Tension has soared in Jerusalem after a gunman on a motorcycle shot and seriously wounded a prominent right-wing Jewish activist. Israel announced shutting down of the al-Aqsa mosque following Wednesday’s shooting of Yehuda Glick, who has advocated for greater Jewish access to the sensitive holy site known to Jews as[…]
The Israeli government has said that it is advancing construction plans to build about 1,000 housing units in occupied East Jerusalem that Palestinians want to be part of their future state. A government official said on Monday that plans include building infrastructure in the occupied West Bank that will be[…]
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[…]
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[…]
Israeli authorities have granted 500 Palestinians from Gaza three-day permits to visit Jerusalem over the Eid al-Adha holiday, an official said Wednesday. A Palestinian liaison official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told Ma’an that this was the first time Israel had granted visitor permits to such a large number[…]
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