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…
US Gave Israeli Green Light To Continue Its Violations In Jerusalem; Group Says
The Islamic-Christian Committee in Support of Jerusalem and the Holy Sites accused the United States administration of granting the government of Benjamin Netanyahu a green light to continue its violations…
Israeli Police Kidnaps Two Senior Officials In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers and policemen kidnapped on Tuesday evening Hatim Abdul-Qader, in charge of the Jerusalem file at the Palestinian Authority, and Ali Abu Sheikha, advisor of the Islamic Movement in…
The things that make for peace
As he came near and saw the city, he wept over it, saying, ‘If you, even you, had only recognized on this day the things that make for peace! But…
JCSER: “Jerusalem Municipality Planning To Level 150 Homes In Old City”
The Jerusalem Center for Social and Economic Rights (JCSER) issued a press release stating that the Jerusalem municipality is planning to level 150 homes in different Arab neighborhoods in East…
New brochure markets East Jerusalem homes to Jewish families
An Israeli peace group has obtained copies of a brochure that right-wing Israeli settlers are spreading to try to populate an area of the Muslim Quarter of the Old City…
Israeli policemen surround the Al Aqsa Mosque
Hundreds of Israeli policemen surrounded the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem in preparation to evacuate nearly 200 Palestinian staying there, allegedly to protect the mosque from likely settler attacks. The…
Israel To Approve Construction Of The Largest Settlement Bloc
The Israeli government is planning to approve in the coming few weeks one of the largest settlement blocs in the West Bank as it would include 14.000 units that would…
Israeli Police Interrogates The Mufti Of Jerusalem For Several Hours
The Israeli police interrogated Sheikh Ikrima Sabri, the Mufti of Jerusalem and the head of the Higher Islamic Committee, after claiming that he incited the Palestinians to conduct acts that…
Dahlan: “violations In Jerusalem Could Lead To A Third Intifada”
Palestinian legislator of Fateh movement, former head of the Preventive Security Forces in Gaza, Mohammad Dahlan, warned Monday that a Third Palestinian Intifada could inflame due to the Israeli violations…
40 Palestinians Wounded In Clashes With Israeli Soldiers In East Jerusalem
The Israeli police decided on Sunday to raise the so-called ‘alert’ level in Jerusalem after clashes with Palestinian worshipers at the Al Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem. 40 Palestinian were…
Settlement Group Publishes ‘confidential Plan’ For Its Supporters, Donors
The Ateret Cohanim that aims at increasing the number of Jewish settlers in East Jerusalem published a confidential plan meant for the eyes of its supporters and donors. The plan…
Forty years after burning it, the Al Aqsa Mosque still faces the same threats
On August 21, 1969, an Australian Jewish extremist identified as Michael Dennis Rohan set the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem on fire. The mosque is one of three most holy…
Jordan protests Israel’s excavations in Jerusalem
Israeli sources reported on Thursday that the Jordanian Foreign Minister, Salah Bashir, met with the Israeli ambassador in Jordan to protest against the Israeli excavations near the Al Aqsa mosque,…
Haniyya: “Any agreement that excludes Jerusalem will be voidedâ€
Ismail Haniyya, one of the prominent Hamas political leaders in Gaza, and the Prime Minister of the dissolved government, stated on Thursday that the Palestinians will not accept any peace…
Israeli Court orders rerouting a section of the Wall near Jerusalem
After two petitions were filed against the route of a section of the Annexation Wall near Jerusalem, the Israeli High Court of Justice decided to reroute the Wall in order…
Islamic Jihad leader warns of Israeli plans to demolish Al-Aqsa Mosque
Islamic Jihad leader, Ibrahim an-Najjar slammed the ongoing excavations Israel is carrying out under the Mughrabi Gate ramp near the Western Wall (Al-Buraq Wall) and the Aqsa Mosque Noble Sanctuary,…
Bulldozers demolish three Palestinian homes in Jerusalem
Israeli bulldozers accompanied by the Israeli army, demolished three houses in Jerusalem at midday on Wednesday.Eyewitnesses said that the bulldozers demolished the houses immediately, banning family members from rescuing any…
Jewish taxi drivers resign after learning their new boss is an Arab
Israeli Ynet News reported on Monday that eighteen taxi drivers decided to resign from the Gilo taxi station after learning that their new boss and owner of the station is…
