Khatib condemns Israel’s prevention of UN delegation from visiting Jerusalem

[ PIC 22/05/2013 - 08:04 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Sheikh Kamal Khatib, deputy head of the Islamic Movement in the 1948-territories condemned the occupation’s decision to prevent the UNESCO delegation from visiting Jerusalem. Israel decided to cancel a planned visit by a delegation from UNESCO, the United Nations’ Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, to […]

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Hamas demands @UNESCO to curb Israel’s Judaization activities in Jerusalem

[ PIC 22/05/2013 - 09:20 AM ] BEIRUT, (PIC)– A senior Hamas official on Tuesday called on the UNESCO to put an end to Israel’s violations against the occupied city of Jerusalem and its Islamic historical sites, warning that there would be dire consequences for Israel’s actions in the holy city. Ezzat Al-Resheq, a member […]

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Khamaisi: Israeli occupation aims to change the Jerusalemite demographic reality

[ PIC 21/05/2013 - 09:14 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Dr. Rasem Khamaisi, an urban-planning expert, said that the Israeli Occupation Authority (IOA) continued its attempts to change the demographic reality of occupied Jerusalem by limiting the Palestinian population in the city. The occupation imposed restrictions on the Palestinian construction in the city while allowing […]

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Researcher: Israel cancels @UNESCO delegation’s visit to hide its crimes

[ PIC 21/05/2013 - 05:21 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Jerusalemite researcher Jamal Amr stated that canceling UNESCO delegation’s visit to Jerusalem by the occupation authorities aims to hide the Israeli violations. The UNESCO delegation came under Israeli conditions after international guarantees to Israel not to prosecute its violations, he stated. He told Quds press […]

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Palestinian historian: occupation seeks to blur the Palestinian identity

[ PIC 20/05/2013 - 06:59 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Prof. Mustafa Kabaha, Department of History and Philosophy at the Quds Open University, said that the Israeli occupation seeks to blur and thieve the Palestinian identity and history. In an exclusive interview with the PIC reporter, Kabaha said that The Israeli authorities started renaming the […]

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Worshipers stage a march in Al Aqsa Mosque in protest at its desecration

[PIC 18/05/2013 - 07:46 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Worshipers at Al Aqsa Mosque staged a march in its squares after Friday prayers; in protest at settlers’ raids and the targeting of the mosque by the occupation. The protesters chanted slogans condemning the occupation and calling for supporting Al Aqsa Mosque. Sheikh Ikrima Sabri, head […]

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Marches in Jordan in solidarity with prisoners

[ PIC 18/05/2013 - 07:37 PM ] AMMAN, (PIC)– Thousands of Jordanians took part in several marches, sit-ins and events commemorating the Nakba anniversary and in solidarity with the prisoners in the occupation jails. In Amman, Jordanian citizens participated in a sit-in after Friday prayers in front of the Kaloti Mosque near the Israeli embassy, […]

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Israeli forces arrest 5 during clashes in East Jerusalem

Maan News Agency | May 18, 2013   JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces arrested five people in East Jerusalem on Saturday as clashes broke out during a march near the old city, witnesses said. Dozens of people took part in a demonstration near Damascus gate to protest Israeli violations at al-Aqsa mosque, locals told Ma’an. […]

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Protests in Jerusalem after al-Aqsa clashes

Maan News Agency | May 17, 2013 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Dozens of Palestinians in Jerusalem protested Friday after Israel granted access to right-wingers at the al-Aqsa compound. Protesters raised Palestinian flags and chanted for the protection of al-Aqsa in a rally in the Old City. Another protest was held in the Sheikh Jarrah area in […]

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Israel closes al-Aqsa Mosque

Maan News Agency | May 16, 2013 JERUSALEM (Ma’an) – Israeli police on Thursday closed the Al-Aqsa Mosque, banning non-Muslim visitors from the compound in Jerusalem’s Old City. Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told Ma’an the mosque was closed to visitors at 10 a.m. “to prevent incidents” following a security assessment over the last 24 […]

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Israeli ambassador to Amman officially expelled

MEMO | May 16, 2013 Jordan’s Minister for Information and Communication, Mohammed al-Momani, last Thursday officially announced the departure of the Israeli ambassador to Amman, Daniel Nevo. In a press conference held on Wednesday evening, Al-Momani said that the acting Foreign Minister, Hussein al-Majali, had summoned Nevo last Thursday. Al-Majali passed on information on the […]

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Extremist rabbi Yisrael Ariel accompanies Jewish settlers on storming of Aqsa

