Israel Concerned At Growing Boycott Threat
Israeli government and business leaders are alarmed by a growing international boycott movement and the likely effect of EU measures against exports from Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank.…
In Love For Palestine by Carlos Latuff
Carlos Latuff is a Brazilian freelance political cartoonist. His works deal with an array of themes, including anti-Zionism, anti-globalization, anti-capitalism, and anti-U.S. military intervention.
Palestinians Throw Rocks; Soldiers Shoot Rubber Bullets in Response
Palestinians protested restrictions on West Bank residents not allowed to enter Israel to pray at Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem for Friday prayers. Friday morning hundreds of Palestinians gathered…
Christians Zionists march for Israel in Jerusalem
More than 5,000 Evangelical Christian Zionists from different nationalities marched in Jerusalem to voice their support to Zionism and the state of Israel. The event was organized by the International…
Christian Churches in Jerusalem: Stop the violence and pursue a just peace!
A statement by Christian leaders issued Saturday stated, "Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands at a distance; for truth stumbles in the public square, and uprightness cannot enter. Truth…
Captured Palestinian Minister of Prisoners’ affairs health deteriorates; Israeli army transfers mos
Thursday morning Israeli army will charge the Ministers and Parliament Members with the affiliation with the Hamas movement in military courts in both detentions of Salem near the West Bank…
Report: Israel will demolish one of Jerusalem’s seven historic gates
The Israeli Archeology department decided to destroy one of the gates in the Jerusalem old wall, which leads to the Aqsa mosque yards, in the old city, media reports said…
Israeli troops fire tear gas at Palestinian high school graduation ceremony, injuring two girls
Two Palestinian girls, students of the Anata secondary school in East Jerusalem, were injured Thursday when Israeli troops fired tear gas canisters at schoolgirls and their parents who were gathered…
Israeli Authorities level two houses in Jerusalem
Israeli bulldozers leveled on Tuesday morning one Palestinian house in Beit Hanina neighborhood, in Jerusalem after claiming that the house was illegally constructed seven years ago. Another house was leveled…
Troops break into two Palestinian schools near Jerusalem
For the second day, Israeli troops broke into Anata Secondary School for Boys, and Salah Ed Deen Elementary School in Anata, north of Jerusalem, and detained dozens of students. Head…
Young boy severely beaten for not showing his school ID card to unidentified Israelis
Sunday night was a horrible night for fourteen year old Hamza Fawzi Iweida. He was beaten, abducted, tied to a chair and insulted, after being asked for his identity card…
Israeli police releases PLC member arrested in Jerusalem
The Israeli police in Jerusalem released Ahmad Attoun, a newly elected member of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) from the Hamas bloc, after detaining him for three hours.Attoun was arrested…
Israeli Police arrest PLC member in Jerusalem
The Palestinian Maan News Agency reported that the Israeli Police in Jerusalem arrested Palestinian Legislative Council member Ahamad Attoun, member of Hamas, while heading to meet other PLC members of…
House, Farm leveled north west of Jerusalem
Israeli military bulldozers leveled on Tuesday a Palestinian house and a farm in Beit Iksa village, north west of Jerusalem. Army claims that the two constructions were built without obtaining…
Israeli Police releases two Hamas lawmakers, detained in Jerusalem
Israeli police released two East Jerusalem Palestinian lawmakers after detaining them for few hours in Talbiot investigation centre. Israeli Police arrests two Hamas legislators in Jerusalem Saed Bannoura-IMEMC & Agenices,…
Muslim clerics implore Israeli authorities: Stop building ‘Museum of Tolerance’ on Muslim cemetery!
