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Israel Steps Up Jerusalem Home Demolitions as Violence Rises

Ratib Matar’s family was growing. They needed more space. Before his granddaughters, now 4 and 5, were born, he built three apartments on an eastern slope overlooking Jerusalem’s ancient landscape. The 50-year-old construction contractor moved in with his brother, son, divorced daughter and their young kids — 11 people in…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 8, 2023

Palestinian Woman Trailblazer Dons Clerical Collar

Trailblazer Sally Azar is hoping that her role as the Holy Land's first Palestinian woman pastor will inspire other women to reach for influential positions in religious and political life. Wearing her clerical collar and with clasped hands before an altar at the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 8, 2023

Israel steps up Jerusalem home demolitions as violence rises

Israel's drive to demolish Palestinian homes in east Jerusalem is picking up pace

The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2023

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There’s no cycle of violence in Jerusalem – only Israel’s lethal oppression of my people

From house demolitions to military detention, the violence we Palestinians face daily reflects the power imbalance of occupier and occupied, says Jerusalem-based writer Jalal Abukhater

The Guardian - UK · Feb 7, 2023

Israeli Lien on Church-Owned Hotel Sparks Crisis with Vatican

The Western Jerusalem municipality demanded that a Vatican-owned hotel, the Notre Dame of Jerusalem Center, pay overdue city property taxes worth $5 million, and when it didn’t, it placed a lien on the institution’s bank accounts until it settles the payment. Religious institutions in Israel are exempt from paying property…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 7, 2023

Israeli army besieges homes of fugitives in West Bank raid

The Israeli army has raided a refugee camp near the Palestinian city of Jericho, besieging houses it said were being used as hideouts for Palestinian attackers and shooting at residents who opened fire

The Independent UK · Feb 4, 2023

Palestinian teenager dreamt of being a chef before attack, teachers say

In the middle of last week, 13-year-old Palestinian Mahmoud Aleiwat was pressing his teachers for the school report he needed so he could go to a Jerusalem college to train as a chef.

Reuters · Feb 3, 2023

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Biden stands by Jerusalem status quo in meeting with Jordan king

The US president praised Jordan for its ‘crucial role’ as the custodian of Muslim holy places in Jerusalem.

Al Jazeera · Feb 3, 2023

Biden Reaffirms US Support for Jordan, Iraq in Meeting, Phone Call

President Joe Biden on Thursday underlined his support for the legal "status quo" of Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound in a meeting at the White House with Jordanian King Abdullah II. Biden, the king and Crown Prince Hussein had a private lunch in which the US president "reaffirmed the close, enduring…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 3, 2023

American tourist arrested for attacking Jesus statue in a Jerusalem Catholic church

Incident comes amid week of bloodshed in the region that has seen more than 17 people killed

The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2023

Israeli police: American arrested for vandalizing church

Israeli police have arrested an American tourist after he allegedly knocked down and broke a statue of Jesus in a church in Jerusalem’s Old City

The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2023

Israeli settler population in West Bank surpasses 500k

A new report says that Israel’s West Bank settler population now makes up more than half a million people

The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2023

Leading artists criticise Barbican’s collaboration with Israeli embassy for concert

Jerusalem Orchestra East & West’s performance ‘cynical attempt to re-brand apartheid as diversity’, claims letter by over 50 artists

The Guardian - UK · Feb 1, 2023

Chad to open embassy in Israel on Thursday: Israeli PM Netanyahu

Israel and Chad resumed ties in 2018 following a visit to Jerusalem by then-President Idriss Deby to PM Netanyahu.

Al Jazeera · Feb 1, 2023

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Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 1, 2023

Palestinians Urge Blinken Against Allowing US Embassy to Be Built on Confiscated Land in Jerusalem

The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, Adalah, filed on Monday a letter to object against a plan to build the new US embassy and diplomatic compound in Jerusalem. The letter charges that the missions will be built on land that was confiscated from Palestinians. The letter was…

Los Angeles Times · Feb 1, 2023

Blinken visits the Palestinian West Bank, where residents are disillusioned and leaders are angry

DEIR DIBWAN, West Bank — Maisoon Ali, a Palestinian banker, has a message for visiting U.S Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken.

The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2023

Antony Blinken warns of ‘shrinking horizon of hope’ for Palestinians during visit to West Bank

‘Restoring calm is our immediate task,’ says US secretary of state

France 24 · Jan 31, 2023

Blinken expresses 'sorrow' over deaths of innocent Palestinians on Ramallah trip

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is wrapping up a two-day visit to Israel and the occupied West Bank on Tuesday with renewed appeals for Israeli-Palestinian calm amid an alarming spike of violence.

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Daily Mirror · Jan 31, 2023

Send terrorists to the electric chair, says Israel's new extreme right minister

Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir's comments came after seven people were shot dead at a synagogue in East Jerusalem and as violent incidents were reported in Jerusalem and the West Bank

The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2023

Blinken in Mideast renews appeal for Israel-Palestinian calm

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is wrapping up a two-day visit to Israel and the occupied West Bank with renewed appeals for Israeli-Palestinian calm amid an alarming spike of violence

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 31, 2023

Blinken in Mideast Renews Appeal for Israel-Palestinian Calm

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrapped up a two-day visit to Israel and the occupied West Bank on Tuesday with renewed appeals for Israeli-Palestinian calm amid an alarming spike of violence. Blinken met Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank town of Ramallah on Tuesday, a day after…

Los Angeles Times · Jan 31, 2023

Blinken urges calm, supports Palestinian state in meeting with Israel’s Netanyahu

JERUSALEM — Arriving in Israel at what he called a “pivotal moment,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken on Monday called on Israelis and Palestinians alike to step back from the brink of all-out conflict, condemning terrorism and vengeance killings that target innocent civilians.

WEKU · Jan 30, 2023

Sec. Blinken had a plan for his visit to Jerusalem. Then he had to pivot

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to Jerusalem has turned out to be about much more than he bargained for.

Evening Standard · Jan 30, 2023

Antony Blinken urges Israel and Palestine to ease tensions following spike in violence

US Secretary of State urges both sides to ‘take urgent steps to restore calm’

Al Jazeera · Jan 30, 2023

Blinken urges calm, reaffirms ‘ironclad’ US support for Israel

Top US diplomat pays tribute to Israeli victims of attack in Jerusalem without mentioning Palestinians killed by Israel.

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