[ PIC 16/05/2013 - 11:06 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Extremist rabbi Yisrael Ariel stormed the holy Aqsa mosque in occupied Jerusalem on Thursday at the head of a group of Jewish settlers. Jerusalemite sources said that groups of Jewish settlers stormed the Aqsa mosque via the Maghareba gate and strolled inside it under heavy […]

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Member of Knesset Mordechai Eugev calls for building synagogue inside the Aqsa mosque

[ PIC 15/05/2013 - 11:27 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Mordechai Eugev, a member of the Israeli Knesset, called on his government to build a synagogue in the Aqsa mosque’s southern area. The Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage said in a press release on Wednesday that the Israeli escalation against the Aqsa mosque was […]

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Jerusalem Conference: Stop Israeli’s desecrating of Al-Aqsa | #Nakba65

ACTION ALERT | #NAKBA65 65 YEARS NAKBA = ENOUGH! Al Qassam website- | 15-05-2013,08:58  Gaza- Islamic Jerusalem Conference called on Monday on a press release the UN Security Council and the Secretary General of the United Nations to stop Israeli settlers and Jewish extremists ‘ desecrating of Al- Aqsa Mosque. “Any attack against Al-Aqsa Mosque […]

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Radwan calls for confronting Israeli provocations in Jerusalem | #Nakba65

ACTION ALERT | #NAKBA65 65 YEARS NAKBA = ENOUGH! [ PIC 14/05/2013 - 07:58 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Dr. Ismail Radwan, Minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs, called on the Islamic and Arab leaders and international organizations to urgently move to stop the Israeli religious provocations in Jerusalem and al-Aqsa mosque. Radwan warned of the […]

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Resheq condemns calls for storming the Aqsa | #Nakba65

[ PIC 14/05/2013 - 09:48 PM ] BEIRUT, (PIC)– Ezzet Al-Resheq, political bureau member of Hamas movement, has lashed out at Zionist fanatic groups that called for storming the Aqsa mosque on Thursday. Resheq said on his Facebook page on Tuesday that the call was part of ferocious attempts to Judaize the Aqsa mosque and […]

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Mass rallies in Egypt in support of Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa

[ PIC 10/05/2013 - 06:57 PM ] CAIRO, (PIC)– Egyptian governorates on Friday have witnessed mass rallies in support of Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque; called for by the Muslim Brotherhood. The marchers denounced the ongoing Israeli violations against Al-Aqsa Mosque, and demanded the Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi to intervene to protect it from the Israeli […]

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Israel to build a military academy in East (Occupied) Jerusalem, within a year

[ PIC 10/05/2013 - 05:29 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Israel’s deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon of the Likud Party told Israeli Army Radio that his ministry is determined to construct a military academy in East Jerusalem, within one year. The Israeli army radio quoted on Friday Danon as saying that building such colleges is […]

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The release of Said Abu Jamal after assaulting and hitting him in Al-Aqsa

Silwanic | Friday, May 10, 2013 | 00:45 Silwan, Jerusalem (SILWANIC) —The Israeli police released on Wednesday Said Abu Jamal, but he has to stay away from Al-Aqsa for at least 7 days and signed a bail of 3000 NIS. Abu Jamal was arrested on Tuesday afternoon from the yards of Al-Aqsa after it was […]

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VIDEO | Ultra extremist Israeli settlers celebrate occupying East Jerusalem

Ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian & Islamic identity Al Quds, Jerusalem is the main target of the ethnic cleansing to turn the city of “Jerusalem” into the City of David. Occupiedpalestine weblog dedicates this post to create awareness to this ongoing atrocity of the “State of Israel” for the occasion of the awarenesscampaign #Blog4Quds from […]

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Israelis stage music festival near Al Aqsa Mosque disturbing worshipers

[ PIC 09/05/2013 - 06:56 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Al Aqsa Foundation for Waqf and Heritage said that Jewish youths organized on Wednesday a march, on the 46th anniversary of the occupation of Jerusalem, during which they chanted racist slogans against Al Aqsa, the Arabs and Islam. Thousands of Jewish marchers attacked the Jerusalemite […]

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Occupation notifies the demolition of a mosque in the Negev

[ PIC 09/05/2013 - 06:51 PM ] File photo of a mosque demolished by the IOF NAZARETH, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authorities have notified, a few days ago, to demolish the only mosque in the village of al-Far’a in the Negev, southern the 1948-occupied Palestine, Palestinian sources said. Atteya A’sam, head of the Regional Council […]

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