Three Fundamentalist Knesset Members To Tour the Al Aqsa Mosque
Three Israeli Knesset members of the National Union fundamentalist party stated that they intend to tour the yards of the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem on Wednesday. The three, Uri…
Jerusalem Municipality Approves More Units For Jewish Settlers
The Jerusalem Municipality approved the construction of 20 more units for Jewish settlers in an area near the Shepherd Hotel, in occupied East Jerusalem.The decision came just hours before s…
Hundreds Protest Jerusalem’s Mayor Visit to London
Hundreds of Arabs, Muslims and British nationals held a protest on Monday evening in the center of the British Capital, London, to protest the visit of Jerusalem Mayor, Nir Barkat,…
Jerusalem Municipality Cancels Meeting on Construction in Abu Ghneim
The Jerusalem Municipality canceled a meeting that was scheduled for Monday to discuss new construction plans in Abu Ghneim Mountain (Har Homa Settlement), Israeli Army radio reported. The municipality did…
Soldiers Kidnap a Palestinian Woman, Child, Near Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Saturday evening a Palestinian woman and a 14-year-old child, in the Shu’fat refugee camp, north of occupied East Jerusalem. Eyewitnesses reported that the soldiers kidnapped Ibtisam…
15 Palestinians Deported From Jerusalem For 15 Days
The District Court in Jerusalem decided to expell 15 Palestinian natives of East Jerusalem out of the city of a period of 15 days, after they were detained by the…
Israel Lifts Closure on East Jerusalem and rest of West Bank
Israel announced on Wednesday the end of its lockdown on East Jerusalem and the rest of the West Bank, which started last Friday. Israeli police say that thousands of troops…
Israel Approves Two Bids To Build 426 Units For Settlers
Israel’s TV, Channel 10, reported that Israel announced bids for the construction of 26 additional units for Jewish settlers in East Jerusalem, especially in Abu Ghneim, and east of the…
Jerusalem Update: 38 Injured At Least 20 Detained As Police Crackdown On Palestinian Protesters
At least 38 Palestinians civilians were injured by Israeli police fire on Tuesday during the ongoing clashes in East Jerusalem. Palestinian medical sources reported that most of those injured in…
Nine Wounded in Jerusalem clashes, Four Kidnapped
Clashes were reported on Tuesday morning in several parts of East Jerusalem’s Old City and its surrounding neighborhoods as the Israeli police attacked the areas in question after the residents…
Clashes Reported in Jerusalem’s Old City
The Arabs48 news website reported that violent clashes took place on Sunday at night between Israeli soldiers, policemen and residents of the Old City of Jerusalem. Clashes were also reported…
Israeli Police Crackdown On Protesters In East Jerusalem, Eleven Civilians Arrested
Eleven protesters were arrested by Israeli officers are they crackdown of a protest organized by Palestinians in East Jerusalem. Residents along with Israeli and international supporters marched at the Shikh…
Clashes Erupt At Jerusalem’s Old City
Clashes erupted, on Friday afternoon, at Jerusalem’s old city between local youths and Israeli soldiers after the later prevented people for praying.Local sources said that troops station at the entrance…
Palestinians Demand Entry to Jerusalem without permits during the Holy Week of Easter
Palestinian Christian organizations, figures and many other Palestinians from the Jerusalem and the surrounding area have sent a letter on March 4, to the heads of churches in Jerusalem, demanding…
Barak Orders Full Closure on Jerusalem, West Bank
Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, ordered a full siege on Jerusalem and the West Bank starting on Thursday night after night. His decision was made after the Israeli Police warned…
Israeli Police Approves A Protest For Fundamentalist Settlers in East Jerusalem
The Israeli police approved a request filed by fundamentalist Jewish settlers who requested to be allowed to hold a protest in Silwan Arab town, in East Jerusalem. The protest is…
The Israeli Military Detains A Palestinian Activist From Jerusalem
Israeli troops detained on Thursday a Palestinian community organizer from his home in East Jerusalem. Eyhab Al Jallad, is a member of the Jerusalem popular committee, a local group that…
50000 Units For Settlers in Jerusalem Currently In The Planning Stage
