Over one thousand people marked the 16th anniversary of the ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the illegality of the Wall and the obligation of the international community to act in order to stop it and end Israel’s violation of international law. People gathered to protest Israel’s impending plans to formalize the […]
Location Archives:Jerusalem
Popular march in Sawahreh to stop new settlement outpost
A few days ago, settlers have started the attempt to establish a new settlement outpost in East Sawahreh. This Friday the popular mobilization took the first steps to stop Israel’s effort to steal and colonize even more Palestinian land. Despite the closure of the entire area and road blocks set up by the occupation forces, […]
Jerusalem today: Palestinians resist the assault on al Aqsa
Today, Eid al Adhar, the most important holiday in the Muslim calendar, Israel attempted a take over of the Al Aqsa mosque in its ongoing policy to Judaize Jerusalem. Yet, tens of thousands of Palestinians gathered for prayers at the Mosque defended their holy places, rights and dignity. Almost one hundred thousand Palestinians had gathered […]
Protests start against the New Israeli Apartheid Road
Palestinian grassroots movements organized the first bloackade of the newly opened apartheid road, east of Jerusalem. On January 23, activists blockaded the entrance gates to the 5km stretch of road, walled-off in the middle to segregate Palestinians. Road 4370 opened a few weeks ago and is part of a much wider project of segregation that […]
Yabous Cultural Center, Jerusalem, shut down by Israeli police
On Monday August 28, 2017, Israeli police and intelligence forces stormed Yabous Cultural Center located in Al-Zahara Street. The Center was forcibly shut down by Israeli forces in Occupied East Jerusalem on the excuse of banning a lecture about Al-aqsa mosque. The Occupation Forces closed the Center between the hours of 16:00 and 22:00. The Civic Coalition for […]
Israel seeks full sovereignty over al-Aqsa
Press TV has conducted an interview with Jamal Joumah, head of the "Stop the Wall" Campaign in Ramallah, to discuss the recent clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinians at al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East al-Quds (Jerusalem). Click on the link below to view the video and the transcription of the interview: https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2015/09/28/431127/Israel-Palestine–alAqsa-Netanyahu-Jerusalem-Muslims
From Diversity to Racial Segregation and Domination: Palestinians in Jerusalem (1948 – present)
Commemorating the Palestinian Nakba at 66, we are sharing — attached — the Fact Sheet entitled: From Diversity to Racial Segregation and Domination: Palestinians in Jerusalem (1948 – present) (Civic Coalition for Palestinian Rights in Jerusalem, 15 May 2014) This fact sheet revisits the experience of Palestinians in Jerusalem (West and East) since […]
Israeli Court hears landmark case on Absentees’ Property in Occupied East Jerusalem
On 10 September, the Israeli high court started hearings on if and how Israel’s discriminatory Absentees’ Property Law (1950) should be applied to Jerusalem properties of Palestinians residing in the occupied West Bank. For Palestinians, this case will be crucial for determining the usefulness of legal challenges of this law in Israeli courts. The Civic […]
The Occupation Forces evict Bab Al Shams emcampment
hundreds of occupation forces raided the Bab Al Shams village, destroyed the tents and beat up the activists, who have set the tents in an attempt to stop the occupation seizer of the land to expand illegal nearby settlements in an area Israel refers to as E1. The activists represented with their lawyer have appealed to court to […]
Once again: Israeli forces attack Palestinians at al Aqsa mosque
This week, once again, Occupation forces invaded Jerusalem's Aqsa mosque compound after weekly prayers Friday, attacking worshipers with stun grenades and tear gas. Several Palestinians have been arrested. Palestinians within the Aqsa compound were staging a protest against illegal Jewish settlers who invaded the compound under heavy police protection earlier this week. Israeli authorities and […]