On a small alley in Jerusalem’s Old City, a Palestinian family is fighting both Israeli government and Jewish settler pressure to stay in a home they have lived in more than half a century. After a day of fighting with police and Jewish settlers bent on kicking them out of[…]
Israeli security forces have fired tear gas at protesters in occupied East Jerusalem as tensions remain high over home demolitions ordered by the Israeli prime minister after a deadly attack by two Palestinians on a synagogue earlier this week. Palestinian youths on Friday threw stones at lorries and cars waiting[…]
As Israel authorities increased security at the Kehilat Bnai Torah synagogue ahead of morning prayers, the Claremont Main Road Mosque (CMRM) has unequivocally denounced the violence at the place of worship on Tuesday. Two Palestinian men killed four rabbis and a police officer and maimed eight Jewish worshippers praying in[…]
Fighting has broken out between Israeli police and Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem following an attack on a synagogue in the west of the city in which four Israelis were killed by two Palestinian men. The attackers, who police said were armed with a gun and axes, were shot dead by police after gaining[…]
A Jerusalem holy site at the heart of recent tensions between Israelis and Palestinians was quiet on Friday, police said after age restrictions for Muslim men who wanted to pray there were lifted for the first time in weeks. The development came a day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu[…]
US Secretary of State John Kerry has said that steps were agreed at talks in Amman to lower tensions between the Israelis and Palestinians. Giving few details, Kerry said on Wednesday that firm commitments had been made to maintain the status quo at holy sites in occupied East Jerusalem, after[…]
Jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouthi urged the Palestinian leadership to give its backing to “armed resistance” against Israel in a letter published Tuesday as a wave of violence surged. The call came after months of clashes in and around annexed East Jerusalem and a growing number of deadly Palestinian attacks[…]
At least one Israeli has been killed and 14 others injured, after a car rammed pedestrians in occupied Jerusalem, before the driver was shot dead by police, according to Israeli officials. Police described Wednesday’s incident as a “hit-and-run terror attack” and said it took place in the same area as[…]
A far-right politician who wants Jews to be allowed to pray at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa compound has visited the site, defying Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s calls for restraint after clashes this week between Israeli police and Palestinians. Sunday was the first day the compound was open to non-Muslims since an Israeli-American[…]
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas issued a harsh response to the closure of the Al Aqsa Mosque on Thursday. “Harming the places sacred to Muslims and Christians is a red line,” said Abbas’ spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh, adding that he would “not permit this line to be crossed.” Rudeineh said the[…]
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