Tag: Eastern Jerusalem
Why is Abbas trying to bully Israel on eastern Jerusalem?
The Palestinian Authority has launched an international campaign to force Israel to allow eastern Jerusalem residents to participate in P.A. parliamentary elections on May 22, 2021.
At a meeting of the Palestinian government, P.A. Prime...
US State Department human-rights report returns to using ‘occupied’ territories
The Biden administration returned to using the term “occupied” when referring to the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights and eastern Jerusalem in its annual human-rights report issued by the U.S. State Department.
Under the...
Living in Israel, voting in the PA
In 1996, Arab residents of eastern Jerusalem, which lies within Israel’s sovereign borders, took part in elections in the Palestinian Authority, thereby smashing a taboo. Israel, under the leadership of Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon...
Glorifying martyrdom, eastern Jerusalem school marks ‘Shahid Day’
A Waqf-run elementary school for girls in Jerusalem recently marked “Palestinian Shahid Day” and held educational activities on the subject of martyrdom.
The Jerusalem Islamic Waqf is an Islamic trust that controls and manages the...
First-ever memorial held in Silwan for Jew slain in 1939 Arab riots
The first-ever memorial day for Shlomo Madmoni was held on Monday in the village of Shiloah (Silwan) in eastern Jerusalem, also known as the Yemenite village. The event, initiated by the Shiloah public council,...
Israeli surgeons safely remove disappearing bullet from boy’s brain
On the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha on Friday, in the eastern Jerusalem neighborhood of Ras al-Amud, a stray bullet from celebratory gunfire hit a 9-year-old boy in the head.
He was rushed to Hadassah...
Legal battle over eastern Jerusalem property highlights attempts by EU to undermine Israeli sovereignty
The Jerusalem District Court rejected a petition filed by an Arab family last week claiming ownership over a house located within the City of David neighborhood/archeological site in the eastern part of Jerusalem, perhaps...
Jerusalem mayor hopes ‘Silicon Wadi’ project will create 10,000 jobs
The first stage of the Jerusalem Municipality’s “Silicon Wadi” project—an initiative designed to set up industrial and business zones in the eastern half of the city, and strengthen the city’s Arab residents’ faith in...
IDF troops thwart terrorist attack in eastern Jerusalem
Three Palestinians were wounded on Friday evening during an attempted attack on an Israeli military post in eastern Jerusalem, according to the Israel Defense Forces. The suspects are being treated by the Red Crescent.
According to the...
Erekat: Israel’s ‘apartheid road’ is the start of its ‘E1 colonial plan’
Israel’s plan to build a road connecting Jerusalem and the E1 area of Judea and Samaria represents the start of Israel’s “colonial” program to “sever the contiguity” of a future Palestinian state, PLO Secretary...