Far-Right Gov’t Plans to Limit Al-Aqsa Mosque Access on Ramadan

Far-right Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sided on Sunday, February 19, with racist National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, endorsing restrictions on Muslims, among them Arab-Palestinians citizens of Israel, access to Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem during Ramadan. Israeli occupation forces raid at Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem, April 15, 2022 (Photo: Activestills) The reports said the…

Palestinians Convicted of ‘Terror Acts’ Could Be Expelled from East Jerusalem

Israel’s interior minister may soon be able to deport hundreds of Palestinians by cancelling their Israeli citizenship or revoking their residency status in occupied East Jerusalem. The Knesset passed last year legislation allowing for the deportation of Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel or Palestinians residents of East Jerusalem if they are convicted of a terror act and have allegedly…

Churches Against UK Embassy Move to Jerusalem

Christian leaders on Monday expressed their “grave concern” about UK potentially moving their embassy in Israel to the contested and occupied East city. Jerusalem church heads warned that moving the British embassy “would severely undermine this key principle and the political negotiations that it seeks to advance.” Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid with UK Prime…

Supreme Court Suspends Palestinian Evictions in Sheikh Jarrah

After years of protests and demonstrations, Israel’s Supreme Court has ruled that a group of Palestinian families slated for eviction from the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah can remain in their homes for the time being. The court ruled on Tuesday that the four families could stay in their homes until Israel carried out…

Occupation Forces Brutally Attack Sheikh Jarrah Protesters

Israeli occupation forces on Friday brutally attacked Palestinian protesters and Israeli peace activists in Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah, Zo Haderech and Al-Ittihad reported. Palestinians have been angry with the Israeli occupation over its unjust plans to evict Sheikh Jarrah’s residents from their homes to replace them with settlers, under the pretext that the Palestinian homes and lands were…

Occupation Forces Lock Down East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah Neighborhood

Israeli occupation forces imposed on Thursday evening a nearly full lockdown of occupied East Jerusalem’s highly-tense Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, shortly after dozens of local Palestinian citizens and Israeli peace activists supporting them in the neighborhood were assaulted by the forces. WAFA correspondent said Israeli Police physically assaulted Palestinians and solidarity activists outside the home of…