Jerusalem

A sign hangs on a building under construction in Jerusalem congratulating U.S. President Donald Trump, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. Trump has vowed to move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. (AP/Ariel Schalit)

Debris of a Palestinian building demolished by Israeli forces in annexed East Jerusalem on December 01, 2014. (Photo: Anadolu/Salih Zeki Fazlıoğlu)
(REPORT) — Palestinian leaders Tuesday called for prayers at mosques across the Middle East this week to protest plans by President-elect Donald Trump to move the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, and also threatened to withdraw the Palestinian recognition of Israel if the move is realized.

Debris of a Palestinian building demolished by Israeli forces in annexed East Jerusalem on December 01, 2014. (Photo: Anadolu/Salih Zeki Fazlıoğlu)
(REPORT) — Republican senators have introduced a bill to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and relocate the US embassy there from Tel Aviv, a move backed by President-elect Donald Trump but one that Palestinian leaders say will deal a fatal blow to prospects for peace.

By Yves Engler | Dissident Voice | January 2, 2017 Is a school lesson plan widely used across Canada aimed at fighting racism like its promoters say or is it also a clever cover for defending Jewish/white supremacy in the Middle East? A recent 12-page Canadian Jewish News insert about Elizabeth and Tony Comper raises […]

Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network – December 25, 2016 In another example of the lengthy sentencing practices especially targeting Palestinian youth and women in Jerusalem, Shorouq Dwayyat was sentenced to 16 years in Israeli prison by a Jerusalem court on Sunday, 25 December. Dwayyat, 19, from the village of Sur Baher, was also fined 80,000 […]

Stop worshipping Israel, learn the ugly truth … and find a new speechwriter! By Stuart Littlewood | Dissident Voice | December 22, 2016 Prime Minister, This is still a Christian country, as your colleague David Cameron reminded us not so long ago. But you wouldn’t think so when non-Christian creeds are given exceptional protection and […]

American Herald Tribune | December 22, 2016 The Israeli High Court released late on Tuesday 20 December 2016 its decision regarding the Ghaith-Sub Laban eviction, in which the Court partially accepted the family’s appeal and stopping their eviction. The decision keeps the family’s protected tenant status for 10 more years after which the family would […]

Ma’an – December 19, 2016 JERUSALEM – Israeli authorities renewed a travel ban against a Palestinian woman from occupied East Jerusalem on Sunday, after she has already been banned from the Old City’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound as well as from the occupied West Bank. Khadija Khweis told a Ma’an that Israeli intelligence summoned her to […]

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the 2016 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference at the Verizon Center, on Monday, March 21, 2016, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Ma’an – December 13, 2016 JERUSALEM – Israeli forces on Monday evening shot a Palestinian activist in the leg with a rubber-coated steel bullet during a raid in the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of al-Issawiya while he was attempting to take photos and video footage in the neighborhood, according to a local committee. Members of […]