Tag Archive for East Jerusalem

| November 8, 2013
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2 Charities in Jerusalem – Fronts for Hamas – Closed By Security Forces

Shin Bet security service report that their  offices served as Islamist movement’s base of operations in Israel’s capital.

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Israeli security forces on Thursday closed two offices in East Jerusalem they say served as a base for Hamas operations in the city.

Israel police disperse Palestinian demonstrators - AFP - September 14, 2012.

Israeli police officers dispersing Palestinian protesters in Jerusalem’s Old City, September 2012.- Photo: AFP

The Shin Bet security service said the offices belonged to Al-Quds Development and Amara al-Aqsa (Al-Aqsa Properties), charities based in the northern Israeli cities of Umm al-Fahm and Nazareth.

The Shin Bet said in a statement that agents and the Israel Police had closed “two Jerusalem offices, from which the Hamas terror organization had been conducting actions.” Continue Reading »

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| September 13, 2013
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District Court seeks to stop Hamas from influence in Jerusalem

 

Court convicts 3 East Jerusalem residents of affiliation with Hamas & money laundering in attempts to expand terror group’s ideology among city’s Muslim population.

Court says charitable work was clearly meant to spread Hamas terror ideology.

By Edna Adato & Israel Hayom Staff

 

The Jerusalem District Court on Wednesday convicted three residents of east Jerusalem of affiliation with Hamas and laundering money for a terror organization.

Palestinian prisoners in an Israeli jail - Photo: Tal Cohen

Palestinian prisoners in an Israeli jail – Photo: Tal Cohen

Yacoub Abu Asab, Kifah Sarhan and Ahmad Alian, all Israeli citizens, were convicted of heading Hamas’ efforts to expand its foothold in Jerusalem by catering to the city’s Muslims in the fields of education, welfare and religious services.

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| September 7, 2013
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Palestinians praise Dutch firm’s cancellation of E. Jerusalem sewage project

 

Royal HaskoningDHV was pressured by the Dutch gov’t to withdraw its construction plans of a sewage treatment facility, which is in line with recent EU sanctions on Israel.

By JPOST.COM STAFF
 

 

A Dutch engineering firm that was slated to participate in the construction of a sewage treatment facility in east Jerusalem announced on Friday that it was pulling out of the project.

Dr. Hanan Ashrawi

PLO member Hanan Ashrawi – Photo courtesy: Wikimedia Commons

In a move that drew praise from the Palestinians, the company, Royal HaskoningDHV, released a statement on Friday saying that it decided to terminate its involvement in the project “after due consultation with various stakeholders.”

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| August 7, 2013
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Israeli scientists & ministers to PM: Don’t cut ties with EU

Academics & Ministers voice concern over Naftali Bennett’s suggestion of ending cooperation with the EU because of their new settlement guidelines.

‘Israel works in the global arena. The problems we are working on are relevant for the entire world. So is our industry, it’s int’l & it’s the engine of our economy.’

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Israeli scientists warn that cutting ties with the European Union could cause irreparable harm to Israeli research. The researchers were reacting to Economy Ministry Naftali Bennett‘s call for the Israeli government to end all cooperation with the EU in response to new guidelines banning funding to Israeli entities with ties to West Bank settlements, East Jerusalem or the Golan Heights. Continue Reading »

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| July 30, 2013
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EU pays $17 Million to keep east Jerusalem hospital operational

 

Palestinian health minister says PA committed to hospitals which ‘oppose Israeli occupation’s practices in holy capital’.

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One of the issues on the agenda for peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians currently underway in Washington is the future of east Jerusalem. Israel says east Jerusalem, which it annexed in 1967, will remain part of its united capital while the Palestinians say it must be the capital of a future Palestinian state.

Augusta Victoria Hospital Photo: Amod Ben Gershom, GPO

In one respect, though, east Jerusalem is already part of the West Bank through a network of six hospitals – including the well-known Augusta Victoria and Al-Makassed hospitals – which treat thousands of Palestinians each year. Continue Reading »

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| July 23, 2013
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US Court: Americans born in J’lem can’t have ‘Israel’ designated ‘place of birth’

 

US federal appeals court strikes down 2002 law designed to allow U.S. citizens born in Jerusalem to list Israel as their place of birth.

By Reuters
 

A federal appeals court on Tuesday invalidated a U.S. law that was designed to allow American citizens born in Jerusalem to choose to have Israel listed as their birthplace on passports contrary to long-standing U.S. foreign policy.

Jerusalem, Israel. The Old & the new – Photo: IsraelandStuff/PP

A unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that the president – and not lawmakers – had sole authority to say who controls the historic holy city claimed by Israelis and Palestinians. Continue Reading »

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| May 13, 2013
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East Jerusalem building plan delayed for political considerations

Construction bidding for 1,500 housing units for the Ramat Shlomo neighborhood has been delayed for 3 weeks

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

Tenders to build 1,500 units in the Ramat Shlomo neighborhood of east Jerusalem have been delayed by at least three weeks, despite Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s announcement last week that there was no change in policy on settlement building in the area, Army Radio reported Monday.

JERUSALEM’S RAMAT SHLOMO neighborhood.

JERUSALEM’S RAMAT SHLOMO neighborhood.
Photo: Ariel Jerozolimski/The Jerusalem Post

Ramat Shlomo is one of five Jerusalem ring neighborhoods, along with Gilo, Ramot, Pisgat Zev, and East Talpiyot, which are located across the 1967 Green Line. Continue Reading »

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| May 10, 2013
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Cairo livid at Israel for barring Egyptian diplomats from Jerusalem church

 

Egyptian Foreign Ministry summoned Israel’s ambassador & demanded written apology from Israel after 3 Egyptian diplomats, including Deputy Ambassador Mustafa Al-Kuny were removed from Easter Mass at Coptic Church in East Jerusalem.

By Israel Hayom Staff

 

Israel’s Ambassador to Egypt Yaakov Amitai has been summoned by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry for clarification over “inappropriate treatment” of Egyptian diplomats in east Jerusalem over the weekend.

Chapel of St. Helen in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem – Photo: Wikipedia

The Egyptian authorities are demanding an apology from Israel after three Egyptian diplomats, including Egypt’s Deputy Ambassador to Israel Mustafa Al-Kuny, were reportedly removed from the Easter Mass service held at the Coptic Church adjacent to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in east Jerusalem on Saturday.

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| May 10, 2013
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UN reports that Israel stifles East Jerusalem’s development

UN’s report says 77%

of non-Jewish population in East Jerusalem live below poverty line, compared to 25% of Jews.

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The report recommended that while a resolution to the conflict remains elusive, Palestinian investors and business leaders must take the lead in forming a development strategy.

Arab Women demonstrating in East Jerusalem neighborhood - Photo: Reuters

Arab Women demonstrating in East Jerusalem neighborhood – Photo: Reuters

The Israeli occupation of east Jerusalem is driving its Palestinian residents into deeper economic isolation and they face far greater poverty than Jewish neighbors, said a UN report on the city at the heart of the Middle East conflict.

The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) report, published on Thursday, is the first comprehensive investigation into the east Jerusalem economy carried out by the United Nations. Continue Reading »

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