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View of the Old City, East Jerusalem, from the Mount of Olives Cemetery (shown in foreground)
jerusalem / jerusalem / news report Tuesday January 31, 2012 18:35   image 1 image
The Jerusalem Post, an Israeli daily, reported via their website on Tuesday that the State of Israel intends to open a new police station at the Mount of Olives, in occupied East Jerusalem. read full story / add a comment
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jerusalem / jerusalem / news report Friday October 07, 2011 19:02   image 1 image
Israeli army personnel are preventing East Jerusalem and Israeli Palestinian residents under the age of 45 from entering the old city of Jerusalem and praying in AL-Aqsa mosque, Palestine News & Info Agency reported on Friday. read full story / add a comment
jerusalem / jerusalem / news report Saturday September 24, 2011 00:46
Ma’an News Agency are reporting that five Palestinians have been arrested, on Friday, in occupied East Jerusalem by Israeli police. read full story / add a comment
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jerusalem / jerusalem / news report Monday July 18, 2011 21:47   image 3 images
The Palestinian news agency Wafa reported Monday that an Israeli court fined a Palestinian family $10,000 for building its Silwan home without a permit.
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jerusalem / jerusalem / news report Thursday June 23, 2011 20:22   image 1 image
The Israeli Jerusalem municipality has continued to Judaise East Jerusalem through the renaming of Arab street names and monuments in the city, according to Wafa. read full story / add a comment
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jerusalem / jerusalem / news report Thursday June 23, 2011 17:05   image 1 image
A plan to build 2,500 Arab housing units in East Jerusalem was stopped by right-wing pressure groups and Haredi city council members on the grounds that it was a "politically dangerous" and "poorly conceived".
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jerusalem / jerusalem / news report Friday June 17, 2011 17:21   image 1 image
Israeli police are taking part in a 3-day training exercise to prepare for potential large-scale Palestinian protests in September following Palestinian moves towards UN recognition of statehood. read full story / add a comment
Home demolition in Jerusalem (archive image - activestills)
jerusalem / jerusalem / news report Sunday May 29, 2011 16:02   image 1 image
Israeli authorities forced Mahmoud Aramin to demolish his house in East Jerusalem Sunday, or risk having it destroyed by an Israeli bulldozer, which would have resulted in an exorbitant fine. read full story / add a comment
jerusalem / jerusalem / news report Monday February 21, 2011 22:54
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center, based in the Silwan neighborhood of East Jerusalem, has published an article raising their concerns over an scheduled project to encircle East Jerusalem with parks to complete the annexation of the entire city and much of the surrounding area in the West Bank. read full story / add a comment
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jerusalem / jerusalem / news report Friday February 04, 2011 22:42   image 1 image
Sporadic clashes erupted between Israeli forces and Palestinian residents of Silwan, East Jerusalem yesterday. read full story / add a comment
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jerusalem / jerusalem / news report Thursday January 20, 2011 22:27   image 1 image
In an interview with Arab newspaper Asharq al-Awsat on Thursday Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riad Malki condemned the "land rush" and "Judaization" of Jerusalem, read full story / add a comment
Jawad Siyam  Photo from http://silwanic.net/
jerusalem / jerusalem / news report Tuesday January 11, 2011 00:02   image 1 image
The past week has seen an increase in Israeli repression towards Palestinian community organizers in Silwan, East Jerusalem. Jawad Siyam has recently been targeted because of his involvement in directing the Wadih Hilweh Information Center as well as his membership in the Neighborhood Popular Committee. Today, for the second time this week, Siyam will stand trial at the Jerusalem Magistrates Court. read full story / add a comment
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jerusalem / jerusalem / news report Wednesday November 24, 2010 23:51   image 1 image
Israeli police forces razed, on Wednesday, a Palestinian house in East Jerusalem, shortly before the owner arrived with a court order halting the demolition, AFP claimed. read full story / add a comment
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jerusalem / jerusalem / news report Friday November 19, 2010 19:15   image 1 image
Israel has ordered demolition of around 88 Palestinian homes in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, Palestinian officials warned.
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