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Jerusalem demolitions render 57 Palestinians homeless Johanna Wagman - AIC-Alternative News - In addition to the racist planning policies of the Jerusalem municipality, together with the virtual impossibility for Palestinians in Jerusalem to receive building permits, the case of the Sha`lan family illustrates how Palestinians are submitted to double punishment. bz25/5/2013
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With photos…demolition of 7 residential houses in Jerusalem and 57 individuals are homelessSilwanic Net - "Wadi Hilweh Information Center’s camera spotted the demolition process that occurred in the city of Jerusalem yesterday where 7 residential houses in Al-Tur and Jabal Al-Mukabber with 57 people living in them were demolished, under the pretext of building without a permit, knowing that they were built on lands that are threatened to be confiscated to proceed with the scheme of “National Parks” around Jerusalem." ca24/5/2013
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Demolition of an apartment in Jabal Al-MukabberSilwanic Net - "The Israeli bulldozers demolished on Tuesday morning an apartment in the neighbourhood of Jabal Al-Mukabber. The apartment belongs to Abdel Baset Abu Rmeileh, and he had recently bought it from Al-Qaq family to live in it with his family.Issa Al-Qaq said that the apartment is 120 square meters and was built in 2000. Two years later, the first demolition order was issued, and since then the family has been trying to issue the necessary permits but to no avail, knowing that there has been violation building fees imposed during the last few years which sum up to more than 80 thousand NIS and that the demolition orders have been put on hold and today’s demolition process came with no prior notice.Large Israeli forces surrounded the whole neighbourhood of Jabal Al-Mukabber before the demolition." ca 24/5/2013
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Al-Aqsa and the circle of alienationMohamed Hussein Abul-Ela - Al-Ahram - "Why have not the religious feelings of the Islamic world been moved by the ugly scenes of the deputy Israeli foreign minister speaking with Al-Aqsa Mosque as a backdrop, as if it was a Jewish landmark?" - id (for rh) 23/5/2013
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Israeli Supreme Court To Rule on EvictionAkiva Eldar - Al Monitor - "A Supreme Court rejection of the Shamasneh family’s appeal will likely result in a new wave of “eviction and occupation” of dozens of houses in the East Jerusalem neighborhood, named by the settlers Shimon Hatzadik [Shimon the righteous], after a four-year lull. Such a wave could turn US peace efforts into a fleeting memory and sidetrack the conflict, turning it instead toward the 1948 narrative and the dead-end issue of the right of return." - id (for rh) 23/5/2013
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Foreign Ministry: Israel Receives Kerry with Home DemolitionsPNN - Palestine News Network - " "...condemned the demolition of homes in Jerusalem, describing it as "hideous crime" and held the Israeli government responsible for the continued demolition of homes and the displacement of more than 70 people." - id (for rh) 23/5/2013
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Travel: Secrets of the Souq of East Jerusalem’s Old CityRay Hanania - Columns - "“We live in a bad situation. They have closed a circle on us and no one from the West Bank can come into the city of Jerusalem."" - id 22/5/2013
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Israel calls off UNESCO Jerusalem tour, blaming PalestiniansReuters - The UNESCO experts were to examine the state of conservation of the walled Old City, a World Heritage site. The Netanyahu governemnt called off the visit, charging that the Palestinians had "politicised" it - i.e. Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki`s reference to the UNESCO tour as a "probe (of) the occupation measures" in the city. ak21/5/2013
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Nakba Day protests in East Jerusalem - an activist’s diary of the arrests and violenceSahar Vardi - +972 - Scene 5: Water cannons arrive. Everything is wet. A soaking-wet cameraman tries to protect his camera, as his friends lead him away from the ‘line of water. Scene 6: People running; six or seven border policemen run after them with their guns pointed straight at us. A young Palestinian woman finds herself alone next to them. One of them is pointing his gun right at her from three meters away. bz19/5/2013
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Solidarity shifts in Sheikh Jarrah: 17 to 20 MaySheikh Jarrah Protest - "The Shamashne family has decided to erect a protest tent outside of their house, and the police is likely to try and take down such a tent, and even potentially threaten the family. As such, the family has asked us, Israeli and international activists, to come be present with them in the tent, starting immediately after the demonstration this Friday (at 4 PM in the neighbourhood) and continuing until the Supreme Court discussion on Monday.Access full text for schedule." ca 17/5/2013