Ikrama al-Sabri, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and the Palestinian Territories, issued a desperate plea Thursday to Israeli Authorities to stop the desecration of Jerusalem’s oldest Muslim cemetery by the…
Absentee Property law is not applicable in East Jerusalem
The Tel Aviv District Court, headed by Judge Boaz Okun, issued on Monday a ground breaking ruling stating that the Israeli Absentee Property Law can not be applied either on…
Israeli Study: Most Israelis are willing to give up E. Jerusalem Arab neighborhoods
According to a study published, on Thursday, in the Israeli online daily Haaretz, more ore than half of the Israelis are willing to give up East Jerusalem’s Arab neighborhoods and…
ISR Police arrests a PFLP candidate in East Jerusalem
Israeli police arrested, on Wednesday, Abdul-Latif Shihada, a parliamentary candidate of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, while he was holding a press conference at a hotel in East…
Israeli police releases Sheik Tameemy
The Israeli police in Jerusalem released Sheikh Taiseer Tameemy, head of the Islamic Religious Court, and Chief Islamic Clerk, after arresting him in Jerusalem and interrogating him for several hours.…
Settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem
Dozens of extremist settlers stormed, on Wednesday, the esplanade of Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, the Palestinian WAFA news agency reported. The guards of the Mosque, who clashed with that an…
New Patriarch for the Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem Elected
The synod, the highest body in the Greek Orthodox Church, on Monday has elected a new Patriarch to succeed former Patriarch Irineos I, who was dismissed over selling church property…
Israel limits entry to al-Aqsa Mosque on Sunday
The Israeli Police said on Saturday that it will restrict entry of Muslims to al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem on Sunday. The decision was made in order to allow Jewish worshipers…
Several Jerusalemite residents barred from entering al-Aqsa mosque
The Israeli police barred recently several Arab residents of Jerusalem from entering al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. The WAFA news agency reported that the Israeli police handed the residents official orders…
Iron fence surrounds village near Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers installed an iron fence around the village of Z’ayyeim, east of Jerusalem completely separating it from the city. Omar Sbeih, head of Z’ayyeim village council, reported that the…
13 candidates for J’lem Patriarch post
The Jordanian Minister of Interior Awni Yerfas announced on Sunday that he has received a list of candidates succeed the dismissed Patriarch Irineos I to the Jerusalem Patriarch post. The list…
Orthodox Patriarch seizes church compound, Abbas approves dismissal
Irineos I, the Greek Orthodox patriarch of Jerusalem who is fighting efforts to remove him from the position, entered the Patriarchate compound in Jerusalem on Wednesday, accompanied with a group…
Two homes leveled in Jerusalem
The Israeli army leveled on Tuesday two Palestinian homes in al-lousa area in Silwan neighborhood, and al-Esawiyya area, east of Jerusalem. The first home, belongs to Samer al-Mandoub, was inhibited…
Two homes leveled in Jerusalem
The Israeli army leveled on Tuesday two Palestinian homes in al-lousa area in Silwan neighborhood, and al-Esawiyya area, east of Jerusalem. The first home, belongs to Samer al-Mandoub, was inhibited…
Greek Patriarchate to replace the ousted Irineos I
The Greek Orthodox Patriarch in Jerusalem announced its intention to select a new patriarch to replace Irineos I, who was ousted by the church last month. The selection process will…
Following clashes in al-Aqsa mosque; residents under 45 barred entry
Israeli soldiers withdrew from al-Aqsa mosque area on Monday afternoon following clashes with dozens of Palestinian protestors who gathered in the mosque in an attempt to bar extremist settlers groups…
Plan to demolish Jerusalem homes, a declaration of war
The Israeli Knesset will Wednesday debate an urgent motion filed by MK Jamal Zahalka (Balad) about the plan to destroy some 90 houses of Palestinian residents in Jerusalem’s Silwan quarter.…
ICAHD: Jerusalem Municipality to Demolish 88 Houses in East Jerusalem
The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) reported that Jerusalem Municipality intends to demolish 88 houses in the el-Bustan area of Silwan village in East Jerusalem. The ICAHD revealed in a…
Absentees law still in effect in East Jerusalem
Arab Israeli Member of Knesset Jamal Zahalka complained at the office of the Israeli Minister of Finance Benjamin Netanyahu against the ongoing utilization of the Absentees Law in east Jerusalem.…
Tubasi: Implement church law, then elect Patriarch for Jerusalem
The Orthodox sect in Palestine slams the approval of the Palestinian Authority and the Jordanian Government on assigning a deputy Patriarch in Jerusalem. Marwan Tubasi, member of the council for…
Revava hold a conference in Jerusalem on Temple Building
Revava, an extreme right wing Jewish group, continues to publicly call the Jews to destroy the Aqsa Mosque and build the ‘third temple of Solomon’ on top of it. Following…
Greek Government Fires Patriarch Irenious
Al-Quds Al-Arabi newspaper, published in London, revealed information that the Greek government decided to fire the Patriarch of the Orthodox Church in Jerusalem Irenious the first from his post over…
Extremist Jews to repeat attempts to attack Al-Aqsa next month
 Thousands of Palestinians protested on Sunday in Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem against calls by extremist Jewish groups to attack the mosque, Revava extremist group renewed its call to attack…
Hamas leader warns Israel against harming Haram Al-Sharif
