Jerusalem Woman Placed Under House Arrest
Four days after ongoing interrogation, Dina Qawwas, 41, the wife of the head of the Palestinian Prisons Society in Jerusalem, was released on a 15.000 NIS bail, and was placed…
Palestinian Residents of Israel Hold General Strike
Palestinian residents of Israel are holding a general strike, on Friday, marking the tenth anniversary of Ariel Sharon’s incursion of al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem.The Palestinians will commemorate the anniversary of…
Mitchell: “U.S. Efforts Will Continue To Ensure Resumption Of Talks”
U.S. Special Middle East Envoy, George Mitchell, stated Thursday that Washington is conducting extensive efforts to ensure the resumption of Palestinian-Israeli peace talks. His statements came following his meeting with…
Israeli Police Detains 12 Palestinians In Jerusalem
Israeli policemen detained, on Thursday, 12 Palestinians near the al-Aqsa Mosque and took them to unknown destinations. Eyewitnesses reported that the police violently attacked the residents during a protest against…
Israel Uses Expired Gas Bomb in Silwan
In a journalist conference held in Silwan tent on Wednesday, medics and lawyers reveled that Israeli army uses expired tear gas and sound bombs to suppress the demonstrations which happened…
Israeli Military Raids Houses In Jerusalem
The Israeli military launched large-scale raids of houses, Wendesday morning, in several neighbourhoods in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan, south of al-Aqsa mosque.The campaign resulted in the arrest of…
Israeli Police Close Roads In East Jerusalem Neighborhood After Renewed Clashes
In the Silwan neighborhood of East Jerusalem, on Tuesday, Israeli settlers assaulted Palestinian neighborhood residents, provoking a scuffle between Palestinians and Israeli settlers, according to local sources.Israeli police moved into…
Settlers Open Fire At Palestinian Homes In Jerusalem
A number of Jewish settlers, working as security guards, opened fire on Saturday at night at a number of Palestinian homes in Al Sa’diyya neighborhood, in occupied East Jerusalem; no…
Following The Killing of Jerusalem Infant, Clashes Renew Leading To Dozens Of Injuries
After an infant from Al Esawiyya in East Jerusalem died due to teargas inhalation on Friday, clashes were reported Saturday evening between dozens of residents and Israeli soldiers leading to…
Infant Dies In Jerusalem After Inhaling Gas Fired By The Army
Palestinian medical sources in occupied East Jerusalem reported that a 1–year-old infant died in Al Esawiyya town in occupied East Jerusalem after inhaling gas fired by the army at dozens…
Soldiers Break Into The Yards Of al-Aqsa Mosque; 15 Palestinians Wounded
Israeli soldiers broke on Wednesday evening into the yards of the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, clashed with dozens of Palestinian youths and arrested several Muslim worshipers; at least fifteen Palestinians…
Palestinians Riot In Jerusalem, Injuring Several Israelis, After Palestinian Killed
After a private Israeli security officer shot and killed a Palestinian man, riots broke out near the Old City of Jerusalem, in which several Israelis were pelted with stones thrown…
One Killed, another wounded by Private Security Guard in East Jerusalem
Riots have erupted in the Silwan neighborhood of East Jerusalem, on Wednesday, following the killing of a Palestinian man by an Israeli private security guard.Samer Sarhan, 32 years old, was…
Israeli troops demolish Palestinian home and barn in Jerusalem
In the latest of a series of demolitions, Israeli bulldozers demolished a house and a sheep farm in At-Toor neighborhood in Jerusalem, under the pretext that the buildings were built…
JCSER: “Bound Palestinian Shot To Death By Israeli Policemen”
The Documentation and Research Unit at the Jerusalem Center for Social and Economic Rights (JCSER) reported Saturday that the Palestinian resident from Jerusalem who was shot by an Israeli soldiers…
Israel Starts Preparations To Construct A Bridge Adjacent To Al Aqsa Mosque
The Al Aqsa Foundation for Waqf and Heritage issued a statement on Thursday evening revealing that the Israeli Authorities started preparations for the construction of a bridge at the Mughrabi…
Netanyahu, Abbas Meet In Jerusalem
