Tag Archives: Jerusalem

Two separate explosions have rocked two bus stations at the entrance of occupied al-Quds, killing at least one Israeli and wounding several others. According to initial reports released by Palestinian media, the explosions occurred on Shaari Street in occupied al-Quds on Wednesday morning. The Jerusalem Post said one Israeli died …

More than 20,000 homes in the holy city of al-Quds face demolition threats from the Israeli regime, says a Palestinian minister, as Tel Aviv continues with its illegal settlement expansion activities and land grab policies across the Palestinian territories despite international outcry. Palestine’s al-Quds Affairs Minister Fadi al-Hidmi said on …

Israeli authorities demolished a residential building in annexed east Jerusalem on Tuesday, leaving 35 people, the majority of them children, homeless.

Israel plans to build nearly 300 settler units south of al-Quds, expanding unlawful settlement activities in the occupied city despite international condemnation. Moshe Lion, the mayor of al-Quds, announced the plan on Monday to build a new settlement neighborhood south of the occupied city. According to the plan, 296 settler …

Thousands of Israelis have been forced to evacuate six settlements outside al-Quds amid a raging wildfire. A large blaze broke out about 13 kilometers (8 miles) west of al-Quds on Sunday, blanketing the city in smoke. Israelis in Beit Meir, Ksalon, Shoresh, Sho’eva, Ramat Raziel and Givat Ye’arim were asked …

The monstrous Dixie Fire in northern California has grown to become the second-largest wildfire in state history, authorities said Sunday, with three people reported missing and thousands fleeing the advancing flames. As of Sunday, the fire had destroyed 489,287 acres (198,007 hectares), authorities said, up from the previous day’s 447,723 …

An international aid group has censured the excessive use of force by Israeli soldiers against children in the occupied Palestinian territories. Save the Children released a press statement on Thursday after three Palestinian children were killed across the West Bank as a result of extreme violence exercised by the troops …

Hundreds of Palestinians struggle to see a future as Israel demolishes homes and businesses in occupied territories. Occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem – Hundreds of Palestinian families are struggling to put their lives back together after their homes and businesses were demolished by Israeli authorities, either as collective punishment …

Fierce clashes have broken out between Israeli forces and Palestinians protesting against an illegal settlement outpost near the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, leaving dozens of the Palestinians injured. The violence erupted after Friday prayers when Israeli occupation forces attacked Palestinian protesters calling for the removal of the Eviatar …

Israeli forces demolish a butcher’s shop and use tear gas to push back residents and activists. Violence erupted after the demolition of a Palestinian business by Israeli forces began in the al-Bustan area of the occupied East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan on Tuesday. Israeli forces accompanied by bulldozers entered the …

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry has criticized the United Nations for leaving Israel off the annual blacklist of parties responsible for grave violations against children, saying ignoring the regime’s crimes would guarantee impunity for the child-killing entity.

Israeli forces have shot dead a Palestinian woman north of Jerusalem al-Quds over an alleged stabbing attempt, amid heightening tensions in the occupied territories. The deadly incident occurred on Saturday afternoon, when Israeli soldiers shot and wounded a 27-year-old Palestinian woman, identified as Ebtesam Khaled Kaabneh, at Qalandia checkpoint, to …

More than 100 buildings housing about 1,500 people in the al-Bustan area of Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem faces demolition. Nearly 120 Palestinian families face the destruction of their homes to make way for an Israeli religious theme park where the Israelis believe King David had a garden in biblical …

Scores of Israeli firefighters have been deployed to tackle two major forest fires that broke out in the hills near Alquds (Jerusalem) on Wednesday. Hundreds of people were evacuated. Almost 800 people, were ordered to leave their homes as the flames approached. The fires also prompted the closure of some …

At least 60 worshippers were injured, some of them critically, on Sunday when a grandstand seating area collapsed in a crowded synagogue in a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank, Israel’s Magen David Adom ambulance service said. The incident occurred in the settlement of Givat Zeev, north of Jerusalem. …

Death toll in Gaza rises to 119, as threat of a ground assault looms after Israel amasses tanks and troops near besieged enclave. Israel continued on Friday to bombard the Gaza Strip with air raids and artillery shells as it stepped up the deployment of troops and tanks near the …

For Netanyahu, Jerusalem and Gaza are the gifts that keep on giving. Israel is a colonial war machine that never sleeps. Its mounting provocations in Jerusalem in recent weeks have predictably driven Palestinians to the streets in protest. Hence, the short answer to the question, “why?”, is simply, “why not?”, …

American political language does not have the capacity to address Palestine because it is disabled by white supremacy. Over the past few weeks, as the Israeli colonial forces escalated their brutal violence against the Palestinians of occupied Jerusalem, many hoped for some kind of a sharp reaction from the new …

The Palestinian health ministry says nine killed in air raids in northern Gaza after Hamas launched rockets at Jerusalem. Israeli forces stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Monday morning, firing rubber-coated bullets, tear gas, and sound bombs at Palestinian worshippers, wounding hundreds. The latest violence came as occupied East Jerusalem …

The latest violence comes on Islam’s holy night of Laylat al-Qadr, a day after Israeli police stormed Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque and injured 205 Palestinians. Dozens of Palestinians have been injured in the Israeli police crackdown on protesters outside the Old City of Jerusalem as tens of thousands of Muslim worshippers …