Jerusalem clerics on Sunday called on the Palestinian people to intensify their presence at al-Aqsa Mosque next Tuesday to protect the site against expected break-ins by Israeli Knesset members. They said in a statement that Israeli government’s decision allowing MKs to enter al-Aqsa Mosque is “provocative, irresponsible and legally baseless”, …
Read More »Tension soars as Israeli settlers break into Aqsa Mosque
Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed on Sunday morning al-Aqsa Mosque—the third holiest site in Islam—via the Maghareba Gate. 63 Israeli settlers, escorted by policemen, broke into al-Aqsa Mosque as part of the morning break-in shift. Presentations on the history of the alleged temple mount were delivered by Israeli fanatics during …
Read More »Israeli settlers grab Palestinian land, water sources in Madama
Israeli settlers have attempted to hold sway over new Palestinian lands and water resources in Nablus’s southern town of Madama in favor of illegal settlement expansion. According to activists from Madama town, a series of snapshots propagated on social media networks show Israeli settler hordes from Yitzhar illegal settlement as …
Read More »Hundreds attend funeral of child killed by Jewish settler in West Bank
Hundreds of Palestinian citizens in Jab’a town of Jenin participated on Saturday evening in the funeral of the girl child who died of serious wounds she sustained when a Jewish settler ran her over earlier on the same day. The mourners marched in the funeral procession from Rafidia Hospital in …
Read More »Israel extends detention of Palestinian NGO worker
Israeli authorities have extended the remand of Salah Hamouri, a human rights defender and field researcher for Palestinian prisoners’ rights group Addameer. The NGO said in a statement on Sunday that a judge at the Israeli magistrate’s court in Jerusalem extended Hamouri’s detention for an additional three days for further …
Read More »50 years on, tens of thousands of Palestinians detained for political protest
Sunday marked 50 years since the Israeli government issued Military Order 101, a “draconian law” that has been used to suppress Palestinian political expression in the occupied West Bank for decades, Amnesty International said in a statement marking the anniversary. Unless given prior authorization from an Israeli military commander, Palestinians …
Read More »Israeli settlers reportedly level land west of Salfit to expand industrial zone
Israeli settlers reportedly leveled Palestinian land west of Salfit city in the central occupied West Bank on Sunday. Arab 48 news site quoted witnesses as saying that bulldozers leveled farmlands and pastures, some of which was planted with olive orchards. According to the report, the land is owned by the …
Read More »Undocumented Palestinian detained in Ashkelon after widespread search
About an hour after an Israeli police spokesperson announced that “a massive search” for an undocumented Palestinian was underway in the coastal city of Ashkelon, a young Palestinian man was detained and interrogated for not having an Israeli permit. Luba al-Samri said Israeli forces had been “alerted to a Palestinian …
Read More »Israel’s public security minister visits new synagogue in Silwan
Israel’s Minister of Public Security Gilad Erdan paid a visit to a newly established synagogue in the Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem under heavy military protection on Sunday. The synagogue, which was inaugurated on Thursday, was set up in a building owned by the Palestinian Abu Nab …
Read More »Israel prevents Palestinian students from entering school in Al-Aqsa Mosque
Israeli police prevented 160 Palestinian secondary school students from entering the Shari’ah School in Al-Aqsa Mosque on Thursday, under the pretext that their school books are based on the Palestinian curriculum. The police had already prevented the delivery of schoolbooks at the premises two days ago, citing the same pretext …
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