At his Jerusalem home, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, held his first official meeting with Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas; U.S. secretary of state, Hilary Clinton, and U.S. Middle East Peace…
Netanyahu, Abbas To Meet In Jerusalem
Direct Palestinian-Israeli talks will be resumed Wednesday by a meeting that brings together Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu; the meeting will be held at Netanyahu’s…
Fundamentalist Jews Tear Quran Copies, Step On Them In Jerusalem
A group of fundamentalist Jews tore copies of the Muslim holy Quran in Jaffa Street in West Jerusalem, and deliberately stepped on them.The Maan News Agency reported that resident Mohammad…
Settlers Break Into The Yards Of The Al Aqsa Mosque
Local sources reported that nearly 130 settlers broke into the yards of the Al Aqsa mosque on Monday morning while the Israeli police kept the Palestinians away. The settlers broke…
250 thousand Palestinians pray in Jerusalem this Friday
At least 250 thousand Palestinians prayed in the Aqsa Mosque and the surrounding yards on the last Friday of the Muslim Holy month of Ramadan, Palestinian media sources reported. Israeli…
East Jerusalem Neighborhood Attacked By Israeli Soldiers; At Least 4 Detained
The Silwan neighborhood, which has been the site of an Israeli municipal plan to rid the neighborhood of its Palestinian residents, came under fire once again on Monday when Israeli…
Court rules that Israeli soldiers wrongly killed 10-year old girl; family vows justice
The family of a 10-year old girl shot and killed by Israeli soldiers in 2007 have vowed to bring the soldiers responsible to trial, after an Israeli court ruled Monday…
Israeli forces desecrate 200 graves in Muslim cemetery; injure Sheikh with bulldozer
A Jerusalem Sheikh who tried to stand in the way of Israeli bulldozers demolishing a Muslim cemetery was injured Tuesday, as the Israeli government continued the desecration of hundreds of…
Sheikh Salah Denied Access To Jerusalem For Additional Three Months
The Islamic Movement reported, Thursday, that the commander of the so-called “Israeli Front Command” of the army, issued a new decision preventing the imprisoned head of the northern branch of…
15 Graves in the Mamilla Cemetery, Jerusalem, Desecrated
Upwards of 15 graves in the Mamilla Cemetery, West Jerusalem, have been destroyed by bulldozers working on behalf of the Jerusalem Municipality, under police protection.The cemetery is a current site…
40 New Settlement Units Approved For East Jerusalem
Israel, on Monday, approved construction of forty new settlement housing units in the Pisgat Ze’ev settlement in occupied East Jerusalem.Each of the four buildings will house ten new apartments, and…
Settlers Take Home In The Old City, East Jerusalem
Settlers, with the protection of police, invaded a building in the Old City.Early Thursday morning settlers and police stormed a building in the Old City of East Jerusalem and evicted…
Jerusalem: Accused Torturer Set To Head Police- Arab Relations
The former military interrogator known as ‘Captain George’ has been appointed the director of Arab affairs for the Jerusalem District Police.The post includes responsibilities such as being a liaison between…
JCSER: “Hundreds of Palestinians Losing Residency Rights In Jerusalem”
The Jerusalem Center for Social and Economical Rights (JCSER) issued a report detailing the latest numbers of Palestinians who lost their residency rights in occupied East Jerusalem due to Israeli…
Palestinians In Jerusalem Feeling Abandoned
With the specter of more housing demolitions and the ‘Judaification’ of East Jerusalem, leaders are looking for help where they can.The official in charge of Jerusalem affairs for Fatah has…
Israel Looks For ‘Legal’ Way To Unused Land In East Jerusalem
Depending on a future court ruling, city leadership would have a way to take properties belonging to individuals who moved to ‘enemy states’ or the Palestinian territories.The Attorney General told…
Israel demolishes more homes in East Jerusalem
Six structures were destroyed by Israeli authorities Tuesday, the first since the settlement construction ‘freeze’ put in place last year.The rubble where homes, and other structures, used to be, represents…
Palestinian Legislator Faces Jail Time For Not Abandoning His Home
Hamas official, Abu Tir was ordered to leave Jerusalem and move to the West Bank. He refused and was arrested last week, bringing policies towards Hamas and ethnic cleansing in…
