CAIRO – Egypt called on Friday on Israel to immediately stop violence and escalation against the Palestinians in occupied Jerusalem and the surrounding area of Al-Aqsa Mosque. In a press statement, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry expressed its deep concern about the repercussions of this escalation and expressed its deep resentment …
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CAIRO – The Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, Ahmed Aboul Gheit condemned on Friday Israel’s use of excessive force and live bullets against unarmed Palestinians in occupied Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque, killing and injuring a number of them. The spokesman for the Secretary-General, Mahmoud Afifi, said that …
Read More »JERUSALEM – Israelis shot dead three Palestinians and wounded hundreds others on Friday in a day of rage called for in support of Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem and in protest against new Israeli measures at the Muslim holy site. Israeli police used what many have described as brutal force to …
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JERUSALEM – Thousands of Palestinians Friday afternoon marched towards Jerusalem’s Old City to express their rejection of the metal detectors, which the Israeli cabinet has decided to leave in place despite Palestinian protests. Islamic Waqf in charge of running the mosque compound called earlier this week on Palestinians in East …
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RAMALLAH – President Mahmoud Abbas Friday asked the US administration to intervene to compel Israel to back down from its measures in East Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. Abbas discussed the spiraling tensions in East Jerusalem in a phone call with US President Donald Trump’s top advisor and son-in-law Jared …
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RAMALLAH – The spiraling tensions in East Jerusalem following the installation of metal detectors at the gates leading to Al-Aqsa Mosque compound dominated front page headlines in Friday’s Palestinian Arabic dailies. Al-Quds and al-Hayat al-Jadida reported Israeli forces attacked Jerusalemite Palestinians who continued to perform prayers at St. Stephan’s Gate …
Read More »An armed Israeli colonist settler shot and killed, Friday, a Palestinian teenage boy in Ras al-‘Amoud neighborhood, in occupied East Jerusalem, while Israeli soldiers shot and injured many Palestinians, during ensuing clashes. The slain Palestinian has been identified as Mohammad Mahmoud Sharaf, 18. He was shot in the neck with …
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Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly nonviolent procession in Kufur Qaddoum, in the northern West Bank governorate of Qalqilia, and injured six young men. Morad Eshteiwy, the media coordinator of the Popular Committee in Kufur Qaddoum, said the soldiers fired dozens of gas bombs, and rubber-coated steel bullets at the …
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Israeli soldiers injured, Friday, at least twenty Palestinians, including six medics, in various areas near the border fence, in the Gaza Strip, and caused damage to two ambulances. The Palestinian Health Ministry said the incidents took place along the border fence, from Rafah in the southern part of the Gaza …
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A bill claiming to be about stopping divisions of Jerusalem by requiring a two-third majority in Israel’s parliament in order to do so, passed its preliminary reading in the Knesset, on Wednesday. The bill, titled “Basic Law: Jerusalem, the Capital of Israel,” passed with 58 Members of Knesset (MKs) voting …
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