The Ir Amim “City of Nations” Israeli peace group reported that the Jerusalem Municipality is currently looking into a plan to build 50.000 homes for Jewish settlers in East Jerusalem.…
Two Palestinians Wounded in East Jerusalem, Youths Kidnapped
Israeli soldiers, undercover forces and policemen attacked and wounded on Monday evening, two Palestinians in Al Bustan neighborhood, in East Jerusalem, and kidnapped several youths. The two wounded residents were…
Ban Ki-moon Condemns Israeli New Settlers’ Houses In Jerusalem
The United Nation secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, condemned the latest Israeli decision to build 1,600 new settlers homes in East Jerusalem. Ban Ki-moon in his statement said that Israeli settlements…
Biden: “New Constructions in Jerusalem Undermine Peace Talks”
U.S. Vice President, Joe Biden, stated that Israel’s Interior Ministry’s decision to build 1600 homes for Jewish settlers in East Jerusalem undermines the efforts to restart the Middle East peace…
Clashes Reported In East Jerusalem
Israeli sources reported Saturday evening that one soldier was mildly wounded during clashes between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian residents at the entrance of the Shufat refugee camp. Clashes were also…
Clashes Reported at al-Aqsa & Ibrahimi Mosques
Following Friday prayers, clashes have occurred at both al-Aqsa mosque, Jerusalem, and Ibrahimi mosque, Hebron.At al-Aqsa, Friday prayers were followed by protest by young men from the city throwing stones…
Fundamentalist Settlers Praise Goldstein, Celebrate His Massacre
Israeli Ynet News obtained a video showing fundamentalist Jewish settlers celebrating the memory of terrorist Dr. Baroch Goldstein, and praising his crime that targeted Muslim worshipers at the Ibrahimi mosque…
Israel’s Jerusalem Municipality Halts Demolition Orders Of Palestinian Homes
The Israel controlled Jerusalem municipality announced, on Tuesday, that it will halt its decision of demolition 88 Palestinian owned homes in East Jerusalem. OSCAILTIMAGE(attachments/mar2010/jerusalem.jpg 300 0) The Israel controlled Jerusalem…
Israel Plans To Takeover More Palestinian Owned Land In East Jerusalem
Israeli municipality workers and troops started, on Monday midday, preparation steps to takeover a land owned by a {Palestinian man in East Jerusalem. OSCAILTIMAGE(attachments/mar2010/stopethniccleansing.jpg 300 0) Photo by Active Stills…
13 injured as Israeli police attack Palestinians in Jerusalem’s old city
At least 13 Palestinian civilians were injured on Sunday by Israeli police and army fire as it crackdown on residents at Jerusalem’s old city.Eyewitnesses reported that five residents were arrested…
Several Residents, Including Children, Wounded In Sheikh Jarrah
Palestinian medical sources in Jerusalem reported on Wednesday at night that several Palestinian residents, including children and women, were wounded in Sheikh Jarrah.All those injured reported unprovoked attacks from Israeli…
Israel’s Municipality Hands Out More Demolition Orders To Palestinians In Jerusalem
The Israeli municipality handed out, on Wednesday, a new wave of demolition orders to Palestinian home owners near Jerusalem’s old city.All the homes that were targeted today are located at…
Palestinians Clash With Israeli Police As It Crackdown On Protests In Jerusalem
Clashes erupted between Palestinians and Israeli police in the city of Jerusalem, on Tuesday, during protests.Residents of Jerusalem organized demonstrations at a number of locations in East Jerusalem to protest…
Israel Releases New Plans to Build 550 Settler Homes in Jerusalem
Israeli settlers organization announced, Monday, a plan by the Israeli controlled Jerusalem Municipality to construct 550 new settlers homes in Jerusalem’s east city.According to Ahmed Lebn, a researcher specializing in…
New Excavations Under the Walls Of Jerusalem’s Old City
The al-Aqsa Foundation for Waqf and Heritage reported that the Israeli authorities started new excavations under the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem. The foundation stated that most of…
The Israeli Military & Police Raid Palestinian Areas in Jerusalem to Enforce Taxes
The Israeli police forces, along with Israeli soldiers, stormed a number of Palestinian neighborhoods, on Monday, to enforce resident to bay taxes.At Shu’fat camp for Palestinian refugees near Jerusalem’s old…
Youth Suffers Broken Leg After Being Attacked By Soldiers
