A general view over East Jerusalem neighborhood Silwan (MaanImages/Mimmi Nietula) JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — A Jerusalem court threw out two cases seeking to evict Palestinian families from their East Jerusalem homes, activists said Sunday. Litigants close to settler organization Elad said the Qaraeen and Farag family homes in East Jerusalem neighborhood Silwan were their property, but [...]
Israel will construct more homes in an illegal settlement as part of decision made by the prime minister [Reuters] Israel has given final approval to the building of 40 new houses at a settlement in the occupied West Bank to replace temporary structures there, the settlement’s council head said. Israeli-Palestinian peace talks collapsed over a year ago [...]
People sit on a wall overlooking the Dome of Rock inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, Islam’s third holiest site. (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli, File) JERUSALEM (AFP) — Jerusalem’s city council has ordered the closure within a week of a wooden access ramp to the sensitive Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City, saying the structure is “a [...]
Peace talks in the Middle East must tackle the issue of the status of the holy sites such as the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, Jean-Louis Tauran, head of the Vatican’s Council for Interreligious Dialogue, said Friday. (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli) VATICAN CITY (AFP) — Peace negotiations in the Middle East must tackle the issue of [...]
Are Palestinian children less worthy? Although Palestinian children endure lives of suffering, Obama’s love for their Israeli counterparts knows no limit. Joseph Massad Last Modified: 30 May 2011 14:47 During the first and second intifada, more than 700 Palestinian children were killed, and a further 313 children died in the Israeli shelling of Gaza in December 2008-July [...]