Marking the anniversary of the killing of Hamas spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, Hamas political leader Khalid Mashal threatened Thursday to attack Israel if it violates the cease-fire.  Mashal,…
Collaborator: I was a king, but now I am nothing
A Palestinian collaborator, who worked as a front man for Ateret Cohanim yeshiva – known for its attempts to buy lands from Palestinians – charged the Yeshiva of forging documents…
30 bishops and church officials demand Patriarch Irinous to step down
At least thirty bishops and church officials of the Greek  Orthodox church in Jerusalem, demanded Patriarch Irinous to resign immediately and ‘save the church from its crises’ following the scandal…
Army invades Dahiat Al-Barid
Tuesday morning, Israeli soldiers invaded Dahiat Al-Barid, north of Jerusalem and started marking the lands to erect the separation wall in the area. Resident Hamdi, Al-Masrawi, said that the news…
Extreme right plans to invade Haram Al-Sharif
David Evri, a settler of Tafoah settlement, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, told an illegal Israeli radio station that settlers groups are recruiting thousands of settlers to…
Soldiers arrest chief Islamic Judge, Sheikh Tamimi
Israeli soldiers arrested on Tuesday afternoon, the chief Islamic judge Sheikh Taiseer Bayyoudh Tamimi, and two of his entourage. The Israeli online daily Yedioth Ahronoth reported that Sheikh Tamimi was…
Israeli Police raids homes, offices in East Jerusalem
In a crackdown on Palestinian businesses and individuals, the Israeli police and military have raided offices, shops and restaurants whose owners or employees have ties to the Palestinian Authority (PA).…
Implementing absentee law made without AG consent
Israeli Attorney General Menachem Mazuz announced Monday the government’s decision to confiscate East Jerusalem property owned by Palestinians was made without his knowledge or consent.  Upon the request of…
EJ Palestinians Would Need Permits to Access Ramallah
Israeli Machsom Watch quoted Israeli Binyamin region brigade Commander Col. Mickey Edelstein as confirming that starting in July, East Jerusalem Palestinians will be denied access to Ramallah.  Machsom Watch,…
Palestinians has Received Expropriation Orders on Absentees Property Bases
Palestinians living inside East Jerusalem and surrounding areas said Monday that Israel started using the Absentees property law to grab thousand of dunams of Palestinian owned land in East Jerusalem…
Beilin: Gov’t Decision on EJ property is Robbery
Yahad Chairman Yossi Beilin described Saturday the Israeli government decision to expand the powers of the Custodian of Absentee Property to East Jerusalem as equating stealing property and undemocratic. According…
Threats to destroy the Aqsa Mosque rising
against harming the Aqsa Mosque especially after the recent threatsIMEMC & Agencies, April 6, 2004 18:15 Al-Aqsa foundation for rebuilding the Islamic Holy Sites, warned against harming the Aqsa Mosque…
Three Arrested Outside Damascus Gate
Jerusalem’s Old City, as police prevented Muslim males under the ageIMEMC Correspondent Jerusalem, March 26, 2004 At least three people were arrested during brief scuffles outside Jerusalem’s Old City, as…
Jerusalemite Palestinians Facing New Harsh Procedures
Al-Quds Center for Civil and Social Rights in Jerusalem said that the Israeli Authorities in Jerusalem took new measures to limit the construction of Palestinian houses in Jerusalem.  The center…
Collapse near the Aqsa Mosque yards in the Old City of Jerusalem
heavy snowfall, a 10-meter-wide section of the embankment’sIMEMC & Agencies, February 16, 2004 19:34 In the early hours of Sunday morning at around 1:00 am, during the heavy snowfall, a…
Despite Tight Closure, 200,000 Joined Holy Friday Prayer in
Starting Thursday morning, Army, police, and security forces tightened the closure around Jerusalem and security measures inside the holy city, especially around Al-Aqsa mosque compound. Thousands of local residents, mostly…
Israeli Police Storm Alaqsa Yard, Clash With Demonstrators
compound and fired tear gas and stun grenades at demonstrators whoIMEMC & Agencies, September 13, 2003 Israeli police stormed Friday afternoon the yard of Al-Aqsa mosque compound and fired tear…
Moslem Leader Arrested In Way to Pray In Al-Aqsa Mosque
general of the Islamic higher Institute Sheikh Taisir Al-Tamimi andIMEMC & Agencies, September 9, 2003 10:19 Israeli security forces arrested Monday noon time the secretary general of the Islamic higher…
Israeli Police Detain Islamic Waqf Leader Against Ruling of Israeli
Israeli police detained Islamic Waqf official Mustafa Abu Zahra onCourt Ghassan Andoni – IMEMC & Agencies, August 27, 2003 Israeli police detained Islamic Waqf official Mustafa Abu Zahra on Tuesday…
Israeli Governement to Allow Jews, Non-Muslims to Visit Aqsa Mosque,
After a security consultation done by the Israeli Police, theFurious Reactions Among Palestinians IMEMC & Agencies, August 20, 2003 After a security consultation done by the Israeli Police, the Israeli…
Islamic Waqf Outraged by Israeli Intentions to Open Al-Aqsa Compound
Islamic Waqf Manager Adnan Al Husseini denied Monday that anfor Visits IMEMC & Agencies , August 12, 2003 Islamic Waqf Manager Adnan Al Husseini denied Monday that an agreement was…
Home demolished in Jerusalem, Family members arrested
Haifa neighborhood in Jerusalem. An army source claimed that theSpecial IMEMC July 3, 2003 Israeli army troops demolished the home of Fawzi Abu Rumilah in Beit Haifa neighborhood in Jerusalem.…
Israeli police escort non-Muslims into Al Aqsa grounds without Waqf
Israeli police have begun to allow non-Muslim members of the publicconsent Ghassan Andoni – IMEMC July 01, 2003 Israeli police have begun to allow non-Muslim members of the public to…