Jerusalem
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| Title | | Description | Date |
| Israel envoy summoned over ‘intrusion’ at French cultural center | | Arab News -
"In a rare move, police entered the building Thursday to cancel an
event with a women’s group which Israel claims is sponsored or
financed by the Palestinian Authority. A diplomatic source said
France’s consul general had immediately protested the police’s entry
to the center in east Jerusalem, which Israel has annexed in a move
not recognized by the international community." ca | 23/3/2019 |
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| School Building Demolished in Shu’fat Refugee Camp | | IMEMC -
"Dozens of Israeli soldiers escorted bulldozers into the refugee camp, surrounded the al-Razi School and went up rooftops of nearby buildings as drones flew overhead; Israeli bulldozers then began to demolish the school’s building. Israeli forces fired rubber-coated steel bullets towards locals in the refugee camp." - id | 21/3/2019 |
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| Israel demolishes school building in Shufat refugee camp | | Ma`an - Muhammad Alqam, owner of the school building, told Ma’an that the Israeli authorities had issued a demolition order against the building last November, pointing out that he had headed to the Israeli Jerusalem Municipality before the construction of the building to issue necessary permits, however, he was told that the area belongs to the United Nations Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA.)
Principal of the school, Saleh Alqam, pointed out that the demolition was carried out without a prior notice. [bz] | 19/3/2019 |
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| Silwan from Jawad’s Eyes | | IMEMC -
"Jawad: “All you see here is Silwan. Silwan is very big, it was around 100.000 dunams, at some point. Israel confiscated almost 94,400 dunams after the wars in 1948 and 1967, so today there are only 5,600 dunams left. “Actually, it is much more crowded than Gaza; 55.000 Palestinians and around 400 settlers live here. The settlers are controlling over the life of the 55.000 Palestinians, they try to make us feel like strangers in our own home. They can close an entire street whenever they want…there are a lot of clashes here.”" - id | 14/3/2019 |
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| Israeli Forces Block Palestinian Muslims from Accessing Mosque for Friday Prayers | | Celine Hagbard
IMEMC -
"Hundreds of Palestinians were forced to hold their weekly prayer
service on the street in Jerusalem on Friday, after Israeli forces
blocked access to the Al Aqsa Mosque, which is the largest mosque in
Palestine and the third-holiest site for Muslims around the world.
The closure of the Al Aqsa Mosque to Palestinian worshipers on
Friday comes in the midst of escalating tensions between the Islamic
Waqf Foundation which maintains the mosque and its grounds and the
Israeli authorities, who control access to it." ca
| 9/3/2019 |
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| EU not to Transfer Any Headquarters to East Jerusalem | | IMEMC -
"The European Union has affirmed the commitment of the Member States not to transfer any of its headquarters to East Jerusalem, in response to the recent American step of merging its consulate with its embassy in Jerusalem." - id | 7/3/2019 |
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| Palestinians, Jordanians challenge Israel at Al-Aqsa over banned prayer space | | Daoud Kuttab - Al-Monitor - Al-Aqsa Mosque is again causing a major
rift in the once friendly relationship between Jordan and Israel.
Relations turned sour in the past week when Israeli security officials
conducted a humiliating arrest of Jordan’s most senior official in
Jerusalem. Heavily armed Israeli security forces arrived at the East
Jerusalem home of Sheikh Abdul Azim Salhab at 5:30 a.m. on Feb. 24.
Salhab’s deputy and a score of other employees of the Jordanian
Ministry of Awqaf were also taken away, as were leading Palestinian
activists. The Israeli police said the arrests were made because
Salhab, 75, and hundreds of Muslims broke an Israeli imposed ban
forbidding Palestinians from entering or praying at the Bab al-Rahmeh
prayer room in the mosque. They called the protest act a “change in
the status quo.”-rh
| 5/3/2019 |
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| In photos - Israeli settlers seize Palestinian home in East Jerusalem | | Ma`an - Israeli settlers raided the al-Halabi family home, where an elderly Palestinian couple lives and who were out shopping for groceries at the time; the couple was thrown out by settlers upon arrival.
