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Dr. Erekat on Israel's Imminent Plan to Demolish Palestinian Properties in Sur Bahir We condemn, in the strongest possible terms, Israel’s imminent plan to demolish 10 buildings in the occupied East Jerusalem town of Sur Bahir, which will result in t ...

Concern over the use of the inaccurate term “Temple Mount” to refer to Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound in Jerusalem Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound, sometimes referred to as the Noble Sanctuary (“Haram al-Sharif ” in Arabic), is the compound that contains Al Aqsa buildin ...

Israeli Government Allows Extremist Settler and Likud MK Moshe Feiglin to Invade Al Aqsa Compound "You can't teach a monkey to speak and you can't teach an Arab to be democratic. You're dealing with a culture of thieves and robbers. Mu ...

'Fabric of Neighborhood’ New Guidelines for Land Confiscation in Occupied East Jerusalem. Israeli Absentee Property Law Background In 1950, Two years after the Nakba, Israel ratified the “Absentee Property Law” as an attempt to “legalize” the theft o ...

The Ghettoization of Beit Safafa After 46 years of Israeli occupation of Palestine, the Israeli settler population has exceeded 540,000 and continues to grow. Israel is currently engaged in the construction of more than 200 settlements in the Occupied Wes ...

Silwan: A Struggle for Existence in The Face of Ethnic Cleansing OVERVIEW Silwan is one of the largest Palestinian villages in occupied East Jerusalem and is strategically located immediately south of the Old City of Jerusalem. It has a population of 55,0 ...

Advisory to Journalists Visiting the Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound It has been brought to the attention of the PLO Negotiations Affairs Department that there is an ongoing attempt by Israeli governmental and non-governmental organizations to organize visits to ...

The Israeli Government Support to Extremist Groups in Occupied East Jerusalem The Israeli Deputy “Defense” Minister Eli Ben Dahan said publicly on August 13 “we’re not embarrassed to say it: we want to rebuild the temple.” 1 By doing so, Israeli governmen ...

In Focus: Current Israeli Escalation at Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound in Occupied East Jerusalem Introduction During the last decade, there has been an escalation of Israeli violations of the sanctity of Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound. Following a campaign of inciteme ...

Bethlehem 2017: Facts and Figures Highlights key facts and figures on the Governorate and City of Bethlehem, covering the following:  Municipalities, refugee camps, and village councils.  Population UNESCO heritage sites. In addition to a list of other he ...