32 Units Approved In Pisgat Ze’ev
Less that one week after the meeting between U.S. President Barack Obama, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli “Construction and Planning Committee” at the Jerusalem Municipality approved, Monday,…
Charges Dropped Against Soldier Who Shot Man, Child In East Jerusalem
The Israeli prosecution decided to drop all charges against a settler-soldier who shot and wounded a Palestinian man and a child in Wadi Hilwa area, in Silwan in occupied East…
Three Peace Activists Detained In Sheikh Jarrah
Israeli soldiers kidnapped three peace activists in Sheikh Jarrah, a Palestinian neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem during the weekly protest against occupation and extremist settlers who took over Arab homes…
Neturei Karta Members Visit Jerusalem Protest Tent
Members of the Neturei Karta religious Jewish organization that opposes Zionism visited the protest tent of Palestinian legislators from Jerusalem to show solidarity and express rejection to Israel’s intention to…
Soldiers, Policemen, Carried Out 50 Attacks In Jerusalem in June
The Land Research Center In Jerusalem reported that Israeli soldiers and policemen conducted 50 documented attacks against the Palestinian residents of occupied East Jerusalem, and their property, during the month…
Jerusalem Legislator Receives Extended Detention from Israel
An Israeli court decided Sunday to extend the remand of Jerusalem lawmaker Mohammad Abu Teir, of the Hamas party, until July 12. The prosecution is demanding the expulsion of Abu…
Hamas Legislators Hold Protest Against Deportation Orders
Elected Hamas legislators in Jerusalem started a protest against Israel’s order to expel them from Jerusalem, and will likely escalate their protest to a hunger Strike.Engineer Khaled Abu Arafa, former…
Zahalka: “Deporting Jerusalem Legislators, Part of Israel’s Ethnic Cleaning of Palestinians”
Arab member of Knesset of the National Democratic Assembly party, Dr. Jamal Zahalka, stated that the kidnapping of the Palestinian legislator from Jerusalem, Mohammad Abu Teir, and the Israeli decision…
Netanyahu “Invites” Abbas To Visit Jerusalem
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, invited the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, to visit Jerusalem and hold direct talks with him.Netanyahu also said that he is willing to visit Ramallah to…
Army Kidnaps Hamas Legislator In Jerusalem, Prepares To Deport Him
Israeli soldiers and undercover forces, on Wednesday evening, kidnapped Hamas legislator from Jerusalem, Mohammad Abu Teir, and moved him to the al-Maskobiyya prison, in preparation to deport him along with…
Israeli Government Releases Blueprint For East Jerusalem ‘Master Plan’ Including Expulsion Of Arabs
Expanding on the Jerusalem master plans of 2006 and 2008, the Jerusalem Planning Committee of the Israeli Ministry of the Interior has released the text of a new ‘master plan’…
Several Palestinians Wounded In Renewed Protests in East Jerusalem
Palestinian medial sources in occupied East Jerusalem reported that dozens of residents were wounded by Israeli police fire and after being attacked by the police during clashes that took place…
Body Of Man Shot Dead on June 11, Exhumed For Forensic Examination
The boy of Ziad al-Julani, who was shot and killed by the Israeli army in Jerusalem on June 11, was exhumed, on Thursday after midnight, upon request of his family…
Israeli Court Begins Trial Against Palestinian Official For ‘Illegally Praying’ At al-Aqsa Mosque
Court proceedings began Wednesday morning in Jerusalem for Hatem Abdel Qader, the Palestinian Chief of Jerusalem Affairs. He was charged with ‘violating a military order’ preventing him from praying at…
Washington Asks For Clarifications Regarding Demolition Orders In Jerusalem
Israeli sources reported that senior U.S. officials asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for clarifications regarding Israel’s decision to demolish 22 Palestinian homes in Silwan neighborhood in East Jerusalem, in…
Jewish Businessmen Negotiating With Orthodox Patriarchate To Renew Jerusalem Land Leases
Israeli sources reported that a number of Jewish businessmen are holding talks with the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate in Jerusalem, controlled and dominated by the Orthodox Patriarchate in Greece, with the…