Undercover forces of the Israeli army violently attacked a 17-year-old youth in Abu Dis town, in East Jerusalem, and broke his leg. The youth was transferred to an Israeli hospital…
Clashes Continue At Jerusalem Refugee Camp Following Monday’s Attacks
Tensions continued, on Tuesday, at the Shu’fat refugee camp, East Jerusalem, following yesterday’s clashes and arrests, Ma’an News Agency reported.Hostilities flared between a group of children and the border guards…
Effort To Retroactively Approve Illegal Jerusalem Settlement Backed By Interior Minister
A seven-story building constructed by right-wing Israeli settlers on Palestinian land, in East Jerusalem in 2004, is moving toward receiving ‘retroactive approval,’ with the unexpected support of Israel’s Interior Minister,…
Scores Detained By The Military As Soldiers Attack Palestinian Refugee Camp In Jerusalem
Sixty Palestinian civilians were detained by Israeli soldiers, on Monday, during house-to-house raids targeting the Shufat refugee camp in the city of Jerusalem.Local sources said that troops stormed the refugee…
Israel Slaps Six-month Travel Ban On Palestinian Map Expert
Citing ‘security reasons’ — the ubiquitous and unanswerable catch-all phrase against which it is almost impossible to mount any defense — Israel’s Ministry of the Interior has just issued a…
Israeli Police Remove Evicted East Jerusalem Family’s Tent; Israelis & Internationals Aid to Rebuild
On Tuesday at dawn, the Israeli police entered the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah to remove the tent owned by al-Gawi family, a Palestinian family evicted from their home.The…
Israeli Military Breaks Into Palestinian Owned Homes & Shops in East Jerusalem
Israeli troops and workers for the Jerusalem municipality raided, on Monday at midday, Palestinian owned homes and shops located at the Wadi al-Jouz neighborhood near Jerusalem’s old city. Residents told…
Despite Threats of Police Force, Sheikh Jarrah Protest Ends Without Arrest
Following warnings of a forceful crackdown by the Israeli police, this week’s protest in Sheikh Jarrah was attended in volume but remained restrained.Starting at 3pm, on Friday, the non-violent demonstration,…
27,000 NIS Fine For East Jerusalem Woman
Fatima al-Dahoudy, a home-owner and resident of East Jerusalem, was fined 20,000 NIS after objecting to a court ruling allowing settlers to live in her home. An additional fine of…
Israeli Police To Use Maximum Force Against Protestors
Israeli Police have warned they will forcefully remove activists from Sheikh Jarrah this Friday in an effort to end the weekly protests against Israeli settlers occupying Palestinian homes in the…
Jerusalem Palestinian Man Sentenced to 10 Years For ‘Smuggling” Palestinian Workers
Israeli sources reported Wednesday that a Palestinian man from Jerusalem was sentenced by the Israeli Central Court in Jerusalem to 10 years and 9 months imprisonment after being “convicted of…
Israeli Police Attack An Employee Of The Italian Consulate in Jerusalem
Israeli policemen, and members of the Special Forces, attacked on Friday at night Khalid Daoud Oleyyan, 40, and several members of his family, including his 60-year-old mother. Oleyyan, an employee…
Indictment Filed Against Two East Jerusalem Youths
The Israeli prosecution at the Central Court in Jerusalem filed on Thursday an indictment against two Palestinian youths from East Jerusalem, for allegedly planning to attack Israeli soldiers at the…
Israel’s Jerusalem municipality hands out demolition orders to Palestinian families
The Israeli municipality of Jerusalem handed out demolition orders, on Wednesday, to five Palestinian families living in Al-Bustan neighborhood.The families said that municipality employees guarded by Israeli soldiers handed out…
P.A Holds First Official Meeting With Foreign Diplomat in East Jerusalem
For the first time since Israel illegally shut down Palestinian Authority civil offices in Jerusalem in 2001, the Palestinian Authority held its first meeting with a foreign diplomat. The meeting…
Silwan Street Collapse Increases, Meters Away From Al Aqsa Mosque Wall
The Committee for Defending the Lands and Structures in Silwan town, in East Jerusalem, reported that the land slide and collapse that took place on Monday morning in the main…
Israeli Excavations Lead To A Collapse Near The Al Aqsa Mosque
