A UN human rights watchdog on Thursday urged Israel to respect the rights of Palestinians, and demanded the country probe violations committed during repeated assaults on Gaza. With tensions soaring in East Jerusalem, and months of almost daily clashes, the UN Human Rights Committee published conclusions Thursday from its review[…]
The International Union of Muslims Scholars (UIMS) has called on Muslims to observe a national day of action for Masjid al-Aqsa on Friday 17 October, in response to a brutal crackdown on Palestinian protesters outside the vicinity of the holy mosque. Locally, the call is being supported by the Al-Quds[…]
Palestinian born author and academic, Dr Abdallah Omar Ma’rouf, has attributed the recent outbreak of violence at Masjid al-Aqsa to the Israeli regimes ongoing attempts to seize full control of Islam’s third holiest site. Israeli sympathizers have propagated the view that the issue due to a lack of ‘freedom of[…]
Members of the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, have stood alongside hundreds of Palestinians in a peaceful protest outside the Lion’s gate of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem. Wednesday’s gathering was called to protest against the rules and restrictions imposed by the Israeli government on Palestinians wishing to enter[…]
Tensions remain high in the area surrounding the Al-Aqsa mosque in occupied East Jerusalem as Israeli police prevented dozens of Palestinian worshippers from entering the compound to perform dawn prayers a day after clashes between the two sides. Many worshippers trying to enter the compound on Tuesday were turned away[…]
The Muslim Judicial Council and the Al Quds Foundation have condemned the recent attacks in the compound of Masjidul Aqsa in the occupied East Jerusalem. In a joint statement, the groups have expressed their dismay at the continuous disregard by Israeli occupation forces for the sanctity of Masjidul Aqsa, the[…]
Palestinian demonstrators have clashed with Israeli police at the al-Aqsa mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem, leaving three officers lightly injured, according to police. Al Jazeera’s Imtiaz Tyab, reporting from West Jerusalem, said that Palestinian worshippers on Wednesday morning were not allowed into the mosque by Israeli police, who then[…]
WhatsApp us 