Israeli High Court Rejects Appeal Against Deporting Jerusalem Legislators
The Israeli High Court rejected an appeal, on Sunday, against deportation orders targeting three Palestinian legislators and a former minister from Jerusalem. Ahmad Attoun, a Palestinian Legislator affiliated with Hamas,…
As Mitchell Tries To Launch Talks, Israel To Demolish 22 Homes in Jerusalem
Amidst efforts to create a positive atmosphere for peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, Israel to discuss demolishing 22 Palestinian homes in occupied East Jerusalem.Last time Mitchell visited the…
Israel To Demolish Homes In Jerusalem
Workers of the Jerusalem municipality and officers of the Israeli Border Police broke into several homes, Thursday, that belong to the Salah family in Beit Safafa in East Jerusalem, and…
Israeli Media Report That Officers Shot Palestinian Lying On Ground
The official Israeli version of an incident last Friday, in which a Palestinian motorist from East Jerusalem was killed by Israeli border officers after a motor vehicle accident, has been…
Israeli Authorities Demolish Two Sheds In Jerusalem
Israeli authorities demolished on Tuesday two barracks that belong to Palestinians from Jerusalem, claiming they are built without the proper permits. Clashes erupted between Palestinian civilians and Israeli police who…
Palestinian Detainee Dies In Israeli Prison
The Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies reported Thursday that detainee Mohammad Abdul-Salaam Abdeen, 37, from al-Toor Palestinian neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem, died at the al-Ramla prison. The detainees was…
Israeli Court Orders Expulsion of Four Palestinian Officials From Jerusalem
On Friday, the Israeli Police informed Hamas political leaders, Mohammad Abu Teir, Mohammad Totah, Khalid Abu Arafa, and Ahmad Attoun, all from Jerusalem, that the High Court ordered their expulsion…
Soldiers Break Into Arab Hospital In East Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers and Border Policemen broke into the al-Makassed hospital in East Jerusalem in an attempt to arrest a wounded Palestinian but were forced out in a clash with local…
Four Residents Wounded By Settler Fire In Silwan
Four Palestinian residents were wounded by settler fire, on Saturday at night, in Silwan neighborhood, in East Jerusalem. Medical sources described their injuries as mild-to-moderate. Jawad Siyam of the Wadi…
Ten, Including A Pregnant Woman, Wounded In Jerusalem
Palestinian medical sources reported that ten residents, including a pregnant women, were wounded on Thursday at night by Israeli army fire during clashes that took place in Silwan town, near…
Israel Expels A Palestinian Legislator From Jerusalem
The Israeli Police decided, Thursday, to expel Palestinian Legislator, Mohammad Abu Teir, from occupied East Jerusalem and claimed that he lost his residency right in the city after he decided…
Soldiers Kidnap Children In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Thursday, at dawn several Palestinian children, aged 16-18, in al-Suwwana area, near the walls of occupied East Jerusalem.One of the kidnapped is Eyad al-Shalaby, the son…
154,000 Palestinians Of Jerusalem Isolated From The City
The al-Quds International Institution reported that the Israeli Authorities are continuing the construction of the annexation wall and Jewish settlements leading to the isolation of more than 154,000 Palestinians of…
Israeli Settler Attack A Palestinian Old Woman And Her Grandson In Jerusalem
An Israeli settler attacked a Palestinian old woman and her grandson, on Wednesday, in Beit Safafa neighborhood of east Jerusalem. Isaac Herkovic, an Israeli settler, took over the house of…
Israel Planning More Home Demolition, Evacuation In East Jerusalem
The Israeli government is planning to demolish and evacuate dozens of Palestinian homes and buildings in the Silwan and al-Bustan neighborhoods in occupied East Jerusalem. The plans were presented to…
The Israeli Police Attack Jerusalem’s Street Market
Israeli police officers attacked on Monday Palestinians street market at Jerusalem’s old city. Police officers confiscated the kiosks and assaulted their owners. This market is one of the oldest markets…
Israeli Police Detains 30 Left-wing Protestors In East Jerusalem