Israeli settlers to seize a Palestinian home in Jerusalem
Local sources reported that a group of Israeli settlers tried to seize a Palestinian home in the city of Jerusalem on Thursday dawn. Hatem Abd Al Kader, the assistant to…
Israeli Prime Minster pledges to release 150 Palestinian prisoners, says PA official
Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, pledged to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday that Israel will consider the release of 150 Palestinian prisoners, said Palestinian negotiator, Saeb Eriqat. The Palestinian…
Omert, Abbas, to meet in Jerusalem on Wednesday
Israeli sources reported on Tuesday that Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, and the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, are slated to meet on Wednesday in Jerusalem to discuss the current political…
The Israeli army and settlers attack a house in Jerusalem
Local sources reported that a group of Israeli settlers accompanied by Israeli troops tried to seize a Palestinian land in Silwan village at the north east of Jerusalem city. Locals…
Olmert says 270.000 Arabs living in Jerusalem means more attacks in the city
Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, stated on Monday during a Knesset Foreign Affairs and Security cabinet meeting that having 270.000 Arabs living by the Jews in Jerusalem will inevitably lead…
The Israeli army begins demolition of a Palestinian home in Jerusalem and attacks civilians
Israeli troops started to demolish a Palestinian owned house located in Beit Hanina neighborhood in Jerusalem city on Monday at dawn. The house, which belongs to the Abu Ayisha family,…
US Presidential Candidate Barack Obama visits Jerusalem and Rammalah on Wednesday
United States Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama visited Jerusalem and Ramallah on Wednesday meeting with Defense Minister Ehud Barak, President Shimon Peres, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, and other dignitaries. While…
Border police officer injured in Old City of Jerusalem after a shooting attack, dies of wounds
Border police officer Lance Corporal David Shriki , who was critically wounded in the shooting attack near the Lions’ Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem 12 days ago, died…
19 Israelis injured, one Palestinian killed in a bulldozer attack in Jerusalem
Israeli sources reported on Tuesday that twenty-four Israelis were wounded after being attacked by a bulldozer driven by a Palestinian from the Old city of Jerusalem. The attacker was shot…
Abbas and Peres meet in Jerusalem as Hamas slams the meeting
The ruling Hamas party in Gaza slammed on Tuesday a meeting between Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas and his Israeli counterpart, Shimon Peres, as 'aimless and only serves the Israeli occupation'.…
Jerusalem: 16 injured, one killed in what Israeli police are calling a rampage attack
Israeli sources said that a bulldozer driver hit a number of cars at a busy street in Jerusalem City; the sources said that 16 Israelis were injured in the attack.…
The Israeli army invades the old city of Jerusalem and attacks an old woman.
The Israeli army invaded on Monday midday the old city of Jerusalem and attacked the Palestinian vegetables buyers in the street and confiscated their stuff. Eye witnesses reported that the…
The Israeli army demolished 3,100 Palestinian houses in Jerusalem since 1976
The Israeli army threatened more than 20 Palestinian civilian of demolishing their houses east of The City of Jerusalem, The Israeli army says that those houses were built without the…
Youth wounded near Jerusalem
The Asrana (Our Detainees) Center reported on Thursday evening that an 18-year old youth was wounded in his head in addition to sustaining burns in the head and face after…
The Israeli army demolishes a Palestinian home in Eastern Jerusalem
A huge Israeli military force stormed and demolished on Thursday at dawn the home of Ahmad Al A’rameen in Al Ezariye village east of Jerusalem City. The Media office ‘Asrana’…
The Israeli army demolishes a Palestinian residential building in Jerusalem
The Israeli army demolished on Tuesday morning a two-floor building in Al Aiswiye neighborhood in Jerusalem cityThe Israeli troops stormed the neighborhood with a number of tanks and bulldozers ransacking…
Two Israeli policemen wounded in shooting attack in Jerusalem
Israeli sources reported that two policemen were seriously wounded in a shooting attack that took place on Saturday at dawn in the Old City of Jerusalem, the Arabs48 news website…
Hamas: Jerusalem attack shows the weakness of Israeli security agencies.
