Tag Archive for Jerusalem

| September 21, 2015
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Israel TV2: Jerusalem messages King Abdullah that Jordan breaches Temple Mount status quo

 

Israel’s channel 2 reported that Israel has sent messages to the Jordanian King that the Waqf was allowing armed rioters sleep in al-Aksa to continue the violence.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

Following Jordanian King Abdullah II’s criticism of Israel over recent violence on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, Israel reportedly responded to the monarchy and indicated that Jordan itself was allowing the status quo at the site to be broken.

According to a Channel 2 report on Monday, Israel communicated to Jordan that it should not be shirking its own responsibility at the Temple Mount and that it was in fact the Jordanian Waqf that has allowed the rioters who were armed with stones to sleep in al-Aksa Mosque. Continue Reading »

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| September 21, 2015
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39 Palestinians arrested by Police for throwing rocks, firebombs over 48 hours

 

Amid heightened security, Israel Police report no violence on the Temple Mount and in the Old City.

By DANIEL K. EISENBUD

 

Twenty-seven Palestinian suspects accused of throwing rocks and firebombs at officers in flashpoint Arab neighborhoods of east Jerusalem were arrested during an overnight police sweep that started late Saturday night, police said on Sunday.

The crackdown brought the total number of arrests over the trailing 48 hours to 39, according to the police.

Youth holds stone as Palestinians clash with IDF in the West Bank. – Photo: REUTERS

From Friday to Saturday afternoon, 12 Palestinians were arrested for attacking Border Police officers with firebombs in Jebl Mukaber, and rioting in Shuafat, Isawiya, Wadi Joz and Ras el-Amud. Continue Reading »

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| September 18, 2015
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Report: Latest round of Jerusalem Violence & Rioting Financed From Turkey

 

Israel’s TV2 cites local officials as blaming Turkey for hosting senior Hamas leader Saleh al-Arouri, who they blame for organizing & funding the Palestinian violence.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

Israel has reportedly pointed to Turkey as responsible for incitement that led to the recent spate of turmoil at the Temple Mount and in Jerusalem, according to Channel 2 on Thursday.

Channel 2 cited Israeli officials as blaming Turkey for housing senior Hamas leader Saleh al-Arouri, and allowing him to continue to operate under the auspices of the country’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan pays a visit to Lebanon.

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| September 18, 2015
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Palestinian assailant shot & critically wounded after hurling firebomb at moving car

 

view videoVehicle overturns after being hit by firebomb, yet the driver was unharmed.
• IDF critically injured the Palestinian Arab who hurled the Molotov cocktail & his accomplice was detained after attempting to flee the scene.

By i24news

 

Israeli security forces in the West Bank late Thursday shot and critically injured a Palestinian who hurled a Molotov cocktail at an Israeli vehicle, causing it to overturn, local media outlets reported.

The driver, however, reportedly emerged unharmed from the incident.

An accomplice of the Palestinian assailant was detained after attempting to flee the scene.

 

IDF braces for Palestinian ‘day of rage’

The Israeli army is on alert and is preparing for continued violent clashes in Jerusalem as Palestinians plan protests in the capital and the West Bank following afternoon prayers against the backdrop of tension on the Temple Mount. Continue Reading »

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| September 16, 2015
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Abbas: ‘Jews have no right to desecrate Temple Mount with their filthy feet’

 

Palestinian leader’s inciting comments “to defend Jerusalem,” only perpetrates further violence at Judaism’s most Holy site.

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH

 

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday that the Palestinians wouldn’t allow Israelis to “desecrate” Islamic and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem.

Referring to the tensions surrounding visits by Jews to the Temple Mount, Abbas said: “Al-Aksa is ours and so is the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. They have no right to desecrate them with their filthy feet. We won’t allow them to do so and we will do whatever we can to defend Jerusalem.”

