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Archaeological sites across the West Bank should be included in the Israeli government's plan to rehabilitate "Israeli heritage sites" according to two members of the Israel parliament. MKs Zeev...
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EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Al-Aqsa Association for Religious Endowment (Waqf) and Heritage has accused the Israeli occupation authorities of planting thousands of fake Jewish tombs around Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Old...
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Israeli radio said on Wednesday that Israel has reached an agreement with Jordan and the Palestinian Authority (PA) to cancel draft resolutions against it planned to be discussed in...
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Protected by Israeli police officers, a large number of rabbis and illegal settlers have entered Al-Aqsa Mosque to mark the Jewish Passover. The mosque is the third holiest place...
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An extreme right-wing member of the Israeli Knesset (MK) has called for Jews to storm the Noble Sanctuary of Al-Aqsa this week to perform religious rituals for Passover, which...
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The Director-general of the Israeli "Religious Affairs Ministry" announced during a session in the Knesset that the ministry is seeking to review a law that will allow Jews to...
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The Action Committee for Jerusalem and Palestine has called for demonstrations in all Egyptian mosques on Friday in protest at the latest Israeli aggression against the Al-Aqsa Mosque and...
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Israeli Knesset member, Mordechai Eugev, has called for a Jewish synagogue to be built in the southern part of the Aqsa Mosque courtyard. A statement from the Aqsa Foundation...
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Jordan's Minister for Information and Communication, Mohammed al-Momani, last Thursday officially announced the departure of the Israeli ambassador to Amman, Daniel Nevo. In a press conference held on Wednesday...
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A Palestinian organisation located in the territories occupied in 1948 that maintains Islamic sanctities and monitors violations against them by the Zionist occupation authorities has said that, "Zionist gangs...
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The Planning and Construction Committee of the Israeli municipality in Jerusalem called on Monday for the adoption of a plan to demolish 450 Palestinian houses. Should this plan be...
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Member of the organisation for Palestinian Endowments and Religious Affairs in Gaza, Ismail Ridwan, revealed on Tuesday a $6m Israeli plan to judaise Jerusalem and alter its Arabic appearance....
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Israeli attacks on Palestinian citizens and properties in occupied Jerusalem increased sharply in May, a local research and study centre has reported. Wadi Al-Hilwa Information Centre (WAIC) said that...
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Work started on Tuesday on the construction of a seven-storey building adjacent to the Noble Sanctuary of Al-Aqsa. The land next to the Magharbeh Gate into the sanctuary is...
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The Israeli Ministry of Justice has backed down on plans to build a courts complex on land which forms part of the historic Ma'man Allah Palestinian Cemetery in Jerusalem....
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Sixty Israeli soldiers have entered Al-Aqsa Mosque wearing their uniforms in what is being seen as an attempt to strengthen a Jewish presence in the sacred Islamic site. According...
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UNESCO's Executive Board adopted on Friday six decisions strongly condemning the Israeli aggressions against Palestinian cultural and historical heritage. The decisions were filed by the State of Palestine and...
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The Jerusalem International Foundation is holding an international workshop on Wednesday in the Lebanese capital Beirut to discuss the issue of Jerusalem in light of Israel's recent escalations and...
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Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon has participated in a propaganda film to promote the Jewish relationship with the city of Jerusalem. The film shows the gradual wearing away...
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Israeli television reported that the occupation authorities have opened a new museum beneath the Al-Aqsa Mosque. The Islamic-Christian Committee to Support Jerusalem and the Holy Sites denounced on Monday...
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So-called Temple organisations in Israel have filed a demand to the Israeli ministerial council to employ a rabbi in the Al-Aqsa Mosque and to place a Jewish Menorah on...
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An extremist Jewish group has sent a letter to the Israeli government asking for the occupation forces to allow Israeli Jews and foreign tourists access to all gates leading...
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On Friday the Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas accused Israel of conducting ethnic cleansing of Palestinians as it intensifies settlement building at the same time joint international efforts...
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Egypt has renewed its condemnation of Israeli violations in occupied Jerusalem. Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamel Amr denounced on Monday Israel's policies which set out to change the status quo...
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Members of Egypt's Shura (Consultative) Council have demanded the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador in protest at the ongoing violations of the sanctity of Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem....
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UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon, has called for Israelis and Palestinians to seize the current chance at peace represented by the US Secretary of State, John Kerry. "This may...
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has told Palestinian Foreign Minister Dr Riyad Al-Malki that the international organisation does not recognise Israel's annexation of occupied East Jerusalem and regards settlement...
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Six leading pro-Palestinian organisations have written to the BBC's Director General asking for answers over the pulling of a documentary which claims that the mass Jewish exodus from Jerusalem...
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The UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation UNESCO has decided to postpone opening a Jewish exhibition at its headquarters in Paris after Arab states protested. UNESCO's director general Irina...
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Last Wednesday, May 8th, the Jordanian Parliament voted on a resolution calling on the government to expel the Israeli ambassador from Amman and to summon the Jordanian ambassador to...
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January 24, 2014
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Jessica Purkiss
Thirteen years ago former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's visit to the compound of the third holiest site in Islam, Al-Aqsa Mosque, sparked the Second Intifada. The intifada, which raged...