Israeli forces seized Palestinian textbooks from students at the gates of Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem on Monday, according to local media reports. Books published by the Palestinian education ministry were confiscated due to having Palestinian flags printed on them, local sources told Wafa news agency. Eyewitnesses told Anadolu Agency that students[…]
Israeli forces removed a Palestinian family from their home in occupied East Jerusalem early on Tuesday morning to make way for settler groups to take it over. Around 20 heavily armed officers stormed the house in the Old City at dawn, forcing the current residents, the Sub Laban family, out of the building they have lived[…]
A former Israeli soldier handed back a key Thursday for a gate of Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem after stealing it 56 years ago, Anadolu reports. The Islamic Endowments Department in Jerusalem published a video showing its director general Sheikh Azzam Al-Khatib receiving the key from the man, identified as Yair[…]
Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir on Sunday entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem, Anadolu reports. Ben-Gvir entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque’s Haram al-Sharif area early in the morning with special guards and under the protection of the Israeli forces. In his video message from the courtyard of Al-Aqsa,[…]
The Palestinian Authority (PA) warned, Wednesday, that a planned flag march by Israeli settlers in occupied East Jerusalem will fuel tension in the region, Anadolu News Agency reports. Settlers plan to stage the flag march through Jerusalem’s Old City on Thursday to mark what they call the unification of Jerusalem, in reference[…]
Jordan on Saturday decried new Israeli settlement plans in occupied East Jerusalem as a violation of international law, Anadolu reports. On Friday, Israel issued tenders for the construction of 1,029 units in the settlements of Efrat and Beita Illit in East Jerusalem, according to Peace Now, an Israeli anti-settlements watchdog. The[…]
By Kouthar Sambo According to Israeli media, the Israeli occupation authorities agreed on Monday to place a hold on the demolishing of a Palestinian building in occupied East Jerusalem that houses 100 people. This comes after Israelis were scheduled to destroy the structure today but international pressure continues to escalate.[…]
INTERNATIONAL The US is planning to build a diplomatic complex on private property confiscated from Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem, a rights organisation said Sunday, Anadolu News Agency reports. In a statement, the Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel (Adalah) said they have found new evidence that the land on[…]
Israel’s Jerusalem District Court ratified on Thursday the eviction of 87 Palestinians from the Batan al-Hawa area in Silwan in favour of the Israeli settler group Ateret Cohanim. The Palestinian families, who have lived in the area for decades, are expected to be evicted from their homes in Silwan, located[…]
The sacred Masjidul Aqsa will reopen to worshippers after Eid al-Fitr holiday, the authority responsible for overseeing the city’s holy sites said on Tuesday. In a statement, the Jordan-run Islamic Waqf Department said steps to reopen the site will be announced soon. The Waqf said that it had reached the[…]
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