After Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan invited the members of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to attend an urgent meeting to discuss the status of Jerusalem, only 16 out of 57 heads of state [ More … ]
The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs called on the United Nation Security Council on Monday to uphold its responsibilities vis-a-vis international law and protect occupied East Jerusalem from the latest Israeli attempts to “Judaize” the [ More … ]
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Secretary-General Saeb Erekat denounced on Sunday a meeting of the Israeli security cabinet held earlier in the day in tunnels located underneath the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem as a [ More … ]
Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian woman in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem on Wednesday afternoon after she allegedly attempted to carry out a stabbing attack, Israeli police said. Israeli police spokeswoman [ More … ]
Dozens of extreme right-wing Israelis, yeshiva students, and a right-wing former Israeli politician entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem under heavy Israeli police protection on Monday, as Israeli police detained three Palestinians [ More … ]
Clashes erupted in the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabal al-Mukabbir on Sunday night amid a fierce crackdown by Israeli forces in the area, after one of the neighborhood’s residents carried out a deadly truck [ More … ]
Hundreds of hardline Israelis stormed East Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound and several were arrested during a Jewish religious festival on Sunday, according to Anadolu Agency. Around 300 Jews visited the flashpoint compound, according to Israeli [ More … ]
The Israeli authority intends to approve a plan to build 2,500 housing units in east Jerusalem soon, according to Israeli media. The new plan came about two weeks after the Israeli authority approved the construction [ More … ]
‘Jewish settlers tried to perform Talmudic rituals near the Al-Qibali mosque,’ says Al-Aqsa Affairs director-general. More than 130 extremist Jewish settlers on Sunday forced their way into East Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, where they [ More … ]
The Israeli Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), which implements Israeli policies in the Palestinian territories, has issued an order freezing more than 83,000 permits allowing Palestinians to enter Israel and East Jerusalem, [ More … ]
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