Hebron and Jerusalem: The impact of loss of control
Jan 23,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / James J. Zogby The struggle over the future of Jerusalem is not only about religion, historical claims to holy sites or who gets to […]
It has always been a ‘religious war’: On Ben Gvir and adaptability of Zionism
Jan 17,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Ramzy Baroud In a self-congratulatory article published in the Atlantic in 2017, Yossi Klein Halevi describes Israeli behaviour at the just-conquered holy Muslim shrines […]
UK minister’s visit to Jerusalem holy site hampered by Israeli police
bbc.com By Tom Bateman BBC News, Jerusalem Israeli forces blocked the UK’s Middle East minister from visiting the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem for 30 minutes before allowing him to […]
British envoy meets with PA leaders
January 13, 2023 by Baruch Yedid – TPS The Minister of Middle East Affairs at the British Foreign Ministry, Tariq Ahmad, Baron Ahmad of Wimbledon, visited the Temple Mount in […]
UK’s Middle East affairs minister delayed by Israeli security during Jerusalem visit
British Minister for the Middle East Lord Tariq Ahmed, left, while visiting the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem on Thursday. Jan. 12, 2023. (Twitter/@tariqahmadbt) Updated 13 January 2023 ARAB NEWS January […]
International community’s silence perpetuates Israeli violence toward Palestinians, experts say
Two Palestinian gunmen take part in the funeral of Ahmed Abu Junaid, 21 in the West Bank refugee camp of Balata, Nablus, on Jan. 12, 2023. (AP) MOHAMMED NAJIB January […]
Jerusalem churches in crosshairs of escalating extremist attacks: Churches Council
January 7, 2023 at 9:29 am | Published in: Article, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine Caretakers of the Protestant cemetery inspect vandalised graves on Mount Zion outside Jerusalem’s Old City on January 4, 2023. [Photo […]
Pope Francis defends preservation of historical status quo in Jerusalem
Pope Francis has called for the preservation of the historical and legal status quo in occupied Jerusalem. (File/Reuters) Updated 16 sec ago ARAB NEWS January 10, 2023 LONDON: Pope Francis […]
Jerusalem churches concerned over escalation of Israeli attacks
BY ANADOLU AGENCY JERUSALEM JAN 06, 2023 An aerial view shows vandalized tombstones at the Protestant Mount Zion Cemetery where acts of vandalism took place in East Jerusalem, occupied Palestine, Jan. […]
Palestinians slam settler vandalism of Jerusalem Christian cemetery
BY AGENCIES ISTANBUL JAN 04, 2023 – DAILY SABAH Archbishop Hosam Naoum inspects a vandalized tombstone at the Protestant Mount Zion Cemetery in Jerusalem Jan. 4, 2023. (Reuters File Photo) RECOMMENDED […]
Political observers deplore Israeli minister’s break-in into Al Aqsa Mosque
By Mays Ibrahim Mustafa – Jan 04,2023 – JORDAN TIMES A man walks near the Dome of the Rock shrine at the Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem on Tuesday (AFP photo) AMMAN […]
Mideast powers condemn Israel minister’s visit to Al Aqsa Mosque compound
By AFP – Jan 03,2023 – JORDAN TIMES This handout photo shows Israeli minister and Jewish Power Party chief Itamar Ben-Gvir (centre) walking through the courtyard of Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa Mosque compound […]
Jerusalem: Palestinian anger over far-right Israeli minister’s holy site visit
Share https://emp.bbc.com/emp/SMPj/2.47.2/iframe.htmlMedia caption, WATCH: Israeli minister visits contested Jerusalem site surrounded by police By Yolande Knell & Raffi Berg BBC News, Jerusalem & London Palestinians have condemned a visit to […]
Israeli intelligence questions Al-Aqsa Mosque’s imam
BY ANADOLU AGENCY JERUSALEM JAN 02, 2023 – DAILY SABAH Israeli police stand in front of Muslim women praying in front of the Dome of the Rock as a group of […]
Remembering Crusader cannibalism in Syria
12 December 1098 the Crusader siege of Ma’arrat Al-Numan came to a gruesome end. A European army led by a knight named Raymond Pilet D’Ales entered the city after its surrender […]
King extends Christmas wishes to Jordanian, Palestinian Christians; reaffirms safeguarding holy sites as religious, historical duty
By JT – Dec 15,2022 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah meets with heads of Churches in Jerusalem and Jordan, Christian figures, and Jerusalem awqaf representatives on the occasion of Christmas, […]
Jerusalem – Settlers raise occupation flags at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem
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What Israel’s racist coalition will mean for Palestinians
CHRIS DOYLE November 28, 2022 Short Url These are uncomfortable times for Benjamin Netanyahu. He may have just won an election, but — having been the dominant political figure in […]
World must force Israel to dismantle its nuclear arsenal
RAMZY BAROUD November 28, 2022 Short Url As Western countries float the theory that Russia could escalate its conflict with Ukraine to a nuclear war, many of these governments continue […]
Palestinians of East Jerusalem, a silent eviction
BY NAJLA M. SHAHWAN MAR 02, 2021 – DAILY SABAH Muslims gather for Friday prayer next to the Dome of the Rock Mosque in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the […]