritage, Mahmoud Abu Atta, told…

The Al-Aqsa Foundation for Waqf and Heritage reports that Jewish groups have announced an ‘organizational structure’ for the alleged storming of Al Aqsa Mosque, on Thursday, to coincide with a…

Israeli authorities, on Wednesday, agreed to free two Palestinian Jerusalemites on the condition that they be deported from Jerusalem, a prisoners’ committee spokesman said.Amjad Abu Asab, a spokesman for a…

[Saturday January 11, 2014] Israeli sources have reported that an Israeli man, 30 years of age, was stabbed in the neck in occupied Jerusalem.The police said that the attacker fled…

Dozens of nonviolent Palestinian activists managed to stop a meeting that was taking place at the Ambassador Hostel in occupied Jerusalem, between Palestinian and Israeli officials, and said “normalization with…

[Thursday January 9, 2014] Six people from Jerusalem, Salfit, Jenin, Ramallah and Hebron were arrested by Israeli forces today, according to local and security sources. A Palestinian boy from Himza,…

[Sunday Morning, January 5, 2014] According to media sources, an Israeli settler violently assaulted a 12-year-old Palestinian girl who was on her way to school this morning, in the old…

[Friday January 3, 2014] Israeli soldiers kidnapped a young Palestinian woman in Bab Al-‘Amoud, in occupied East Jerusalem, allegedly after she tried to stab an Israeli soldier.According to Israeli Police…

[Thursday at Dawn, January 2, 2014] Israeli soldiers invaded Al-‘Ezariyya town, southeast of occupied East Jerusalem, and kidnapped one Palestinian. Local sources have reported that the soldiers violently broke into…

[Monday December 30, 2013] The West Jerusalem municipality has ordered Jerusalem area residents to demolish a newly-built mosque, Palestinian homes and parking garages, under the pretext of ‘unlicensed construction’, according…

[Friday Evening, December 27, 2013] Palestinian medical sources have reported that several residents have been wounded during clashes with Israeli soldiers invading the towns of Al-Ezariyya, Abu Dis, Anata and…

[Wednesday December 25, 2013] Israeli police have arrested two students attending an outdoor class session at Al-Aqsa Mosque, in Jerusalem, on Wednesday.WAFA reports that the students were arrested following a…

Hundreds of undocumented African migrants, on Monday [December 16, 2013], began a protest march to Jerusalem after fleeing a detention center in the south where they were being held.(Ma’an) The…

[Saturday Evening, December 21, 2013] Palestinian medical sources have reported that a Palestinian child has died of severe injuries sustained after being rammed by an Israeli settler’s car, near Al-Isawiyya…

[Wednesday, December 18, 2013] Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded Silwan town and the Old City, of occupied East Jerusalem, kidnapping five Palestinians, including three children.Local sources have reported that dozens…

[Tuesday Evening, December 10, 2013] Eyewitnesses state that a young Palestinian man was moderately hurt after being stabbed by an Israeli settler in Jaffa Road, in West Jerusalem, the Milad…

Jerusalem – The Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies and Human Rights has reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday [December 10, 2013] a Palestinian woman identified as Nadia Lufty Abu…

[Monday Evening, December 9, 2013] Several Israeli military jeeps invaded the Al-Isawiyya town, in occupied East Jerusalem, and broke into the home of detainee Samer Al-Eesawy; clashes have been reported.Eyewitnesses…

[Friday, December 6, 2013] Palestinian medical sources have reported that dozens of Palestinian worshipers from the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem, have been treated for the effects of teargas inhalation…

The Israeli police said that it arrested five Palestinian children from Sur Baher town, south of occupied East Jerusalem, on suspicion of throwing stones at a settler’s vehicle, causing an…

Tuesday morning [December 3, 2013] A group of Israeli settlers invaded the yards of Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem, while Israeli soldiers kidnapped two Palestinians.Head of the Media Unit…

[Saturday, November 30, 2013] Adel Ameera, a Palestinian man from occupied East Jerusalem, was forced to demolish his own home in Sur Baher, south of the city, after an Israeli…

As Palestinian protesters took to the streets, Friday, to bring attention to the death of a Palestinian child at an Israeli military checkpoint, Thursday, two protesters were shot with live…

Thursday Evening [November 28, 2013] A Palestinian child has died, as an ambulance transporting her to the Beit Jala Hospital, in the Bethlehem District, was delayed at an Israeli military…

[Wednesday Evening, November 27, 2013] Israeli soldiers and police officers kidnap three Palestinians, including two children, in occupied Jerusalem. Soldiers attack protesters near the city.Eyewitnesses state that the soldiers kidnapped…

The Al-Aqsa Foundation for Waqf and Heritage has reported [Sunday November 24, 2013] that several Israeli soldiers kidnapped two teachers and a student in the Al-Aqsa Mosque yard, and took…

Israeli soldiers attacked on Friday [November 22 2013] nonviolent Palestinian protesters at the Kabsa Junction, between the Al-Ezariyya, Abu Dis and Al-Isawiyya towns, in occupied East Jerusalem, and fired at…

[Wednesday Evening November 20 2013] Israeli soldiers invaded Silwan town, in occupied East Jerusalem, and kidnapped an 11-year-old child after alleging that he hurled stones at them.The child has been…