Mahmoud Abbas – Photo: REUTERS

Abbas was speaking in his office in Ramallah during a meeting with east Jerusalem activists. Continue Reading »

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| September 16, 2015
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Bedazzling Heat Lightning Awes Jerusalem, Dead Sea

 

Jerusalem natives report that they had never seen such heat lightning at end of Rosh Hashanah, as winter rains appear to be on their way.

By Ari Yashar, Reut Hadar

 

The massive dust storm that started in Israel last Tuesday largely dissipated on Sunday just in time for the start of the Jewish New Year of Rosh Hashanah, but as the holiday ended on Tuesday night the stuffy heat led to extremely rare heat lightning in Jerusalem and the Dead Sea.

Residents of the capital told Arutz Sheva that they saw constant ongoing heat lightning light up the skies in the southwestern Jerusalem neighborhood of Kiryat Menachem. Continue Reading »

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| September 16, 2015
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Arabs attack Jerusalem police on Temple Mount for 3rd straight day

 

view videoIsrael Police met with dozens of rioting Arabs as they secure Holy site for the Jewish Rosh Hashana.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

Rioting broke out Tuesday for a third straight day at the Temple Mount as police came to secure the contested Jerusalem holy site for Jewish visitors on the second day of Rosh Hashana.

When Israeli security forces entered the plaza of the site dozens of  masked Palestinian youth met them with a barrage of stones, blocks, and firecrackers, police said.

Clashes at Temple Mount – Photo: AMMAR AWAD/REUTERS

The youth tried to block off the door to the al-Aksa Mosque but the security forces managed to push them inside the building, Israel Radio reported.

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| September 15, 2015
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King Abdullah II of Jordan threatens Israel on Jerusalem ‘provocation’

 

view videoKing Abdullah II told journalists that Jordan will be forced “to take actions” over Israel’s “provocation” on the Temple Mount should it continue.

By i24news

 

Jordan’s king warned Israel on Monday that any further “provocation” in Jerusalem where Israeli police have clashed with Muslims at Al-Aqsa mosque would damage ties between the two countries.

“Any more provocation in Jerusalem will affect the relationship between Jordan and Israel” which have a 1994 peace accord but which has custodian rights over the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, said King Abdullah II following a second day of clashes at the flashpoint holy site in east Jerusalem. Continue Reading »

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| September 2, 2015
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Netanyahu: Jerusalem to reevaluate open-fire orders on hostiles throwing rocks & fire-bombs

 

PM says no more tolerating rock & petrol-bomb attacks on roads to Jerusalem, calling for additional security measures, increase of MAGAV & police forces, and review of ‘open-fire’ orders.

By HERB KEINON

 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened a special high-level security meeting on Wednesday where it was decided to increase security forces in Jerusalem and on Road 443 from the capital to Mod’in, and weigh new open-fire orders on those throwing rocks and fire-bombs.

The meeting, which included Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon, Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan, Transportation and Intelligence Minister Yisrael Katz, General Security Services (Shin Bet) head Yoram Cohen, and other security officials was called in light of a recent spike in terror incidents in the capital and on 443, which is one of the major roads to and from the capital. Continue Reading »

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| August 31, 2015
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Unearthed Steps to the Temple Mount Baffle Archaeologists Digging in City of David

A unique stepped structure, maybe the Temple Era ‘Stone of Claims’, has been excavated on the subterranean street ascending from the Siloam Pool to the Temple Mount.

By Arutz Sheva staff

An intriguing find consisting of an impressive pyramid-shaped staircase constructed of large ashlar stones was uncovered in an archaeological excavation currently conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority.

The excavation is located in the Jerusalem Walls National Park in the City of David, site of ancient Jerusalem, and is being carried out in cooperation with the Israel Nature and Parks Authority and the City of David Foundation.

Dr. Joe Uziel atop unique find.