Hamas movement announced on Saturday that the Jerusalem attack today reflects the success of the Palestinian groups to hit the Israeli security system. Hamas’s spokesman Fawzi Barhoom reported in a…
The Israeli army kidnaps a Palestinian from Al Ezariyeh village east of Jerusalem
The Israeli army kidnapped on Friday at dawn a civilian from al Ezariyeh village east of Jerusalem. Local sources reported that an Israeli army force invaded the village and ransacked…
Palestinians in Jerusalem protest against the Wall
Marking the fourth anniversary of the advisory ruling of the International Court of Justice in which it ruled that the Israeli Annexation Wall is illegal, hundreds of Palestinians from the…
Jerusalem attacker had son with Jewish girlfriend
Israeli online daily, Yedioth Ahronoth, reported that the Palestinian man who carried out the attack in Jerusalem on Wednesday had a relationship in the past with an Israeli Jewish woman,…
Israeli Defense Minister calls for collective punishment of families of Jerusalem attackers
The families of two men who carried out attacks against civilians will be punished for the actions of their relatives, said Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Friday. Barak called…
Israeli forces attack homes in Jerusalem old city, one civilian injured
A n Israeli police force and army units attacked on Thursday morning homes of Palestinian families that live in Jerusalem's old city. Witnesses said that soldiers fired tear gas and…
Jerusalem Mayor responds to this afternoon’s attack
After this afternoon’s attack in Jerusalem by a Palestinian man driving a bulldozer and killing at least three Israelis and injuring about 30 more, the Jerusalem Mayor responded in his…
Four Israelis dead, 30 wounded in a bulldozer attack in Jerusalem
Four Israelis have been killed and 30 were wounded, two seriously, as a bulldozer attacked a bus and a number of cars in Jaffa street in West Jerusalem on Wednesday…
Israeli human rights group files an appeal to the HC against closing the file of a slain child
Israeli Human Rights Group, Yesh Din, filed an appeal to the Israeli High Court of Justice against closing the case file of Abeer Al Arameen, 10, a Palestinian child who…
Sarkozy in Jerusalem
The French President Nicolas Sarkozy invited the French community living in Israel and Palestine to a reception at King David Hotel, in Jerusalem, on 23 June 2008, as part of…
Extremist settlers occupy two Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem
The Popular (Folk) Committees issued a press release on Tuesday slamming an extremist Israeli settler group for attacking and illegally occupying two Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem. The settlers are…
Demolition notices handed to two families of Jerusalem
Two Palestinian families from Jerusalem received demolition notes on Tuesday from the Israeli High Court of Justice. The note that was submitted to the al-Qastero and al-Hashim families ordered them…
Israel approves the construction of 1300 units in East Jerusalem
The Israeli Authorities approved this week the construction of 1300 settler-only homes in the illegal settlement of Ramat Shlomo, near Beit Hanina Palestinian neighborhood in the occupied East Jerusalem, the…
U.S. Consulate employee dies of heart attack at Israeli checkpoint
Mohammed Mousa, 63, who has worked for forty years at the US Consulate in Jerusalem and is an American citizen, died of a heart attack when Israeli soldiers refused to…
Professor Naseer Aruri discusses Barack Obama’s AIPAC speech
With Senator Hillary Clinton resigning from the US Presidential race, the Democratic nomination will almost certainly go to Senator Barack Obama. Obama gave a speech this week that raised a…
Israeli Parliament advances a bill to make Jerusalem capital of Israel and all the Jews
The Israeli Parliament passed in preliminary reading a bill on Wednesday to ocndsider the city of Jerusalem as capital of Israel all the Jews world wide.The bill was submitted by…
