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Mahmoud Abbas: Genuine Hamas Reconciliation, Ending Jerusalem Judaization Top Priorities

Freedom and Justice Party Chairman meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and discusses bilateral relations and a number of important issues.

Israel rejects international monitors for East Jerusalem demolitions

Senior Israeli officials have rejected the proposal from the EU to deploy international monitors of the occupation authority's demolition of Palestinian-owned buildings in East Jerusalem and the eviction of their

European diplomats recommend punitive action against Israel

European diplomats in Jerusalem have filed a report recommending that the EU takes punitive measures against Israel and recognize east Jerusalem as a capital for the Palestinians.

Ki-moon condemns Israel’s demolition of Shepherd hotel in O. Jerusalem

UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon denounced Israel for demolishing Shepherd hotel, the house of late grand mufti of the holy city Amin Al-Husseini, in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of occupied Jerusalem.

Walking on Eggs? – Israel’s Reaction to Wikileaks

As Wikileaks continues to astound and amaze people worldwide, many nations’ rulers are holding their breath wondering if their secrets will be revealed and their credibility blighted.

Sheikh Salah decides to visit O. Jerusalem soon despite Israeli ban

Sheikh Ra'ed Salah, the head of the Islamic Movement in the 1948 occupied lands, said he intends to visit the occupied holy city of Jerusalem and the Aqsa Mosque soon

IOA razes Jerusalemite home, endorses construction of 24 Jewish housing units

The Israeli occupation authority bulldozed a Palestinian home in Ras Al-Amoud suburb in occupied Jerusalem, near Silwn town, on Tuesday at the usual pretext of lack of permit.

IOA expels Palestinian families from their homes in OJ

The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) forcibly evicted a number of families from their apartments in a building in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem, media sources in the holy city

Totah: We prefer living in tents rather than in palaces away from OJ

-- Palestinian lawmaker Mohamed Totah, facing eviction from Jerusalem, said he prefers living in the sit-in tent to living inside a luxury house away from his native city and birth

IOA resumes work on Jerusalem light rail project

The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) has declared resumption of work into the light rail project linking western and eastern sectors of the holy city of Jerusalem.