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| August 29, 2015
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New Survey Reports why 18,000 Jerusalem residents leave annually

 

Unrelated to terrorism or the ‘Shabbat wars’, a new study reveals that it’s not just secular residents leaving the Jewish Capital, but also the religious & the ultra-Orthodox that are moving out of Jerusalem by the thousands.

By Nadav Shragai

 

The “Shabbat wars” in Jerusalem (waged by the ultra-Orthodox population against businesses that operate on Shabbat) teach us for the umpteenth time that the status quo between the secular and religious residents of the city has never been more flexible. To be honest, the many and frequent changes in this relationship in recent years raise questions as to whether such a status quo ever even existed. Continue Reading »

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| August 27, 2015
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Accusing Israel of “Waging Religious War on Jerusalem”, Jordan Appoints 52 Wakf Employees

 

Jordan hires 52 new Wakf workers, with 70 more planned, that will boost their presence at holy sites in Jerusalem, to prevent ‘settlers & extremists from storming the Temple Mount’.

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH

 

Jordan has appointed 52 new employees and guards at its Jerusalem-based Wakf Department, Minister of State for Media Affairs Mohammed Momani announced on Wednesday.

He said that another 70 employees and guards will be appointed soon to the Wakf Department, which is in charge of Islamic holy sites in Jerusalem.

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The Temple Mount complex in Jerusalem – Photo: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST

The decision is seen in the context of Jordan’s efforts to boost its presence on the Temple Mount.

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| August 23, 2015
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Arabs living in Synagogue since 1948 evicted & illegally-built mosque to be demolished

 

Arabs families who have been occupying land in Jerusalem, purchased 100 years ago for Jews from Yemen, were evicted earlier this month, including a family living in an East Jerusalem Synagogue.

By DANIEL K. EISENBUD

 

Former east Jerusalem portfolio head and Meretz councilman, Dr. Meir Margalit, said on Sunday that if the municipality carry’s out reported demolition orders for an illegally-built east Jerusalem mosque, it will set off a conflagration of violence throughout the capital.

According to Majdi al-Abbasi, of the Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan, the demolition orders were delivered by municipal officials on Friday for the three-year-old al-Qaaqaa Mosque, located in the flashpoint neighborhood of Silwan. Continue Reading »

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| August 16, 2015
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Jerusalem’s Ultra-Orthodox Jews demonstrate against cinema operating on Shabbat

Capital’s ultra-Orthodox Jews throw stones at police & smash windows, protesting opening of new multiplex movie theater that operates on Shabbat.

By i24news

 

Hundreds of Israeli ultra-Orthodox Jews took to the streets of Jerusalem on Friday evening to protest the opening of a new cinema multiplex that will be open on the Jewish Sabbath.

Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews demonstrate in Jerusalem against cinema opening on Shabbat, Friday August 14

The demonstrators threw stones at police and smashed windows to protest the opening of the “Yes Planet” multiplex cinema complex.

Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem and throughout Israel often protest against businesses or roads being open during the Jewish Sabbath in their areas as they see this as a desecration of the holy day. Continue Reading »

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| August 10, 2015
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Rare 2nd Temple-era ritual bath unearthed in Jerusalem

A Jewish ritual bath, walls with Hebrew script & an adjacent winepress dating back to the time of the Second Temple were discovered in Jerusalem.

By Israel Today Staff

 

Every construction project in Israel must be preceded by a thorough archaeological inspection to ensure nothing of great historical value is being built over. And that is precisely what archaeologists examining the location of a new Jerusalem preschool found.

Writing & images were daubed onto the walls using mud & soot, though some were carved.Photo courtesy: Shai Halevy/Israel Antiquities Authority

Writing & images were daubed onto the walls using mud & soot, though some were carved. – Photo courtesy: Shai Halevy/Israel Antiquities Authority

During the preliminary ground-breaking for the new preschool in Jerusalem’s Arnona neighborhood, officials uncovered the remains of a Jewish ritual bath (mikveh) and adjacent winepress dating back to the time of the Second Temple. Continue Reading »

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