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Featured / Politics / Elections / Islamists / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

Latest Fatwa: Arabs Forbidden to Run for Jerusalem Mayor or Vote in Elections

By JNi.Media

Theoretically, an Arab candidate for Mayor of Jerusalem should have a clear path to the job – should he be able to maximize the support of eligible Arab voters.

The Danger Zone with Gadi Adelman

Candid Interview With Hazem Farraj - The Danger Zone

By Israel News Talk Radio

Hazem Farraj is an ex-Muslim from East Jerusalem who is now teaching people the truth about Islam and Jihad. Gadi sits down for a candid conversation with this interesting young man.

Featured / Police and Crime / The Courts / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

Eastern Jerusalem Arab Destroys Own Condemned Home to Avoid Demolition Fees

By JNi.Media

The labor of redeeming the neighborhood appear to reach the phase of removing an entire cluster of Arab squatters from al-Bustan, with structures rebuilt and either sold or rented to Jewish newcomers.

Featured / US / Politics / Eye on "Palestine" / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Watch: Prof. Kontorovich Urging Congress Not to Capitulate to PA on Embassy Move

By JNi.Media

'Never has there been a national independence movement that has refused an independence offer on the grounds that it does not include all the territory the movement seeks.'

Featured / US / Politics / Government / Diaspora / Jordan

King Abdullah Tells US Jews Relations with Israel depend on Resolving Embassy Investigation

By JNi.Media

163 passports belonging Jordanian citizens who requested a visa to Israel are locked away in a safe of the shuttered Israeli embassy in Jordan.

Featured / Politics / Government / Jerusalem / Settlements

Jerusalem Municipality to Add 176 Housing Units to Jewish Enclave at Heart of Jabel Mukaber

By JNi.Media

Israel's Supreme Court rejected an appeal from local Arab residents who had claimed some of the land belonged to them. Upon completion, the neighborhood will boast 480 apartments.

Headline / IDF & Security / Politics / Government / Anti-Israel NGOs / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

NGO: Israel Revokes Citizenship of Eastern Jerusalem Arabs

By JNi.Media

The report includes interviews with eight Arab families, "victims" of Israel's aggressive policy, the most glaring of which is with Abed Dawiat, who committed the official first act of terror of the lone-wolf intifada.

Video of the Day

Is There an Occupation?

By Video of the Day

Professor Kontorovich discusses whether Israeli control of the "West Bank and East Jerusalem" is an illegal occupation.

Featured / IDF & Security / US / Politics / Police and Crime / Government / The Courts / Elections / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

Report: Demolition of Jerusalem Arab Homes Revved Up Since Trump's Election

By JNi.Media

While in all of 2016 the municipality demolished 203 structures in eastern Jerusalem, about half of those were razed after the US elections.

US / Politics / Gaza / Hamas / Government / Palestinian Authority / The Knesset / Media / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Judea & Samaria / Gulf States / UAE / Religion / Settlements

Hebron Spokesman Teaches Alternative Peace Plans via NY Times

By JNi.Media

The Messiah can't be too far away, if Yishai Fleisher was invited by the Gray Lady to explain how Israel can remain Jewish and democratic without the two-state solution.

Jewish / Global / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment / Jerusalem

$10,000 Jerusalem Photo Challenge Aiming for 50,000 Online Submissions

By JNi.Media

'Our aim in this photo challenge is to uncover forgotten memories and get an exciting encounter of Jerusalem’s history in a frame.'

US / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

State Dept. Condemns Jerusalem Housing Construction Amid Hints of Obama 'November Surprise'

By JNi.Media

The Netanyahu cabinet has been extra careful not to provoke the ire of the retiring emperor on the eve of that portion of his term when he no longer needs to worry about the Jewish vote.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Politics / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Judea & Samaria / United Nations (UN) / Settlements

UN Mid-East Peace Envoy Pins Jewish Homes as Source of Strife

By JNi.Media

He failed to mention the arrests and indictments by Israel of an international charity administrator and a UNDP employee, who confessed to directing millions of dollars to Hamas — which is why all those ruined buildings are yet to be rebuilt.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Politics / Police and Crime / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem / Judea & Samaria

10 PA Police Vehicles Storm into Eastern Jerusalem in Pursuit of Suspects

By JNi.Media

Four PA Arabs were arrested by PA security forces in Israeli eastern Jerusalem without coordination with or knowledge of the IDF.

