[ 16/08/2011 – 04:21 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Palestinian MP Marwan Abu Ras (Hamas) said Arab silence was to blame for measures the Israeli occupation authorities have taken against Muslim worshipers in the Ibrahimi Mosque in the West Bank. “The excessiveness in criminal practices reflects ugly intentions by the [Israeli] occupation for an escalation against […]
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Hamas asks Arab League, OIC to protect holy shrines
[ 25/07/2011 – 03:40 PM ] DAMASCUS, (PIC)– Hamas has condemned the Israeli oppressive decision to demolish a mosque in Brukin village, recalling that it was preceded by a similar decision last month to raze an educational institute. In a press release on Monday, Hamas said that that Israeli occupation authority was planning to seize […]
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Official report shows increase in holy site attacks
[ 12/06/2011 – 10:20 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– An official Palestinian report shows a marked increase in Jewish settler attacks against Islamic and Christian holy sites in the West Bank and Jerusalem. The report released Saturday by the national bureau of land defense and resistance of settlements (NBPRS) highlights the serious nature of threats […]
Continue readingIsrael denies Palestinian Christians access to holy places in Jerusalem during Easter
April 16, 2011 | 8:42 am | Los Angeles Times As Christians get ready to celebrate Easter, Palestinian Christians living in the West Bank and Gaza Strip are envious of fellow Christians from all over the world who are able to visit Jerusalem’s holy Christian sites and worship freely while they cannot. Since Israel cut off […]
Continue readingDelegations from US, UK visit public figures banished from holy city
15/03/2011 – 10:17 AM OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Delegations from the US and UK have paid visits to the Palestinian public officials seeking political sanctuary from banishment at the Red Cross in Jerusalem. Ahmed Attoun and Ahmed Totah, members of the Palestinian Legislative Council, and former minister Khalid Abu Arafeh have been camping out at the […]
Continue readingIsrael plans work at contested Jerusalem holy site | Reuters
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem March 6, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Uriel Sinai/Pool By Allyn Fisher-Ilan JERUSALEM | Sun Mar 6, 2011 5:16pm EST JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel has given preliminary approval for renovations at a contested holy site in East Jerusalem where rebuilding has triggered violence in the […]
Continue readingIslamic Jihad slams rapid digging near Aqsa
[ 06/03/2011 – 11:58 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Islamic Jihad movement has strongly condemned accelerated Israeli excavations south of the Aqsa Mosque, calling on the OIC, Arab League and rights groups to act urgently to defend the historic Islamic landmarks of Jerusalem against Judaization. The Aqsa Islamic heritage foundation had revealed that Israel […]
Continue readingHamas condemns accelerated Aqsa Mosque conversion drilling
[ 05/03/2011 – 03:40 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Hamas has strongly condemned Israeli drilling operations on the historical Umayyad palaces running along the Aqsa Mosque as a ”blatant infringement on the Palestinian, Arab and Muslim people, and on the history and civilization of Jerusalem.” According to reports, Israel has been increasing construction of a […]
Continue readingReligious affairs ministry condemns Aqsa Mosque area destruction
[ 05/03/2011 – 08:19 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Gaza religious affairs ministry has condemned the destruction of palaces from the Umayyad Caliphate era south of the holy Aqsa Mosque. Israel had been drilling there to extend a network of bridges and stair rails around the archaeological area adjacent to the Mosque in order […]
Continue readingMinistry of religious affairs slams restrictions on entry to Aqsa Mosque
[ 26/02/2011 – 09:43 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Palestinian ministry of religious affairs expressed concern about the restrictions imposed by Israel on Palestinian worshipers who want to perform prayers at the Aqsa Mosque and its surrounding yards, especially on Fridays. The ministry’s committee of Jerusalem underlined in a statement on Friday that such […]
Continue readingJerusalem MPs hold Palestinian Authority complicit in the Judaization of the Holy City
Wednesday, 09 February 2011 13:30 Palestinian National Authority Jerusalem MPs threatened with deportation from their home city by Israel have accused the Palestinian Authority and what they call “Arab and international complicity” responsible for the increasing Judaisation of occupied East Jerusalem. The MPs’ statement was prompted by the decision of the Zionist state to construct […]
Continue readingCatholic bishops agonise in the Holy Land
Tuesday, 18 January 2011 14:00 By Cristina Reilly Within a week of Salman Taseer’s assassination, Pope Benedict called with courageous clarity for Pakistan to repeal its blasphemy laws, risking an Islamist backlash. In contrast, a key annual meeting of international Catholic bishops last week in Jerusalem repeated a mixed message about the Israel/Palestine “conflict”. The […]
Continue readingIOA expands area used for Jewish wailing rituals in O. Jerusalem
[ 15/01/2011 – 10:36 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) removed scaffolding in eastern Jerusalem that was limiting access to a small part of Al-Buraq (wailing) wall located inside the Islamic neighborhood of the Old City, Hebrew press reported on Friday. Al-Aqsa foundation slammed the IOA for removing the scaffolding, […]
Continue readingMinistry of religious affairs calls for internet warefare to protect holy sites
[ 05/01/2011 – 12:59 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Palestinian ministry of religious affairs called for strongly retaliating to the Israeli internet warfare against the occupied city of Jerusalem and the Aqsa Mosque and working on protecting the holy sites against the Zionist piracy. The ministry stressed in a press release on Tuesday […]
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