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Tense Ramadan nights at Jerusalem gate stir escalation worries

A week into the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, a flashpoint Jerusalem site is seeing nightly confrontations between Palestinians and Israeli police that have raised concern about a repeat of violence that erupted last year.

Reuters · Apr 7, 2022

Israel Police Arrest 8 Palestinians in Third Night of Jerusalem Unrest

Israeli police arrested several Palestinians accused of throwing rocks and other objects at officers outside the contested Old City of Jerusalem on Monday as tensions flared during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Police said officers arrested eight people suspected of throwing rocks, bottles and fireworks at officers during Ramadan…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 5, 2022

Palestinian Presidency: No Alliances Will Take Us Out of the Equation

The Palestinian presidency dismissed on Monday concerns that regional or international alliances would undermine the Palestinian cause. “All regional or international alliances have failed to remove the Palestinians from the equation,” said Nabil Abu Rudeineh, the official spokesman for the Palestinian presidency. He stressed that the only path to security…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 5, 2022

Palestinian baby dies after treatment delayed by Israeli blockade of Gaza

Fatima al-Masri, a 19-month-old with a hole in her heart, waited five months for Israel to issue a permit to allow her to travel to Jerusalem for treatment

The Guardian - UK · Apr 1, 2022

Palestinians hope for a calm Ramadan in Jerusalem amid tensions

With gallons of soap, ornate lanterns and fresh paint, Palestinian Muslims are sprucing up Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa compound in the week leading up to Ramadan, hoping that this year the holy month will be peaceful despite political tensions.

Reuters · Mar 31, 2022

Jordan and Israel leaders urge calm after historic meeting following spike in violence

Jordan's King Abdullah called for calm following a historic summit with Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Wednesday after the sharpest spike in street violence in years stoked fears of a wider escalation ahead of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan.

Reuters · Mar 30, 2022

Israeli President to Visit Jordan on Wednesday

Israeli President Isaac Herzog will make the first official visit by an Israeli head of state to Jordan on Wednesday, officials said. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict, including Israel’s nearly 55-year-old occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem, has long weighed on relations between Israel and Jordan, many of whose 10…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 30, 2022

Israel defense chief, Jordan's king discuss Ramadan calm

Israel’s defense minister has met with Jordan’s King Abdullah II in Amman and they discussed maintaining calm in Jerusalem during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which begins in April

The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2022

Jordan's King: Regional Security Cannot Be Achieved without a Palestinian State

Jordan's King Abdullah II assured Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas that Amman will always support Palestine, despite all challenges. Meeting Abbas in Ramallah, King Abdullah asserted that security and stability could not be achieved in the region without just and comprehensive peace based on the two-state solution, which guarantees the establishment…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 29, 2022

Abbas, Blinken Hold Talks in Ramallah

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas held talks with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Ramallah on Sunday. He stressed that the priority should always be towards finding a political solution that would end the Israeli occupation of Palestine along the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital. He called…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 28, 2022