The Israeli police detained on Friday at least 30 left-wing protestors in Sheikh Jarrah Arab neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem. One protestor was evacuated to a Jerusalem hospital suffering cuts…
Settler Torch Olive Orchard In Silwan
A group of fundamentalist Israeli settlers torched, Wednesday night, an 11-Dunam olive orchard in al-Rababa valley, in Silwan, south of the Old City of Jerusalem.The Maan news Agency reported that…
U.S Slams Israel’s Decision To Demolish Palestinian Homes in Jerusalem
The United States denounced a statement by Yitzhak Aharonovich, Israel’s Internal Security Minister, who said that the government intends to demolish Palestinian homes in occupied East Jerusalem in the coming…
Netanyahu: “Jerusalem Is Ours, We Will Build And Develop It”
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, stated that Israel will always build and develop the city of Jerusalem is order to make it a “viable, developed and advanced city”.Netanyahu said the…
New Settlement Neighborhood In Occupied East Jerusalem
The Israeli government, headed by Benjamin Netanyahu of the Likud Party, approved the construction of 14 units in Maaleh David outpost, which is a new settlement neighborhood planned to be…
Settlers Storm Silwan Town In East Jerusalem
Dozens of Israeli settlers and hardliner Jewish supporters marched into the Palestinian town of Silwan on Tuesday in support of a settlement there. Israeli troops closed off streets leading to…
Israel Vows Accelerated Settlement Construction In East Jerusalem
The Israeli government vowed on Monday that settlement construction and expansion in and around occupied East Jerusalem will be accelerated, but did not present a time frame.In an interview with…
Settler Groups Modify 14 Units To Be Inhibited By settlers in East Jerusalem
Israeli Peace Now movement reported that several settler organizations started recently modification work in an old police station in Ras Al Amoud Arab neighborhood in East Jerusalem, in order to…
Former Minister: “Israel Wants to Remove Palestinians From Jerusalem”
Former Jerusalem Affairs Minister at the Palestinian Authority Engineer, Khalid Abu Arafa, stated that Israel aims at removing all Palestinians out of Jerusalem in order to ensure at least a…
Nine Wounded In Silwan
Palestinian medical sources reported Wednesday that nine Palestinians were wounded during clashes with Israeli soldiers, undercover forces and policemen in Silwan town, south of the Al Aqsa mosque in occupied…
Under Police Protection; Settlers Occupy Home In Beit Safafa
Enjoying Israeli police protection, a group of fundamentalist settlers occupied a Palestinian home in Beit Safafa town, in East Jerusalem, and raised Israeli flags on top of it “to declare…
Villagers Organize An Anti Wall Protest In Al Walaja Village
Villagers along with international supporters gathered on Friday in Al-Walaja village near Jerusalem to protest the Israeli wall being built on their lands. The Israeli army resumed woke at this…
JCSER: “In 2008, Israeli Stripped Residency Rights Of 4672 Palestinians”
The Jerusalem Center for Social and Economic Rights (JSCER) published a report revealing that Israel stripped the residency rights of 4672 Palestinians in 2008 comparing to stripping residency rights of…
Settlers Attack A Palestinian Worker In Jerusalem
A group of Israeli settlers attacked on Tuesday late at night a Palestinian worker in Jerusalem’s old city, Palestinian media reported on Wednesday. Yasser Rabayiaa, 35 years old, was on…
Scuffle Reported Between Residents And Israeli Troops In East Jerusalem Neighborhood
A scuffle erupted between Palestinian residents and Israeli troops in Silwan East Jerusalem neighborhood on Tuesday. Witnesses told local media that troops gathered at Silwan and provoked local youth, a…
Hundreds Of New Settler Homes In Jerusalem
The Islamic Christian Commission in Support of Jerusalem and Holy Sites announced on Monday Israel’s intentions to build 321 new settler homes in East Jerusalem. The new homes which will…
At Least Five Palestinians Wounded In East Jerusalem
Palestinian medical sources reported Sunday that at least five Palestinians, including a medic, were wounded by rubber-coated bullets fired by the Israeli army at protestors in Al Bustan neighborhood in…
Settlers Wounded In Jerusalem Scuffle
Israeli sources reported Saturday evening that a number of settlers were wounded during a scuffle that took place with Palestinian residents in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem. The…
