Two new tunnels exposed under Al-Aqsa Mosque

Al Ray Agencies | Sep 2, 2013   Jerusalem, Alray -The Al-Aqsa Foundation for Waqf and Heritage on Monday said Israel is expanding the tunnel network under the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound through digging two extra tunnels. In a statement, the foundation said Israel Antiquities Authority started new excavations in the village of Silwan via digging […]

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Collapse near western wall of Al-Aqsa Mosque due to Israeli excavations

Al-Ray Agencies | Aug 21, 2013 Gaza, Alray – Al-Aqsa Foundation and Cultural Heritage Organization said that an area collapsed near the western wall of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem late Tuesday. The collapse happened near the Bab as Silsila, on the western part of the mosque, according to an eyewitness. “It is the second collapse near the western wall in 5 […]

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Report: Israeli diggings reached a depth of four meters under the Aqsa Mosque

[ PIC 18/07/2013 – 04:13 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) admitted that its excavations beneath the Aqsa Mosque and in its vicinity have extended four meters deep, according to a circular released on Wednesday by the Aqsa foundation for endowment and heritage. The Aqsa foundation said that Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper […]

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Right-wing settlement organisation Elad funds excavations in Silwan – Jerusalem

[ PIC 14/06/2013 – 07:07 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Elad, right-wing Israeli settlement organization, is “indirectly paying the salary of a Tel Aviv University researcher heading an archeological dig in East Jerusalem,” Haaretz Hebrew newspaper revealed on Thursday. “The Institute of Archaeology at Tel Aviv University began the dig about six months ago in […]

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MP Abu Halabiya warns of continued Israeli tunneling under al-Aqsa mosque

[ PIC 19/04/2013 – 03:33 PM ] GAZA, OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– MP Ahmed Abu Halabiya, head of Jerusalem Committee in the Palestinian Legislative Council, warned of the continued Israeli tunneling under and around al-Aqsa mosque. During a press conference in Gaza on Thursday, Abu Halabiya stated that the Israeli occupation escalated its Judaization schemes in […]

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Expert warns: Aqsa Mosque entered very dangerous stage

Special Topic Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians & Islamic Identity [ PIC 09/02/2013 – 01:44 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Analysts opined that demolishing Islamic buildings in the northern side of Buraq Square by Israeli occupation authorities was in preparation for construction of a huge synagogue adjacent to the Aqsa Mosque. Dr. Jamal Amro, an expert […]

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Sheikh Salhab denounces Israeli excavations in the vicinity of the Aqsa mosque

[ PIC 27/01/2013 – 11:12 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Sheikh Abduladheem Salhab, the chairman of the Islamic Awkaf council in occupied Jerusalem, has denounced the Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) for persisting in excavations in the vicinity of the Aqsa mosque and under its walls. Sheikh Salhab told the PIC that his council was undertaking […]

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Aqsa foundation: Israel stepped up its diggings in Maghariba area

“Settling” constitutes a warcime according to international law and ICC statute. Even under US’ own military legislations’ Law resources below this article [ PIC 22/01/2013 – 11:22 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Al-Aqsa foundation for endowment and heritage said that the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) intensified its excavations at Al-Maghariba Gate ramp to the west […]

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Radwan slams new Israeli incitement against Aqsa Mosque

[ PIC 20/01/2013 – 11:20 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Palestinian minister of religious affairs Ismail Radwan strongly denounced the Israeli remarks made by an official from the Jewish Home party about the demolition of the Dome of the Rock of the Aqsa Mosque. “We are deeply and seriously concerned about such incitement because it heralds […]

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Chairman of Islamic Waqf council Salhab warns of ongoing Israeli excavations under the Aqsa

[ PIC 06/01/2013 – 09:53 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authorities’ diggings under and in the vicinity of the Aqsa Mosque are still ongoing, Abdulazeem Salhab, the chairman of the Islamic Waqf council in occupied Jerusalem, said. He told the PIC in a statement on Sunday that the excavations were posing real […]

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Aqsa Foundation: occupation escalates its excavations around Al-Aqsa

[ PIC 05/12/2012 – 08:29 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Zaki Igbaria, head of “Al-Aqsa Foundation for Waqf and heritage” in 1948-occupied Palestine, warned of the expansion of occupation’s excavations down and around the vicinity of Al Aqsa Mosque, and specifically in the region of the Umayyad palaces located in the southern side of Al-Aqsa. […]

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Israeli University plans to implement excavations in Jerusalem

[ PIC 26/10/2012 – 11:45 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Hebrew sources revealed an Israeli plan to implement extensive excavations in Silwan town east of Jerusalem. According to Haaretz Hebrew newspaper on Thursday, Tel Aviv University archaeologists in coordination with pro-settlement association will soon start implementing archaeological excavations in the National Park of the city […]

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Aqsa foundation videotapes Israeli excavations at Maghariba Gate

[ PIC 28/07/2012 – 10:42 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Aqsa foundation for endowment and heritage revealed a report backed with photos and a video recording proving that the Israeli occupation regime is embarking on demolishing Al-Maghariba Gate ramp at the western wall of the Aqsa Mosque. The Aqsa foundation said it saw dozens […]

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Zahalka demands a halt to the excavations at cemetery

[ PIC 23/07/2012 – 06:02 PM ] JAFFA, (PIC)– An Arab member of the Israeli Knesset, Jamal Zahalka, has denounced excavations made by the University of Tel Aviv at the cemetery of the village of Sheikh Mons in Jaffa. In a letter sent to the rector of Tel Aviv University, the MK called for “an […]

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Foundation: Israel dug under Al-Aqsa compound gate

Maan News Agency | July 9, 2012 JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli workers have dug a patch of earth from the bottom of the Mughrabi gate of the compound housing Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Al-Aqsa Foundation for Endowments and Heritage said Monday. The foundation said trucks transported the dirt from the base of the holy site after […]

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