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Expansion Project in East Jerusalem Sparks Tension between Israeli Authorities, Church Leaders

Israeli officials are preparing to advance an unprecedented project to expand a national park onto church-owned lands and Christian holy sites in East Jerusalem, sparking fierce opposition from local Christian leaders. The move would not strip the landholders of their ownership, but it would give the government some authority over…

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Israeli police scatter Palestinian protesters in Sheikh Jarrah

Reporters observed Israeli border police charging protesters with horses in occupied East Jerusalem.

Al Jazeera

Israeli police scatter Palestinian protesters in Jerusalem

Jerusalem (AFP) - Israeli police on horseback scattered protesters Friday in the flashpoint east Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah, where demonstrators poured in to support Palestinians facing eviction by Jewish settlers.

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Israeli settler, police violence before Sheikh Jarrah expulsion

Palestinians say intensified police and settler presence come to lay groundwork for family’s forced displacement.

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Israeli lawmaker opens office in disputed East Jerusalem area

A far-right Israeli lawmaker set up a makeshift office in the disputed East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah on Monday in what he called a show of support for Jewish settlers there.

Reuters

Arrests made as Israeli lawmaker visits East Jerusalem flashpoint

Scuffles broke out as Itamar Ben Gvir of the far-right Religious Zionism alliance opened an office in Sheikh Jarrah.

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Over 10,000 Daily COVID Cases Reported in Palestinian Territories

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh urged on Monday citizens to get inoculated against the coronavirus as daily Covid-19 cases in the West Bank, including in Jerusalem, continue to rise. Health Minister Mai al-Kaila said her ministry recorded 10,444 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, with six deaths. She…

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Destruction of Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem goes to ICC

Israel is taken to the International Criminal Court as it continues to demolish Palestinian homes.

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Jerusalem: evictions show how urban planning is being weaponised against Palestinians

One olive in my garden is better than anything material in the whole world.

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Arab Parliament Calls for Pressuring Israel to Halt Administrative Detentions

Arab Parliament Speaker Adel al-Asoumi has called for forcing Israel to halt its administrative detentions against Palestinians. This came in letters he sent to the United Nations Secretary-General, President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, regional parliament speakers and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Asoumi denounced Israel’s systematic violations against…

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Egypt Rejects Israel’s Demolition of Palestinian Home in Sheikh Jarrah

Egypt’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Thursday rejecting Israeli authorities’ demolition of a Palestinian home and a building in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in the occupied East Jerusalem. “Israel’s continued attempts to evict Palestinians from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood constitute a flagrant violation of international and humanitarian laws,…

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Israel Releases Palestinians Held After Eviction

Five members of a Palestinian family arrested after Israeli police demolished their house in east Jerusalem have been released, their lawyer told AFP on Thursday. The arrest of several members of the Salhiya family came as they were evicted from their house in the sensitive neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah by…

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Why Biden’s Jerusalem consulate promise remains unfulfilled

A year into his presidency, Joe Biden has failed to meet his pledge to reopen a consulate for Palestinians in Jerusalem.

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European Countries Urge Israel to Stop New Construction in East Jerusalem

The foreign ministries of France, Germany, Italy and Spain urged Israeli authorities on Wednesday evening to stop the construction of new housing units in East Jerusalem. Earlier in the month, Israeli authorities approved plans for the construction of around 3,500 homes in occupied East Jerusalem, nearly half of which are…

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European countries urge Israel to stop construction in East Jerusalem

The foreign ministries of France, Germany, Italy and Spain urged Israeli authorities on Wednesday evening to stop the construction of new housing units in East Jerusalem.

The Independent UK

Sheikh Jarrah: Israel forcibly evicts Palestinian family from East Jerusalem home

The move has been condemned by diplomats and rights groups

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Video: Israeli police tear down Palestinian home in Sheikh Jarrah

Israeli police forcibly expel the Salhiyeh family from their home in Sheikh Jarrah, occupied East Jerusalem.

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Israeli forces demolish Palestinian home in Sheikh Jarrah

Israeli forces tear down the house in overnight raid displacing family of 18 from their home in occupied East Jerusalem.

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Israeli Police Demolish Palestinian Home in Sheikh Jarrah

Israeli police destroyed the home of a Palestinian family in the sensitive East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah early Wednesday morning, an AFP photographer said. Before dawn, Israeli officers went to the home of the Salhiya family, threatened with eviction since 2017 and the center of an anti-expulsion campaign in…

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Israeli police evict Palestinian family in East Jerusalem neighbourhood

Israeli police evicted a Palestinian family from their home in the flashpoint East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah on Wednesday, demolishing the dwelling in a case that has drawn international attention.

AFP

Israeli police demolish Palestinian home in Sheikh Jarrah: AFP

Jerusalem (AFP) - Israeli police destroyed the home of a Palestinian family in the sensitive East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah early Wednesday morning, an AFP photographer said.

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Standoff over Palestinian Eviction Ends, Family Says

Israeli police on Tuesday backed down from attempts to evict Palestinians from their home in a Jerusalem flashpoint district, the family said after they threatened self-immolation, triggering a standoff. The Salhiya family has been facing the threat of eviction from their home in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of Israeli-annexed east…

France 24

Palestinian family threatens to burn Sheikh Jarrah home in eviction standoff

Israeli police were in a standoff Monday with a Palestinian man who carried a gas canister onto the roof of his home in a Jerusalem flashpoint district as his family faced eviction. The Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood resident threatened to blow up his home rather than let his family be forced…

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Palestinian family protests East Jerusalem home displacement

Israeli forces surround Mahmoud Salhiyeh’s house in an attempt to force his family out of their Sheikh Jarrah home.

Reuters

Palestinian threatens to burn Sheikh Jarrah home rather than be evicted

A Palestinian facing eviction by Israeli police from the flashpoint East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah threatened on Monday to blow up gas canisters at his home rather than let his family be forced out.

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