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UNESCO to send fact-finding commission to JerusalemMa`an News Agency - "UNESCO will send a fact-finding commission on May 20 to investigate ongoing Israeli measures in Jerusalem, the Palestinian minister of foreign affairs said Thursday.Riyad al-Malki told a news conference in Ramallah that the commission would spend five days in Jerusalem before returning to the UNESCO headquarters in Paris to submit a detailed report." ca 17/5/2013
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Senior Fatah officials call for single democratic state, not two-state solutionAmira Hass - Haaretz "While the Palestinian Liberation Organization held a small procession in Ramallah to mark the Nakba on Wednesday, some 20 men and two women congregated in a hall in the El Bireh municipality to sign the document called “the popular movement project for one democratic state in historic Palestine.” It states that “the racist Israeli policy of separation and segregation” has made the two-state solution þ(based on pre-1967 bordersþ) unrealistic." ca 17/5/2013
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Right-wing group takes IDF soldiers on tour of East JerusalemAmos Harel - Haaretz - "As part of the experience, the cadets, who are in the first phase of their training as combat officers, were brought to the Seven Arches Hotel on the Mount of Olives, where they attended lectures by rabbis, Elad officials and others invited by Elad." - id (for rh) 16/5/2013
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Noa, Jerusalem Day and a life of hatred inside a bunkerAdam Keller - Gush Shalom - Last week, we called upon the singer Ahinoam “Noa” Nini to cancel her performance in the "Jerusalem Day" ceremonies. Nini did not react to our request, but we did get a reply from her manager, Ofer Pesenzon - to which we replied, see the whole correspondence.14/5/2013
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`E. J`lem building plan delayed for sensitivity`Jpost.com - Tenders to build 1,500 units in the Ramat Shlomo neighborhood of east Jerusalem have been delayed by at least three weeks. Senior officials said that the Interior Ministry supervisor responsible for the process received instruction from the Prime Minister`s Office not the approve the plan due to "political sensitivity," according to Army Radio. Ramat Shlomo is one of five Jerusalem ring neighborhoods, along with Gilo, Ramot, Pisgat Zev, and East Talpiyot, which are located across the 1967 Green Line. bz14/5/2013
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Churches denounce Israel violence against ChristiansMa`an News Agency - "Patriarchs and heads of Christian churches in Jerusalem [...] released a joint statement denouncing attacks by Israeli police officers on worshipers and pilgrims during Holy Saturday at the Church of Holy Sepulcher"13/5/2013
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No to another eviction from Sheikh Jarrah march 10.5.2013 12/5/2013
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VIDEO: Jerusalem day clashes: chasing away reality Lea Frehse, Johanna Wagman - AIC - This year’s major Palestinian counter-demonstration in front of the Old City`s Damascus Gate was violently dispersed by police before thousands of Israeli religious nationalists paraded also this year through the area [see for yourself on the video]. 21 Palestinians were arrested, amongst them minors. Police barriers shut the area off to residents. bz12/5/2013
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Paving the way to an indivisible JerusalemNir Hasson - Haaretz - "Up to now, the development of Israeli settlement in East Jerusalem was based on maintaining and separating Jewish and Palestinian contiguity," said Arieli, who was a drafter of the Geneva Initiative, an unofficial plan for peace between Israel and the Palestinians. "In Jerusalem, there are two separate cities each of which has had territorial contiguity. That was the mosaic concept of [late Jerusalem Mayor] Teddy Kollek – that the Jewish and Palestinian neighborhoods would be next to each other but not inside each other. This principle was breached by the Israeli transportation network, which will make separation very difficult." bz11/5/2013
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EU`s Ashton `disturbed` by new Israeli settlement movesAFP - Ynet - Israel has signed off on plans for nearly 300 new settler homes near Ramallah, angering the Palestinians who accused the Israeli government Thursday of trying to "sabotage" US moves to rekindle peace talks. Thursday`s announcement came just days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly ordered a freeze on tenders for new West Bank settler homes to avoid harming efforts by US Secretary of State John Kerry to bring both sides back to the negotiating table. bz11/5/2013
