Jerusalem

Report: Two Jerusalemites killed 85 others wounded last month

Wednesday-2-November-2016

The Israeli occupation police in Occupied Jerusalem killed two Palestinians wounded 85 others arrested over 250 citizens and demolished seven Palestinian housing units last October according to a report released by Quds Press.

Sheikh Sabri calls for more OIC support for Jerusalem

Wednesday-2-November-2016

Sheikh Ikrima Sabri head of the higher Islamic commission in Occupied Jerusalem has hailed the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for opening a representative office in Palestine urging it to pay more attention to Jerusalem and the Aqsa Mosque.

2 Jerusalemites sentenced to 12 months imprisonment

Tuesday-1-November-2016

The Israeli Magistrate Court sentenced Tuesday two 19-year-old Jerusalemites to 12 months imprisonment on the charge of defending al-Aqsa Mosque.

47 Students injured during al-Quds University clashes

Tuesday-1-November-2016

47 Palestinian students have been injured as clashes broke out Tuesday afternoon in al-Quds University in Abu Dis east of occupied Jerusalem.

Tension over raising Israeli flag on Holy Sepulchre Church

Tuesday-1-November-2016

The High Presidential Commission for Church Affairs in Palestine strongly condemned Tuesday the raising of Israeli flag over the eastern entrance to the Holy Sepulchre Church.

15 arrests reported in O. J’lem

Tuesday-1-November-2016

Approximately 15 Palestinians were detained on Monday in occupied Jerusalem including three minors.

Israeli soldiers target Jerusalem schoolchildren with rubber bullets

Monday-31-October-2016

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Monday morning attacked Palestinian schoolchildren in eastern Occupied Jerusalem with randomly-shot spates of rubber bullets.

Israeli policemen brutalize Palestinian child in east Jerusalem

Monday-31-October-2016

Israeli policemen on Sunday afternoon detained and physically assaulted a Palestinian child in Occupied Jerusalem before releasing him later on the same day.

Kiswani: Israel prevents implementation of 40 projects in Aqsa

Sunday-30-October-2016

​“The Israeli occupation prevents the implementation of more than 40 vital projects to restore al-Aqsa Mosque facilities and walls” said the director of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound Sheikh Omar al-Kiswani.

3 Jerusalemites arrested in Sur Baher

Friday-28-October-2016

The Israeli police forces arrested at dawn Friday three Palestinian youths after violently breaking into their family homes in Sur Baher village south of occupied Jerusalem.