Palestinian youths attempted to defend the home from seizure, however, Israeli police forces assaulted them and fired tear-gas bombs towards them. [bz] | 5/3/2019 |
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| Report: Downgrade of Palestinian Mission to ‘Take Effect on Monday’ | | IMEMC News & Agencies - "The United States is scheduled to move ahead
with a downgrade of its mission to the Palestinians, on Monday, by merging its
Jerusalem consulate with the embassy to Israel, a US official said" [ry] | 4/3/2019 |
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| Israel bans top Palestinian Waqf officials from Al-Aqsa | | Al Jazeera - Move follows Waqf Council`s decision to defy a 16-year Israeli ban
and reopen the Bab al-Rahma building in Al-Aqsa [ry] | 4/3/2019 |
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| New battle in Jerusalem | | Haitham Ahmed -
Al Ahram
"Palestinians, led by Jerusalem clerics, succeeded in opening the
Umayyad prayer area at the eastern Bab Al-Rahma (Mercy) Gate at Al-
Aqsa Mosque, despite a decision by the Israeli occupation to
barricade it 16 years ago.Worshippers celebrated the reopening of
the prayer area in throngs outside, chanting “God is Great,” “With
our blood and souls we martyr ourselves for Al-Aqsa” and “This is
our mosque.” ca
| 2/3/2019 |
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| What`s behind the unrest at Al-Aqsa`s Bab al-Rahma? | | Mersiha Gadzo -
Al-Jazeera
"Palestinians see any change in status quo a step towards
partitioning holy site, building the Third Temple over Al-Aqsa...The
latest unrest has broken out over the formerly abandoned building at
Bab al-Rahma (Gate of Mercy or Golden Gate) in the Al-Aqsa
compound." ca | 2/3/2019 |
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| Israel closes Jerusalem restaurant “for hiring staff from West Bank” | | K.F.-
Wafa
"Israeli military police posted an order closing Abu Ali Hommus and
Falfel Restaurant, located in Salahaddin Street, for ten days under
the pretext of employing a Palestinian resident of the West Bank who
did not obtain an Israeli entry permit to enter Jerusalem...East
Jerusalem is a part of the internationally recognized Palestinian
territories that have been occupied by the Israeli military since
1967." ca | 2/3/2019 |
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| Israeli Excavations In Silwan Continue To Cause Serious Damage To Palestinian Property | | IMEMC News -
"The recent heavy rain fall has, once again, has revealed the
serious damage caused by the ongoing illegal Israeli excavations in
occupied Jerusalem, especially the tunnels under the Palestinian
homes in Wadi Hilweh neighborhood, in Silwan town, south of the Al-
Aqsa Mosque.The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic)
has reported that the rain fall, which lasted for several hours a
few days ago, has caused serious damage and cracks in the walls and
foundations of many homes, located above the areas Israel is ongoing
with digging tunnels and removing sand as part of its “tunnels
network,” leading to the walls of Al-Aqsa Mosque." ca
| 2/3/2019 |
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| Glick and Settlers Invade Al-Aqsa Mosque | | IMEMC -
"It’s noteworthy that Glick is among the Israeli extremists calling for taking control of Al-Aqsa, intensifying the raids upon it, and imposing the reality of a spatial and temporal division." - id
| 28/2/2019 |
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| Israel releases two Palestinian teens to house arrest | | Ma`an - Abed and Muhammad, both 14-year old, were detained on late Friday from in front of their homes in the Silwan neighborhood, in occupied East Jerusalem. The two teens were released on Saturday, to house arrest for one week and fines of 5,000 shekels ($1,385) each. Such payments cause financial hardships on the families, and prison time is extended if the fines are not paid... [bz] | 26/2/2019 |
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| Closed Since 2003; Palestinians Celebrate Reopening Of Bab Al-Rahma Mosque | | IMEMC -
"Hundreds of Palestinians celebrated, Friday, the reopening of Bab
al-Rahma Mosque of Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound, which was closed by
Israel since the year 2003, and the Palestinians were denied access
to it since then.
Media sources in Jerusalem said the Palestinians gathered in and
around Bab al-Rahma and raised Palestinian flags on it while
chanting and celebrating the reopening of the holy site after
repeated massive nonviolent protests." ca
| 23/2/2019 |
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| Can a Light Rail Train Link a Divided City? | | KESHIA NAURANA BADALGE - City Lab - If there’s a neutral zone for the
residents of Jerusalem, it’s on rails. In a city where real estate is
highly contested, where walls divide neighborhoods based on faith, and
the clothes you wear are code for where you should be seen, the city’s
modern light rail system––whether by virtue of peace or necessity––
glides above the divide. That’s why a team of Palestinians and
Israelis from Mekudeshet, an arts and cultural initiative, are using
the city’s public transit as a platform for documentary and
observation. Every summer, the group stages a program of original
light-rail-based tours called Dissolving Boundaries—“docu-theatrical
journeys” designed to distance you a little from your personal
paradigms.-rh | 19/2/2019 |
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| Why residents of Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah face eviction | | Ahmad Melhem -Al-Monitor - The Execution Office, which is the
competent authority to implement court decisions, notified Jan. 3 five
families of the Sabbagh family that they had until Jan. 23 to vacate
their homes. The family’s lawyer, Husni Abu Hussein, however, managed
Jan. 14 to obtain a freeze order until Feb. 16, since the Central
Court and Supreme Court have yet to rule on the land ownership in the
neighborhood. The case goes back to 2012 when the family’s lawyers
resorted to the Israeli Central Court to file a lawsuit against
Nahalat Shimon, an organization that represents settlers, claiming
that the neighborhood’s lands, including the houses of the Sabbagh
families, belong to settlers.-rh
| 19/2/2019 |
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| Jordan gives Palestinians larger role in running Temple Mount | | Times of Israel - The move has also triggered a new round of violence and tension at the holy site. On Thursday, the expanded Waqf council met for the first time on the Temple Mount, near the Gate of Mercy, or Golden Gate, an area sealed by Israeli authorities in 2003 because the group managing the area had ties to Hamas, and kept closed to stop illegal construction work there by the Waqf that Israeli officials believe has led to the destruction of antiquities from periods of Jewish presence in the area. [bz] | 19/2/2019 |
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| Jerusalem: Over $55m to be Invested in Old City Settlement Projects | | IMEMC News & Agencies - "The Company for the Reconstruction and
Development of the Jewish Quarter, in the Old City of Jerusalem, invested more
than 200 million shekels ($55,288,940) into “settlement projects”, in Jerusalem’s
Old City district" [ry] | 18/2/2019 |
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| Israel evicts Palestinians from Jerusalem home | | Al Jazeera - Israeli authorities served the Abu Assab family eviction notice
ordering them to vacate property by end of February [ry] | 18/2/2019 |
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| Imam of Al-Aqsa Mosque Sentenced to House Arrest | | IMEMC -
"On Tuesday, an Israeli intelligence unit stormed Seyam’s home in
Jerusalem’s Old City and wreaked havoc on the building, before they
dragged the imam to the Qishleh detention center, west of occupied
Jerusalem, Days of Palestine reports." - id | 17/2/2019 |
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| Israeli Tender for Jerusalem Railway Rejected by Spanish Company | | IMEMC -
"Representatives of the workers said that the problem lies in the fact that the railway will pass through Palestinian lands to serve illegal settlements in East Jerusalem." - id | 7/2/2019 |
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