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Palestinians struggle to remain in `unified` JerusalemMya Guarnieri - +972 "Residents pay taxes to the Jerusalem Municipality but receive far fewer services than the neighboring Jewish districts of Jerusalem. While Palestinians constitute approximately 35 percent of the city’s population, only eight to ten percent of the municipal budget is allocated to their communities. “We have to hire someone to come and take [the garbage] because the city won’t come,” Amira says. “They will pick up everything on the main street but not behind it.” ca10/5/2013
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Israel okays new settler homes near RamallahAl-Jazeera - AFP "Israel has given the go-ahead to build nearly 300 houses in a settlement near the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, an army spokesman has said, in a move likely to spark tensions as Washington seeks to restart peace talks.The announcement comes just two days after a report said Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel`s prime minister, had quietly ordered a freeze on tenders for new settler homes in a bid to give a chance to US-led efforts to revive stalled peace talks with the Palestinians." ca10/5/2013
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UN decries rising poverty in east JerusalemAl-Jazeera - Source:Agencies "Israeli "segregation policies" have caused deep economic isolation and left more than 80 percent of Palestian children in east Jerusalem wallowing in poverty, the UN said in a report."Palestinian poverty in Jerusalem has risen steadily over the last decade," the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said in a statement on Thursday. UNCTAD chastised Israel for not doing enough to meet its obligations as an occupying power, urging the country to act "with vigour to improve economic conditions in east Jerusalem and the well-being of Palestinian residents." ca10/5/2013
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Erekat: New settler homes `sabotage peace moves`Ma`an News - "Chief PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat said the move sent a clear message to Washington that Israel was not interested in resuming the direct talks, frozen in 2010."We condemn this new decision which is proof that the Israeli government wants to sabotage and ruin the US administration`s efforts to revive the peace process," he told AFP."This is a message to the American administration and a blow to the peace process," he said, suggesting it would drag the region towards violence rather than peace." ca 10/5/2013
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Leading Palestinian religious leader Grand Mufti of Jerusalem arrested for `encouraging religious disturbances`ALISTAIR DAWBER - The Independent - Mr Ahmad Hussein, who was appointed by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in 2006, was arrested at his house and was taken for questioning at a nearby police station, “on suspicion of involvement in a disturbance that took place yesterday on Temple Mount,” according to Micky Rosenfeld an Israeli police spokesman. He was later released.-rh 9/5/2013
Palestinians March In Jerusalem To Counter Provocative Settler ProcessionIMEMC & Agencies - Hundreds of Palestinians marched Wednesday in occupied Jerusalem, carrying Palestinians flags and chanting slogans for the liberation of Palestine and Jerusalem, to counter a provocative procession by extremist settlers who marched in the city chanting “Death to Arabs”. The Police attacked protesters and reporters, and kidnapped 21 Palestinians.-rh9/5/2013
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Disappointing French ruling on Veolia still paves way for suing occupation profiteersAdri Nieuwhof, Jeff Handmaker and Daniel Machover - EI - "It is disturbing that all the French judges who have adjudicated on this case during its various stages have failed to address the illegality of the Jerusalem light rail. There can be no doubt about the light rail’s role in Israel’s annexation of East Jerusalem." - id 8/5/2013
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Israel Forces Palestinian To Demolish His Home In JerusalemSaed Bannoura - IMEMC - "Resident Azzam Al-Afeefy, said that he was forced to demolish his home in the Old City, after an Israeli Court in Jerusalem informed him that should the City Council demolish his home, he will face huge fines, including the large bill for the cost of demolishing his property, and for removing the rubble." - id 8/5/2013
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P.A. Slams Israeli Attack On Worshipers Marking Eastern Orthodox EasterAgencies - IMEMC - "The Ministry said that Israeli soldiers and policemen verbally and physically attacked dozens of worshipers and families, and prevented them from participating in the holy procession." - id 8/5/2013
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Army Demolishes Three Homes In Occupied JerusalemSaed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies - "Monday morning, April 29, 2013, Israeli soldiers demolished three Palestinian homes in the At-Tour area, in occupied East Jerusalem, rendering at least 30 Palestinians homeless"29/4/2013