Head of PLC Jerusalem Committee slams Israeli decision to expand settlements n Jerusalem
Dr. Ahmad Abu Halbiyya, head of Jerusalem Committee at the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), head of the Jerusalem International Foundation, strongly denounced the Israeli decision to expand settlements in Jerusalem…
In his meeting with Abbas, Olmert defends settlement activities in Jerusalem
During his Monday meeting with the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, defended the ongoing illegal settlement activities in the West Bank and East Jerusalem and stated…
Islamic-Christian Front: “Jerusalem, its holy site under attack, international community silentâ€
The Islamic-Christian Front for Defending Jerusalem and its Holy Sites, stated on Monday that Israel is using the current scandals Olmert is facing as a cover-up for its continued illegal…
Israeli Housing Minister to permit 1460 new housing units in East Jerusalem settlements
In another blatant violation of the promise made in Annapolis in September 2007 by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to halt settlement construction, the Israeli Housing Minister Ze'ev Boim announced…
Israeli Authorities demolish apartments in Jerusalem, intend to demolish 22 more
Bulldozers belonging to the Jerusalem Municipality demolished on Wednesday a number of flats that belong to two residents in Al Tour Arab neighborhood in East Jerusalem. The Israeli Authorities also…
Jerusalem Municipality officially approves a bridge construction leading to al Mughrabi Gate
The Regional Committee for Construction and Planning which belongs to the Jerusalem Municipality officially approved on Wednesday the construction of a planned bridge which leads to Al Mughrabi Gate “The…
The Israeli army kidnaps eight Palestinian children from Jerusalem
Five Palestinian children were kidnapped by the Israeli army from the several Palestinian areas in Jerusalem city on Monday midday, Palestinian sources reported. Witnesses said that Israeli troops searched and…
General Strike, protest and commemorations of the Nabka in Jerusalem
Palestinian residents of Jerusalem, their political and social leaders conducted a general strike in the occupied city of Jerusalem in commemoration of the sixtieth anniversary of the Nabka, while Israeli…
Arab, Israeli students of the Hebrew University hold a protest commemorating the Nakba
The Regional Union of Arab Students in Israeli Universities organized on Thursday a protest at main entrance of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem commemorating the sixtieth anniversary of Palestinian disposition,…
Two civilians kidnapped as Israeli troops attack Abu-Dis and Al Eziryiah near Jerusalem
Two Palestinian civilians were kidnapped during and Israeli army attack targeting the towns of Abu-Dis and Al Eziryiah located near Jerusalem city, two civilians were kidnapped. Hanni Jaffal, 19, from…
Israeli court indicts 11 Israeli teens for racially motivated attack against Arabs
The Jerusalem District Court indicted on Monday eleven Israeli teens from Jerusalem for racially motivated attacks against two Arab youth in the city on the eve of the Holocaust Remembrance…
Al-Quds Municipality approves controversial Jewish-only bridge across Muslim holy site
On Sunday night, the Committee for Planning and Building of the Jerusalem Municipality approved a plan for constructing a new bridge, the al-Mugrabi bridge, across the ground of the Al-Aqsa…
Israeli army kidnaps a Palestinian civilian from Bethlehem area
Palestinian sources reported that a Palestinian civilian was kidnapped by the Israeli army on Monday morning. The man is a resident of the village of Taqua, located to the south…
Advisors to President Abbas and Prime Minister Fayyad interrogated by Israeli police in Jerusalem
Palestinian sources reported on Sunday that the Israeli police in Jerusalem interrogated Adnan Al Husseini, the advisor of president Mahmoud Abbas for Jerusalem Affairs, and Hatim Abdul-Qader, the advisors of…
