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Feb
Feb
Fakhri Abu Diab had no time to pack his belongings when the Israeli authorities arrived on his doorstep in occupied East Jerusalem on February 14. The police first evicted his family and then ordered a bulldozer to demolish his home.
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21
Feb
Feb
Samer and Omar* woke up early on Friday morning, hoping to make it to noon prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound in the Old City of Jerusalem. Located just 15 minutes away from their homes in the Palestinian neighbourhood of Issawiya in occupied East Jerusalem, the two young friends are among the tens of thousands of Palestinians in the city who attend Friday prayers at the mosque – one of the holiest in Islam.
21
May
May
Ankara calls on Israel to “act responsibly, and to put an end to all kinds of provocative actions violating the historical status of Al Haram Al Sharif that is based on the international law”.
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Apr
Apr
Police forces were deployed in the Al Aqsa courtyard before allowing groups of dozens of settlers to storm it through the Mughrabi Gate in the western wall of the mosque, witnesses said.
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Dec
Dec
Each year, as Christmas approached, Lina Abu Akleh would look forward to spending time with her aunt. Lina and her siblings – an older brother and a younger sister – would get together with their parents and their father’s younger sister at the family home in occupied East Jerusalem, where they’d enjoy a big Christmas lunch. But this year, it is a day 27-year-old Lina is dreading.
22
Aug
Aug
Two Palestinian men accused of assaulting Israeli police will not be charged after video evidence showed that they had actually been the ones attacked.
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May
May
Israeli forces beat the crowd of mourners carrying the coffin of Shireen Abu Akleh ahead of the funeral in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem. Thousands of Palestinians have gathered for the funeral service before Abu Akleh is taken to the Mount Zion Protestant Cemetery, where she will be buried alongside her late parents […]
29
Apr
Apr
At least 42 Palestinians have been injured in a raid by Israeli police forces on the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem, the Palestinian Red Crescent said, following weeks of violence at the flashpoint site.
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‘150,000 Palestinians’ attend Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque
22
Apr
Apr
The third Friday prayers of Ramadan at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem were sandwiched by Israeli police attacks on Palestinians attending prayers, but that did not stop some 150,000 Palestinians traveling to the mosque to worship, according to the Jerusalem Islamic Waqf.
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Apr
Apr
Hundreds of Jewish settlers have forced their way into the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem as Israeli police restricted the entry of Palestinian worshippers to the site.
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