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Video:Israeli occupation bulldozers demolished a house and a building in al-Tur village– JerusalemVideo - Silwanic Net ca26/4/2013
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Israel Uproots Trees To Prepare For New Settlement In BethlehemSaed Bannoura - IMEMC "Thursday April 25, 2013, Israeli bulldozers uprooted dozens of trees on a hill close to the Jabal Abu Ghneim (Har Homa) illegal settlement, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, in order to pave a new road that leads to a planned settlement neighborhood of 3000 homes for Jewish settlers.Bethlehem Governor, Abdul-Fattah Hamayil, stated that the new violation is part of a decision made by the Jerusalem City Council to build more illegal settlement units on Palestinian lands in the area." ca 26/4/2013
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Israeli Racism Codified by LawDaoud Kuttab - Al Monitor -One of the best ways to accomplish the goal of quiet transfer of Palestinians is to deny couples the right to live in Israel. The notoriety of the Israeli Interior Ministry’s harassment of Palestinians in east Jerusalem has been widely documented. East Jerusalemites are considered residents and not citizens, and can lose their residency if they can’t regularly prove that Jerusalem is the center of their lives. However, what is unique about this law is that it applies to Israeli citizens and not just residents.-rh 24/4/2013
New Knesset member visits a friend in Ramallah: `This is not normal`Noam Sheizaf - +972 - And there is no picture and no film that could explain the absurdity, according to which Qalandia, which is part of the Jerusalem Municipality (and its residents pay municipal taxes) does not receive basic services from Israel because it lies beyond the checkpoint, nor from the Palestinian Authority, because it’s outside their jurisdiction-rh24/4/2013
Israel and Palestinians Agree on U.N. Work in JerusalemSTEVEN ERLANGER - NYT - "The deal concerns the Old City and its walls, including the Western Wall and an ascent to the Temple Mount, or Haram al-Sharif. It was brokered in an unusual partnership between the United States and Russia, with the help of Jordan, Brazil and the director general of Unesco, Irina Bokova." - id24/4/2013
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`Countless` Reasons for World to Push Israel on JerusalemDr. Sabri Saidam - PNN - "Israel treats non-Jews as merely consumers to be brought to Israeli hotels by Israeli tour operators and to be presented with a Zionist narrative through their tour guides." - id10/4/2013
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Arab funding for Jerusalem comes a decade too lateJonathan Cook - The National - "The extent of the crisis facing East Jerusalem was underscored in a report published in December by the International Crisis Group, a conflict resolution organisation based in Brussels and Washington. It revealed that, bereft of Palestinian institutions, political parties and security forces to maintain order, there has been rapid social breakdown in East Jerusalem. Filling the void have been local gangsters, with Israel content to watch crime and drugs deepen social, political and religious divisions, while its own police recruit the criminals to act as informants and agents provocateurs" 8/4/2013
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East Jerusalem Doc `My Neighborhood` Wins Peabody AwardEmily Hauser - The Daily Beast "My Neighborhood, a short documentary about settler expansion in East Jerusalem that this week received the prestigious Peabody Award. Directed by Rebekah Wingert-Jabi and Julia Bacha, My Neighborhood chronicles the story of Sheikh Jarrah, a Palestinian area in what is today Municipal Jerusalem, where settlers were able to obtain court-backed approval to evict Palestinian residents from their homes—or, in the case of the film’s central story line, part of their home, a home in which the affected family has lived since 1956—but to which other Jewish Israelis soon came in solidarity and support. That story of Palestinian-Israeli cooperation and nonviolent protest is the heart of what the Peabodys describe as an “honest, hopeful documentary.” ca5/4/2013
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Celebrated Palestinian singer arrested, accused of throwing stones; could face long prison term Serious doubts raised over accusationsSandy Tolan - Ramallah Cafe "An internationally-acclaimed Palestinian singer has been arrested by Israeli military forces and accused of throwing stones, a charge that could send him to prison for up to ten years or more..Oday al-Khatib, 22 years old, born and raised in Al Fawwar refugee camp near Hebron, was arrested on March 19 by Israeli soldiers who were chasing stone-throwing youths in the area. He is a star singer of Al Kamandjati, the acclaimed Ramallah-based music school founded in 2005 by Ramzi Aburedwan, and has recorded and toured with various Arabic music ensembles." ca 5/4/2013
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