Specialists: 150 landmarks in Jerusalem are being Judaized

[ PIC 07/07/2013 – 09:45 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Palestinian researchers and specialists in occupied Jerusalem warned that about 150 landmarks and historical sites are exposed to Judaization and annexation in the holy city. This came in a conference organized on Saturday by scholars and preachers in Jerusalem. The final statement issued by the […]

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Israeli court rules to allow mosque demolition in Jerusalem

Monday May 06, 2013 01:03 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies An Israeli court in Jerusalem has decided to allow the Israeli government to demolish part of a mosque, despite appeals from the mosque’s imam and several Palestinian members of the Israeli Knesset (Parliament). Palestinians trying to get access to Al Aqsa mosque (image […]

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Hamas calls for confronting Israeli attempts to judaize historical monuments

[ PIC 17/02/2013 – 09:42 PM ] BEIRUT, GAZA, (PIC)– Hamas movement warned of the consequences of the implementation of the occupation scheme of Judaizing 298 historic Arab and Islamic sites in the Palestinian historical territories. The movement considered this scheme “a blatant attack on the sanctities, and a flagrant falsification of the historical monuments,” […]

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Hamas warns Israel against harming al-Aqsa mosque

Special Topic Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians & Islamic Identity [ PIC 12/02/2013 – 04:56 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Hamas movement warned the Israeli occupation against harming al-Aqsa Mosque, holding it responsible for the repercussions of the settlers’ provocative acts in the courtyards of al-Aqsa Mosque. The Israeli attacks and Judaization attempts will not succeed in […]

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Israeli occupation continues to falsify al-Aqsa’s history

Special Topic Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians & Islamic Identity [ PIC 08/02/2013 – 07:43 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– In light of the Israeli campaign to falsify history in Jerusalem, Jewish groups have smuggled a model of the alleged temple into the courtyards of al-Aqsa Mosque on Thursday morning and displayed outside the Dome of […]

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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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Sheikh Salah: Israel’s tyranny will not live forever

[ 26/01/2013 – 09:58 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Sheikh Ra’ed Salah, head of the Islamic Movement in the 1948 occupied lands, said that the Israeli occupation state is a tyrannical entity and its injustice would shorten its existence. Sheikh Salah made his remarks during the Friday Khutba (sermon) that he delivered in Assumoud tent […]

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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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30 Israeli occupation officers break into al-Aqsa Mosque

[ PIC 15/10/2012 – 05:26 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Al-Aqsa Foundation for Waqf and heritage confirmed in a statement that a group of 30 Israeli officers, in their military uniforms, stormed on Sunday al-Aqsa Mosque, from the Mughrabi Gate and remained there for over an hour. These groups received instructions and explanations in different […]

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Palestinians challenge Israeli domination in Jerusalem ~ by Khalid Amayreh

[ PIC 20/08/2012 – 03:57 PM ] By Khalid Amayreh Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians converged on the al-Aqsa Mosque in the old of city of Jerusalem during the holy Muslim month of Ramada, which ended on Sunday, with the eidul fitr feast holiday. The presence of so many Palestinians in the holy city represented […]

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Two sites in Bethlehem inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List

[ PIC 29/06/2012 – 06:47 PM ] ST PETERSBURG, (PIC)– The Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrimage Route in the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem have been inscribed on the UNESCO list of world heritage by a vote of delegates at a meeting in St Petersburg. The 21-member committee, meeting in St. Petersburg, […]

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UNESCO votes to add Bethlehem holy sites to world heritage list

Maan News Agency | June 29, 2012   BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — UNESCO on Friday declared Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity and the nearby pilgrimage route World Heritage sites. Thirteen members of the 21-nation World Heritage Committee voted in favor of the Palestinian application, securing exactly the needed number of votes. Two countries abstained and six […]

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#PHOTOS | Israel Demolishes Historic Islamic Sites In Jerusalem

IMEMC | June 26, 2012 The Al-Aqsa Foundation for Waqf and Heritage issued a press release, on Monday, revealing that Israeli bulldozers destroyed and demolished historic Islamic sites dating back to the Umayyad and Abbasid eras, in addition to the Ottoman era in occupied Jerusalem. Some of the demolished sites are a mosque and a […]

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Hamas asks UNESCO to reject Israeli moves against Nativity Church

[ PIC 14/06/2012 – 07:10 PM ] BEIRUT, (PIC)– Hamas urged the UNESCO-affiliated World Heritage Committee not to heed Israeli attempts not to include the Church of Nativity on the list of international heritage under the name of Palestine. Hamas, in a press release on Thursday, said that Israel was trying to wipe out Islamic […]

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Foundation: Landslide risk in Silwan amid Israeli digs

MAAN NEWS AGENCY MARCH 4 2012     JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — The Al-Aqsa Foundation said on Sunday it had gathered evidence showing that an East Jerusalem neighborhood risked landslides amid Israeli digging in the area. A landslide northeast of the Ein Silwan Mosque has formed a crater next to the building, the Al-Aqsa Foundation for […]

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