Fateh wins Student Council election in Al Quds University
The Maan News Agency reported on Tuesday that Yasser Arafat Bloc of Fateh movement achieved an overwhelming victory at Al Quds University – Abu Dis, east of Jerusalem. The Yasser…
Eight fundamental Jewish youth arrested for stabbing to Arab residents of Israel
The Israeli army radio reported on Monday that eight Israeli youth from Jerusalem were arrested for stabbing and attacking two Arab residents of Israel, residents of Shu’fat refugee camp in…
Palestinian female detainee sentenced to six years imprisonment
The Israeli Central Court in Jerusalem sentenced on Tuesday detainee Nada Idrees, from Al Esawiyya town near Jerusalem, to six years imprisonment. Lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoner Society reported that…
Israeli sources say progress achieved in Abbas-Olmert meeting
Israeli political sources stated on Monday that the Monday meeting between Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, managed to achieve a progress on security related arrangements…
Secretary Rice heads a trilateral meeting in west Jerusalem
The U.S Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, headed on Sunday noon in west Jerusalem, a trilateral meeting involving herself, Israeli defense minister, Ehud Barak and Palestinian Prime Minister, Salam Fayyad.…
Right-wing Israeli settlers will move in to Palestinian town of Ras al-Amud
In the next few days, a new Israeli settlement will be established in the Palestinian neighborhood of Ras al-Amud, east of Jerusalem, according to the former Israeli police commissioner Moshe…
Carter in Jerusalem: the policy of excluding Hamas from the peace process is not working
On Monday, former US President Jimmy Carter addressed the Israel Council on Foreign Relations, and then held a press conference at the King David Hotel in West Jerusalem The main…
Nine-year old child assaulted by Israeli Troops
Israeli army troops assualted nine-year old Palestinian Saqer al-‘Aramen from the town of al-‘Ezariah in Jerusalem on Friday evening.Muqith Abu Roomy, director of the Media office of Asrana center in…
The Israeli police demolish a Palestinian owned house in Jerusalem
The Israeli police demolished on Monday afternoon a Palestinian owned house located in Anata neighborhood, in the northern part of Jerusalem city.Witnesses stated that bulldozers and Israeli troops surrounded the…
Islamic-Christian Front: “Israel aims at transforming Arabs in Jerusalem into a minorityâ€
Secretary-General of the Islamic-Christian Front for Defending Jerusalem and its Holy Sites, Dr. Hasan Khater, warned on Monday that Israel started implementing a new plan which targets the Arab presence…
RAN : Olmert will meet with Abbas in Jerusalem on Sunday
A meeting will be held Sunday evening between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, according to Olmert's spokesman, Mark Regev.Regev confirmed in a phone interview with…
Israeli Paper: ‘ Israel to hand Qalandia airport near East Jerusalem to the PA’
A local Israeli newspaper calling itself "Kol Hazman" reported on Friday that Israel will hand over the Palestinian airport of Qalandia, located in the north of East Jerusalem, to the…
The Popular Committees slams Israeli plan to build 983 home for settlers in Abu Ghneim
The Palestinian Popular Committees issued a press release on Wednesday slamming a new Israeli plan to construct 983 homes for settlers in Abu Ghneim (Har Homa) settlement, near the West…
Pressure mounts on companies involved with illegal tramway
Recently the French engineering and consulting company Egis Rail joined European companies Veolia Transport and Alstom in their tramway project being built on Palestinian land in Jerusalem. Alstom won the…
Israeli Police closes a Jerusalem Radio Station which calls for co-existence
The Israeli Police closed on Monday Ram FM Radio station, which broadcasts in English and calls for Israeli-Palestinian coexistence, Israeli online daily Haaretz reported.The station plays western music and calls…