The ongoing illegal Israeli excavations near and under the Al Aqsa Mosque and its surrounding areas, in occupied East Jerusalem, caused on Monday at dawn a collapse in the center…
Israeli Court Sentences Islamic Movement’s Head To Nine Months
The Israeli District Court sentenced on Wednesday Sheikh Raed Salah, head of the Northern Branch of The Islamic Movement, to nine months after “convicting him of incitement”. Salah was prevented…
Jamal Juma’ – local organizer released from detention
Jamal Juma’, co-coordinator of the Stop The Wall campaign was released yesterday evening. Jamal had been arrested on December 16th, 2009 having been called in for questioning previously. He had…
Israel To Build More Jewish-only Apartments In East J’lem
Four new residential buildings in East Jerusalem were approved by the Jerusalem planning and building committing on Monday, the Israeli daily Haaretz reports. The four buildings, which will house a…
Settlers Protest Settlement Freeze By “Smashing Ice”
The so-called Yesha Council of Settlements organized a protest for the settlers in front of the residence of Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and installed an ice structure before breaking…
Troops Violently Attack Four Palestinian Workers
Israeli soldiers attacked on Tuesday at night four Palestinian workers, broke the legs of three of them and took the fourth to an unknown destination. The attack took place near…
Israel To Build 700 Homes For Jewish Settlers
The Israeli settler-led government, headed by Benjamin Netanyahu of the Likud Party, decided to construct additional 700 homes for Jewish settlers in illegal settlements it considers part of the “Greater…
New Settlement constructions bids in Jerusalem
The Israeli Housing Ministry released hundreds of new bids to construct homes in Settlements around East Jerusalem. The Israeli Channel 10 reported that the Israeli government released three construction bids…
ARIJ Report On Increased Israeli Violations Against Palestinian Homes in Jerusalem
The Applied Research Institute – Jerusalem (ARIJ), reported that the Israeli occupation increased its violations against the Palestinians and in Jerusalem by forcing them out of their homes, internally displacing…
Sheikh Salah Banned From Jerusalem
The head of the so-called Home Front Command of the Israeli Military, Gen, Yari Golan, decided on Monday to ban Sheikh Raed Salah, head of the Northern Branch of the…
Jerusalem: Scores Injured, Others Arrested As Israeli Police Attack A Palestinian Festival
The Israeli police attacked on Thursday midday a festival organized by Palestinians in Jerusalem old city. The festival was organized by the Palestinians Authority to mark the end of the…
Report: “Excavations Ongoing At The Al Aqsa Mosque Area”
The Aqsa foundation for Waqf and Heritage has revealed large scale Israeli excavations being executed in the area adjacent to the southern wall of Al-Aqsa mosque, the area is also…
21 Israeli peace activists arrested in East Jerusalem protest
In a rowdy march Friday afternoon, dozens of Israeli peace activists marched in solidarity with Palestinian residents who have been forced from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in East…
Seven Palestinians Ordered Out Of Jerusalem For 45 Days
The Israeli Authorities decided to expel seven Palestinians, from Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, in East Jerusalem, out of the city for 45 days. The Israeli Police arrested the seven Palestinians following…
Army Claims Foiling Jerusalem Bombing
The Israeli army claimed it arrested on Wednesday a Palestinian youth carrying explosives while heading to Jerusalem to carry out a bombing.Israeli sources reported that the twenty-year old Palestinian youth…
EU Foreign Ministers Support Division Of Jerusalem
Foreign Ministers of the European Union declared Tuesday support for dividing Jerusalem to be the capital of both Israel and the future Palestinian State. They said that a solution should…
Israeli Police Apprehends Three Fundamentalists Suspected Of Stabbing An Arab Man
The Israeli Police in Jerusalem apprehended last month three fundamentalists, including two minors, on suspicion that they stabbed an Arab man in Mea Shearim neighborhood in Jerusalem. The news were…
LRC: “14 Homes Demolished In Jerusalem In November”
The Land Research Center (LRC) of the Arab Studies Society in Jerusalem reported that the Israeli authorities conducted 187 against Jerusalem in November, and demolished 14 Palestinians homes in addition…
