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The Latest Breaking News from East Jerusalem

China’s Xi Jinping backs ‘just cause’ of Palestinian statehood

China believes in an ‘independent Palestinian state based on 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital’, Xi says.

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Far-right Israelis shut down Jerusalem’s Old City with flag march

Palestinians forced to stay away to avoid repeat of previous years, when far-right carried out dozens of attacks.

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Israeli nationalists chant racist slogans on march through Jerusalem

‘Death to Arabs’ chanted by some of the thousands celebrating capture of Old City in 1967 as three journalists wounded

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Israel fires on Palestinians protesting ‘flag march’ in Gaza

Protests were held along the Gaza-Israel border in protest at the Israeli far-rights provocative march in Jerusalem.

Al Jazeera

Factbox: What is 'Jerusalem Day' and why is it an Israeli-Palestinian flashpoint?

Israeli nationalists marking the 1967 capture of East Jerusalem were to march through the Muslim quarter of the Old City on Thursday in an annual parade that Palestinians see as a provocation.

Reuters

Israel shuts down Palestinian life in Jerusalem for ‘flag march’

Palestinian life in the Old City comes to a halt ahead of provocative Israeli march celebrating illegal 1967 occupation.

Al Jazeera

Palestinian PM denounces Israeli flag march as ‘absurd’

Palestinian officials say the annual Israeli parade in occupied East Jerusalem attempts to establish a false reality.

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Palestinians brace as far-right Israelis march in East Jerusalem

Security beefed up as thousands of Israeli nationalists participate in the march amid fears of violence.

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Israel publishes tenders for new West Bank settlement units

Israel has published tenders for more than 1,000 new housing units in settlements in the occupied West Bank, despite a commitment it made in U.S.-backed talks in February that discussion of new settlement units would be halted for the next four months.

Reuters

Saudi-Palestinian Meeting Underscores Importance of Palestinians Legitimate Rights

A Saudi-Palestinian meeting underscored the importance of continuing to exert efforts to guarantee the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people to establish their independent state with East Jerusalem as its capital, in accordance with the Arab Peace Initiative and the relevant international resolutions. This came during the meeting held between…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Crown Prince Meets with Palestinian President

Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, met in Jeddah on Wednesday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, the Saudi Press Agency reported. During the meeting, they reviewed the latest developments in the Palestinian territories and stressed the importance of continuing the exerted efforts to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israeli police say two wounded after suspected terror attack in East Jerusalem

A suspected shooting attack by a Palestinian gunman in Jerusalem on Tuesday left two Israeli men wounded, police said.

France 24

Israeli Police Say Two Wounded in East Jerusalem Shooting

A gunman opened fire on a vehicle in East Jerusalem on Tuesday, wounding two people, Israeli emergency services said. The attack comes after a year of escalating Israeli Palestinian violence and high tension during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan which coincided this year with the Jewish Passover holiday, Reuters…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Most Palestinians in East Jerusalem are sitting out Israeli protests – but they are still concerned about a potential judicial reform

Israeli protesters have been demonstrating against the Netanyahu government’s controversial efforts to radically overhaul the judicial system for nearly three months. And while the protests regularly bring out more than 100,000 people to the streets across Israel, few Arab faces have appeared among the demonstrators.

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What’s behind the Ramadan raids at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque?

Israeli forces regularly storm Al-Aqsa Mosque as worshippers visit the site during Ramadan.

The Guardian - UK

Mount of Olives becomes latest target in fight for control of Jerusalem

Israeli settler movement is making life harder for Jerusalem’s Palestinians and erasing Christian character of holy city

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Arabia Strongly Condemns Israel’s Decision to Allow Re-settlement in Northern West Bank

Saudi Arabia on Wednesday strongly condemned a decision taken by the occupying Israeli authorities to allow re-settlement in the areas of the northern West Bank in Palestine. “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed the Kingdom’s strong condemnation of this decision, which is a flagrant violation of all international laws, contributes…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israel Demolishes Homes in Jerusalem, Prepares for Evictions in Sheikh Jarrah

Israel demolished three houses on Monday in the Wadi al-Joz neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem under the pretext of construction without a permit. The Israeli move violates the Aqaba understandings, which stipulated the cessation of unilateral measures, which the Palestinians limited to storming the Palestinian Authority (PA) areas, demolishing Jerusalem…

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Six European States Call on Israel to Stop Settlement Expansion

Six European countries called Saturday on Israel to stop the expansion of settlements, while also condemning the settler attack against the town of Huwara, south Nablus, and other villages in the West Bank last week.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Palestine’s Qorei Laid to Rest in Military Funeral

The Palestinians bid farewell on Thursday to Ahmed Qorei (Abu Alaa), 85, who served as the first speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council. The funeral was held at the presidential headquarters in Ramallah where Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas laid a wreath of flowers on his coffin. "Abu Al Alaa spent…

Asharq Al-Awsat

US ‘Veto’ Haunts Draft Resolution Delegitimizing West Bank Settlements

The US had expressed its clear objection to a draft resolution calling on Israel to stop steps it is taking to legalize nine settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank, UN diplomats told Asharq Al-Awsat on Friday. The resolution, still in draft form, calls for respecting the current historical status…

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Israel passes law allowing deportation of Palestinian prisoners

New law will make it easier for Israel to revoke citizenship and residency of Palestinians in Israel and East Jerusalem.

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Israel’s home demolitions a ‘war on nerves’ for Palestinians

East Jerusalem residents know that suspended demolition orders remain in force and may be executed at any moment.

Reuters

Israel's Netanyahu pledges more action against Palestinian attackers

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday promised a stronger Israeli response in dealing with a spate of Palestinian attacks in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank, as pressure swelled within his right-wing government to employ more severe tactics.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israeli Police Seal Up Home of Jerusalem Attacker's Family

Security personnel sealed up the family home of a Palestinian man who careened his car into a Jerusalem bus stop, killing three Israelis and injuring several others, Israeli police said Sunday. Police released a video showing police and soldiers welding the doors and windows of the apartment in east Jerusalem…

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