Jewish Heritage

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...