Eight Palestinians Wounded Near Jerusalem
Palestinian medical sources reported Thursday that eight Palestinians were wounded by Israeli military fire in Shu’fat refugee camp, north of Jerusalem.Israeli soldiers invaded the camp and fired at protesters who…
Sheikh Sabri Barred From Al Aqsa Mosque For Six Months
The Israeli Authorities in Jerusalem handed Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, head of the Higher Islamic Committee in Jerusalem, a restriction order preventing him from entering the Al Aqsa Mosque, in East…
Jordan: “Settlement Freeze Must Include Jerusalem”
Jordan’s Foreign Minister, Nasser Joudah , stated Saturday that the Israeli declaration of a temporary freeze of settlement activities, excluding in Jerusalem, is an insufficient step that does not help…
East Jerusalem protest brings together Israeli, Palestinian peace activists
On Friday afternoon, around 70 Israeli and Palestinian peace activists gathered in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood to protest a court order that denies Palestinian owners the right to remain in their…
Israel Bans Senior P.A Official From Al Aqsa For Six Months
The Israeli Authorities decided to ban Fateh official, Hatem Abdul-Qader, from the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem for six months. The official said he will not respect the decision as…
The Israeli military hands out 25 evection orders to Palestinian families near Jerusalem
25 Palestinians families living near Jerusalem city received on Monday at dawn evection orders from the Israeli military. Local sources said that the eviction orders targeted homes located at Siramis,…
Israel Planning Seven Settlement Neighborhoods in Jerusalem
The Al Quds Media Center reported that the Israeli government, headed by Benjamin Netanyahu, is planning to build seven large settlements neighborhoods in East Jerusalem.The center added that the Israeli…
Dr. Tibi: “Jerusalem Municipality Planning Additional 15.000 Units For Settlers”
Arab member of Knesset, Dr. Ahmad Tibi, stated Thursday that the Jerusalem municipality is planning to construct additional 15.000 housing units for Jewish settlers in East Jerusalem. In an interview…
An Israeli man stabs a Palestinian in east Jerusalem
A Palestinian man sustained moderate wounds on Thursday afternoon as an Israeli man stabbed him in Jerusalem. According to the Israeli police report the Israeli man escaped the scene and…
Israel To Construct New Neighborhood In Nof Zion Illegal Settlement
Regardless of the statements of U.S President, Barack Obama, slamming Israel decision to construct 900 units in Gilo illegal settlement, the Israeli government decided to implement a plan to construct…
Israel Demolishes Four Palestinian Homes And NGO Offices In East Jerusalem
The Israeli municipality demolished on Wednesday four Palestinian owned homes and offices of a local NGO in East Jerusalem. Seven Palestinians were wounded in Al Bustan neighborhood, when residents tried…
US Politician urges Americans to move to settlements in violation of international law
A Democratic State Assemblyman from New York is leading a mission of 50 US citizens through Israeli settlements in the West Bank, encouraging the US citizens to move to the…
US Politician urges Americans to move to settlements in violation of international law
A Democratic State Assemblyman from New York is leading a mission of 50 US citizens through Israeli settlements in the West Bank, encouraging the US citizens to move to the…
Two Homes Demolished In Jerusalem
The Israeli Authorities demolished on Tuesday two Palestinians homes in Beit Hanin and in Wadi kadum, in East Jerusalem. The Beit Hanina house was home to five Palestinians for the…
U.S Asks Israel To Halt Construction In Gilo Settlement
Israeli sources reported Tuesday that the United States demanded Israel to halt the construction in Gilo settlement, built on Palestinian lands in between Jerusalem and Bethlehem. Israel considers Gilo as…
East Jerusalem settlements continue to expand despite Israeli government assurances
As part of the 3,000 units scheduled to be constructed in the coming months in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, construction has begun in Ras al-Amud, Pisgat Ze’ev and…
Israeli Soldier Wounded North Of Jerusalem
Israeli sources reported on Sunday morning that one soldier was mildly wounded during clashes with Palestinian youths near the Qalandia roadblock, north of Jerusalem. The sources added that the soldier…
