Tag: Eastern Jerusalem
Riots break out in Jerusalem after funeral of Palestinian
Rioting broke out in eastern Jerusalem and in the Old City on Monday night following the funeral of Walid al-Sharif, a Palestinian who was injured on the Temple Mount during clashes several weeks ago as he...
US ambassador criticizes Israel for Sheikh Jarrah eviction in eastern Jerusalem
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield called on Israel to refrain from evicting residents of several illegal structures in Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood.
Speaking to the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday, she said:...
EU tries to twist international law to fight eviction of Sheikh Jarrah squatters in...
Israeli authorities on Monday morning attempted to evict the Salhiya family, Arab squatters living illegally since the 1950s in a home in the Shimon HaTzadik neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah in Jerusalem. The day-long standoff...
Israeli committee approves more than 3,500 homes in eastern Jerusalem
A local committee in Jerusalem announced the approval of plans to build 3,557 homes in eastern Jerusalem, according to anti-settlement monitoring group Peace Now.
One building area is between Har Homa and Givat Hamatos, and...
Google Maps removes ‘apartheid wall’ label from security barrier near Jerusalem
Google has announced that it has removed the label “Apartheid Wall” from a road adjacent to the security barrier on the outskirts of eastern Jerusalem.
While it is unclear how it came about, the company...
Barkat drafts bill to stop reopening of US mission for Palestinians in Jerusalem
Israel’s opposition, led by Likud Knesset member and former Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, submitted a bill on Wednesday to bar the United States from reopening its diplomatic mission to the Palestinians in eastern Jerusalem.
The...
Some 5,000 Israelis take part in Jerusalem flag march; Arabs clash with police
Some 5,000 Israelis took part in a flag march in Jerusalem on Tuesday evening after it was postponed on May 10, Jerusalem Day, due to a security escalation.
The marchers walked down a new route agreed upon...
Hamas military commander issues ‘final warning’ to Israel over eastern Jerusalem
The commander of Hamas’s military wing issued a rare direct statement on Tuesday, warning Israel that it would pay a “heavy price” if it did not cease its activities in the eastern Jerusalem neighborhood...
Abbas signals postponement of Palestinian elections, provoking Hamas
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas signaled on Thursday that Palestinian elections, which were scheduled for May 22, would be indefinitely delayed, a move that has angered the Hamas terror group that was preparing to...
Israel arrests 17 more rioters as Arab-Jewish clashes in Jerusalem continue
The Israel Police announced on Sunday that it had arrested 17 people suspected of involvement in the violent clashes between Arabs and Jews in Jerusalem that began on April 13, the start of the Muslim holiday...