Israeli Police Shoot a Tourist in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher
The Israeli police shot and wounded on Saturday a tourist who reportedly attempted to stab a police officer in the Church Of Holy Sepulcher. The police claimed that the policemen…
Al Walaja Villagers Protest The Wall Being Built On Their Lands
Around 200 villagers along with international supporters gathered in Al-Walaja village south of Jerusalem on Friday to protest the Israeli wall being built on their lands.The protest started at the…
Israel Bars Grand Mufti Of Jerusalem From Traveling
Israeli Interior Minister, Elie Yishai, issued a decree on Thursday preventing Sheikh Ikrima Sabri, the Imam of the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem and head of the Higher Islamic Committee…
Haniyya: “Resumption Of Talks Gives Israel A Cover-up For The Judaization Of Jerusalem”
Ismail Haniyya, Prime Minister of the dissolved Hamas-led government in the Gaza Strip, stated Thursday the resuming peace talks with Israel provides another cover-up for what he described as the…
Clashes Reported in Silwan
Local sources in occupied East Jerusalem reported Wednesday that clashes took place between several Palestinian youths and Israeli soldiers in Silwan town, in East Jerusalem.The clashes took place after a…
Family Of Dead Detainee Demands Investigation
The family of detainee Raed Abu Hammad, from Al Ezariyya town in east Jerusalem, demanded a full investigation into the death of their sign who died last Friday at an…
Olmert Main Suspect In Corruption Case
On Thursday, an Israeli court lifted a gagging order in the case of the“Holy Land” corruption scandal revealing that the main suspect in this case is Israel’s former Prime Minister,…
Former Jerusalem Mayor Arrested For Corruption, Bribery And Money Laundering
The Israeli police arrested on Wednesday former Jerusalem mayor, Uri Lupolianski, on suspicions of corruption, bribery, and money laundering. He will remain in custody for 5 days pending further investigation.…
Israeli Tourism Agency Advertises Al Aqsa As Jewish Site
The Guardian British Newspaper reported that an Israeli tourism agency is advertising the Al Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock in occupied East Jerusalem as Jewish sites, and…
Jerusalem Mayor Wants More Palestinian Homes Demolished
Jerusalem Mayor, Nir Barkat, issued orders instructing municipality engineers to demolish more Palestinian homes at a number of neighborhoods in Silwan town in East Jerusalem.The municipality will start the demolishing…
Settlers Aim To Evict Two More Palestinian Families in Sheikh Jarrah
Israeli settlers are trying to have two more Palestinian families evicted from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, in occupied East Jerusalem, in order to allow the construction of Jewish-only…
Five Nonviolent Protestors Wounded By Settlers in East Jerusalem
Palestinian sources reported Monday that five nonviolent protestors, including two women of the International Council of Churches, were wounded after being attacked by fundamentalist Jewish settlers in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood…
Oren: “Settlements In Jerusalem Will Continue, Our Relation With The U.S Is Strong”
Israel’s Ambassador In Washington, Michael Oren, stated that Israel will continue the construction and expansion of Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank and in occupied East Jerusalem, and added…
Settlers Attack a 89-year-old woman, her 50-year-old daughter in Jerusalem
Israeli settlers attacked on Friday Rifqa Al Kurd, 89, and her daughter Nadia, 50, in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, in East Jerusalem, the Maan News Agency reported.The attack took place after…
Israeli Police Break Into Media Office In East Jerusalem, Attack Locals and Visitors
The Israeli Police attacked on Thursday Wadi Hilwa Media Center, in Silwan’s Wadi Hilwa neighborhood, in occupied East Jerusalem, and violently attacked employees and visitors, leading to several injuries, the…
Fundamentalist Group Plans To Break Into The Al Aqsa Mosque
A fundamentalist Jewish group, calling itself Temple Mount & Erez Yisrael Faithful, issued a statement declaring its intention to march towards the Al Aqsa Mosque Thursday to mark the Jewish…