Israeli court charges Palestinian official of assaulting a police officer in Jerusalem
An Israeli court found on Wednesday Sheikh Ra’ed Salah guilty of assaulting a police officer. Police says Salah, who is a leader in the Islamic movement is Israel, attacked a…
Non-violent protesters begin vigil outside evicted Palestinian family’s home
After a Palestinian family was forcibly removed from their home by armed Israeli settlers in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in East Jerusalem, international and Israeli peace activists have descended on the…
Israeli settlers take over a Palestinian owned house in Jerusalem
A group of Israeli settlers took over on Tuesday a Palestinian owned house at the Shikh Jarah neighborhood near Jerusalem’s old city. Owner of the house, Rifqa Al Kurd, 85…
Israel demolishes two Palestinian owned homes in Jerusalem, damages a third
The Israeli municipality of Jerusalem demolished on Monday two Palestinian owned homes and damaged a third. The center of Economic and Social Rights in Jerusalem announced that the houses were…
Four Palestinians Wounded By Settler Fire In East Jerusalem
Palestinian medical sources reported that four Palestinians were wounded on Friday morning after a number of fundamental settlers opened fire at them. The settlers were trying to break into the…
Solana Urges Israel To End Home Demolitions In Jerusalem
Javier Solana, European Union Foreign Policy Chief, urged Israel on Wednesday evening to end the demolition of Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem. OSCAILTIMAGE(attachments/oct2009/jerusalem_solana.jpg 300 0) Image Caption Goes Here Javier…
Solana Urges Israel To End Home Demolitions In Jerusalem
Javier Solana, European Union Foreign Policy Chief, urged Israel on Wednesday evening to end the demolition of Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem.56945 OSCAILTIMAGE(attachments/oct2009/jerusalem_solana.jpg 300 0) Image Caption Goes Here Javier…
It’s All About Demography, Again!
A recent Israeli report based on a study conducted by the Macro Center for Political Economy in Israel states that the aim of Israel in East Jerusalem is to guarantee…
Israeli police attack a Palestinian protest near Jerusalem’s old city
Israeli police officers dismantled on Wednesday evening a protest tent step by a Palestinian family near Jerusalem’s old city. The Al Ghawali family were portioning in front of their home…
Palestinian Youth Killed In Jerusalem After Being Chased By The Police
Medical sources in Jerusalem reported Wednesday morning that a 21-year-old Palestinian from East Jerusalem was killed at dawn after the Israeli police chased his vehicle.His vehicle flipped over during the…
Israeli Authorities Demolished Nine Homes In Jerusalem
Local sources in Jerusalem reported Tuesday that bulldozers of the Jerusalem municipality demolished nine Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem after claiming they were built without construction permits. On Tuesday morning,…
Israeli Settlers Sing And Dance In Front Of Palestinian House They Occupied In East Jerusalem
Dozens of fundamentalist Jewish settlers held prayers on Friday in front of a Palestinian home they occupied by court order in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, in East Jerusalem. After praying, the…
Mutiny within Israel’s Army?
As Israeli soldiers, members of the Shimshon Battalion Brigade, were in an oath taking ceremony in Jerusalem, several soldiers and their relatives carried posters vowing not to evacuate Israeli settlements.…
Jewish Fundamentalist Groups Call For Attacking The Al Aqsa Mosque Sunday
A number of fundamental groups in Israel called on their supporters to attack the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem on Sunday as part of a ceremony dedicated to the ‘temple…
Four Palestinians Wounded During A Scuffle With Settlers In Jerusalem
Medical sources in Jerusalem reported on Tuesday at night that four Palestinians were wounded during a scuffle of fundamental Israeli settlers in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in East Jerusalem. Israeli soldiers…
Israel Keeps Islamic Leader Imprisoned For Further Interrogation
The Jerusalem Magistrates Court decided to keep Ali Abu Sheikha, one of the leaders of the Islamic Movement in Israel, under interrogation for four more days as the prosecution is…