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By Kaamil Ahmed JERUSALEM (AA): A proposal to install surveillance cameras at Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in a bid to ease recent tensions in the area has left Palestinians and Israelis at odds over implementation. With Palestinians accusing Israel of trying to seize administrative control of the site, and Israel claiming the […]

25th Oct 2015

Israel, Jordan agree deal for Al-Aqsa Mosque

AMMAN, (AA): Jordan and Israel have agreed to install 24-hour surveillance in Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in a bid to reduce recent tensions over Islam’s third holiest site, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced in Jordanian capital Amman on Saturday. ” I am also very pleased to announce today that [Israeli] Prime Minister [Benjamin] Netanyahu has agreed […]

9th Oct 2015

Palestine: Israel allow only men above 50 to pray in Al Aqsa Mosque

IMEMC News & Agencies: After Palestinian activists and political factions called for a day of protest against Israeli violations, the Israeli government decided to close Jerusalem, and only allow Palestinian men who are above 50 to pray on Friday at the Al Aqsa mosque. The recent wave of clashes erupted over a week ago, as […]

1st Oct 2015

Palestine: For 3rd day in row, Jewish settlers enter Al-Aqsa compound

JERUSALEM (AA): Scores of Jewish extremists backed by Israeli security forces stormed occupied East Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Wednesday for the third day in a row, according to eyewitnesses. Witnesses told Anadolu Agency that 170 Jewish settlers forced their way into the mosque compound through the Al-Magharbeh and Al-Silsila gates under the protection […]

15th Sep 2015

Turkey: Erdogan meets Hamas leader over Al-Aqsa clashes

ANKARA, WASHINGTON (AA): Hamas leader Khaled Meshal on Monday briefed Turkey’s president about clashes between Palestinians and Israeli security forces at Al-Aqsa Mosque, a presidency source said. Recep Tayyip Erdogan met Meshal, the group’s political chief, after violence erupted Sunday and continued into Monday at the site in east Jerusalem, which is revered by Jews and Muslims. […]

14th Sep 2015

Palestine: Israeli forces storm Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa, injuring dozens

JERUSALEM (AA): Dozens of Palestinians were injured on Sunday when Israeli security forces stormed occupied East Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and attacked Muslim worshipers, according to witnesses. Witnesses told Anadolu Agency that Israeli forces had used teargas, stun grenades and rubber bullets to disperse Muslim worshipers near the compound’s iconic Al-Aqsa and Al-Qibali mosques. […]

3rd Sep 2015

Palestine: Israel confiscates ancient Muslim cemetery in Jerusalem

JERUSALEM (AA): Israeli authorities on Wednesday seized parts of occupied East Jerusalem’s historical Bab al-Rahmeh cemetery east of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, according to a Palestinian official. “Forces of the so-called ‘Israeli Nature Authority’ – backed by large numbers of Israeli police – on Wednesday morning forced their way in and set up barbed wire around […]

24th Aug 2015

Palestine: 20 Palestinian women barred from entering Al Aqsa, Israeli settlers allowed in

IMEMC News & Agencies: Israeli police, on Sunday, prevented around 20 Palestinian women from entering al-Aqsa mosque, while allowing Israeli settlers into the mosque’s compound, according to WAFA correspondence. Special Israeli police units erected metal barricades near al-Aqsa mosque, imposing restrictions on the entry of Palestinians and preventing around 20 women from entering for attempting […]

11th Aug 2015

Palestine: Israeli soldiers assault children in Al Aqsa Mosque

IMEMC News & Agencies: The media coordinator of the Foundation of the Islamic Waqf in Jerusalem, Firas al-Debs, told Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency that Israeli forces pepper-sprayed a group of children and beat them when they tried to enter the mosque to participate in summer camp. Israeli occupation forces assaulted and injured guards at […]

29th Jun 2015

Palestine: Israeli soldiers detain Palestinian woman near Al-Aqsa

[Photo: Al-Aqsa mosque] IMEMC & Agencies: Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Sunday, a Palestinian woman while leaving the Al-Aqsa Mosque through the Chain Gate, in occupied Jerusalem, and took her to an interrogation facility in the Old City. The WAFA News Agency said the woman was kidnapped after a group of Israeli extremists stormed the […]

25th Jun 2015

Palestine: 7 minors detained by Israeli army

[PNN archive image] IMEMC News & Agencies: Israeli police last, night abducted seven Palestinian minors while they were leaving the al-Aqsa Mosque compound following Taraweeh (Ramadan night prayers), according to local sources. The children were identified as Noor-Eddin Abu Hadwan, 15, Omar al-Tawil, 15, Morad Alkam, 14, Mohammad Jaber, 13, Omar Yasin, 14, Mohammad […]

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