US / Politics / Government / News Briefs / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Settlements / Israeli Arabs

Analysis: US Critical of Jewish Construction, Mum on Next Door Govt. Construction for Arabs

By JNi.Media

The State Dept. announcement completely ignores the Israeli government's effort on behalf of Israeli Arabs in Jerusalem

Jerusalem

Israel Demolishes 20 Illegal Arab Structures in Jerusalem and in Outskirts of Capital

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Sunday that the government would increase the enforcement of legal planning and construction.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Jerusalem / United Nations (UN)

UNESCO to Question Jewish Ties to Western Wall in Arab-Sponsored Draft Resolution

By Jewish Press Staff

The draft refers ten times to Al-Haram Al-Sharif, exclusively using the Islamic term for Temple Mount, without any mention that it is the holiest site in Judaism.

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Intifada

Attacks on Jews at Ancient Cemetery Cause Israel to Beef Up Security

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The new plan is intended to improve the personal safety of those ascending the mount and to prevent vandalism and desecration of the graves.

News Briefs / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

Police Uncover Terror Weapons at Arab Falafel Store in Jerusalem

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Police swooped down on two locations in eastern Jerusalem, uncovering rifles, ammunition, pipe bombs and bullets.

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs / Intifada

Masked Jerusalem Arabs Attack Police with Rocks

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Arabs from the eastern Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabel Mukahber bombarded Border Police with rocks in the adjacent Armon HaNatziv neighbor Wednesday morning. Police forced the rioters back with riot dispersal methods. No injuries were reported.

News Briefs / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

Rivlin Blames Everyone Except Jerusalem Arabs for Their Misery

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The President told a "Peace Conference" that Israel must understand the Arabs are here to stay but didn’t note that the Arabs must accept Jews.

News Briefs / The Knesset / Boycott / BDS / Business and Economy / European Union

Knesset Bill Would Label Products from EU Boycotters

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

A bill submitted by a Likud MK would require a label on all products from EU countries that label Israel products from Judea and Samaria.

US / Government / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

Jerusalem Challenges US with Building Freeze on Arabs as Well as Jews

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The freeze comes just before Netanyahu is to visit Obama, but his office insists it is all a coincidence.

The Courts / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs / Intifada

Israel Indicts 13-Year-Old Terrorist Whom Abbas Said Was 'Executed'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

He was charged with attempted murder. The teen terrorist wanted to become a martyr.

News Briefs / Jerusalem / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Netanyahu Promises 804 Homes for "Settlers' - 3 Years after Previous Pledge

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Prime Minister approved construction of the homes after the High Court ordered demolitions of homes under construction.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Islamists / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs / ISIS

ISIS in Jerusalem, Threatens Christians

By Jewish Press News Desk

ISIS has released a flyer in eastern Jerusalem threatening to kill all the Christian-Arabs living there.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Jerusalem

Hit-and-Terrorist Cousin of Mercaz HaRav Mass Murderer

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

'All in the family" is more evidence to support demolishing the homes of terrorists as a deterrent.

US / News Briefs / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Israel 'Disappoints' US with 900 New Homes for Jews in Jerusalem

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Jerusalem gives final approval for the 900 homes that caused a storm when Biden visited Israel in 2010.

News Briefs / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

Leftists Join A-Tur Arabs in Violent Clash with Police

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

"Amiel" says he stands with Arab against "racist collective punishment."

News Briefs / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

Police Arrest Suspect in Jerusalem Hit-and-Run Terrorist Attack

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Arabs call for state of mourning, meaning a state of riots, after knife-wielding terrorist killed when he stabbed solider.

News Briefs / Jerusalem / Intifada

Rock-Throwing Jerusalem Arabs Attacks Jewish Drivers

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Two dozen Jerusalem Arab rioters attacked Jewish drivers and passengers with rocks Thursday between the neighborhoods of Abu Tor and Maaleh Zeitim. The mob escaped, as usual, cars sustained heavy damage, as usual, and the victims escaped without injury, which is not always so usual.  

News Briefs / Jerusalem / Intifada

Arabs Firebomb Jewish Home in Jerusalem

By Jewish Press News Desk

Arabs in the Beit Hanina neighborhood of Jerusalem hurled a firebomb at a Jewish home Monday night for the second time in several days. No one was injured, and the terrorists, of course, are at-large.    

Terrorism / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

Israel Capitulates -- Returns Bodies of Nar Nof Terrorists

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Police said on Nov, 18: “One way to cope with the recent wave of attacks…is not to return the bodies to the families.”

News Briefs / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Religion / Judaism

Police Chief: Think of 1 Billion Muslims and Don’t Pray on Temple Mount

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

According to his definition, anyone who wants to pray on the Temple Mount is a "right-wing extremist.”

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Intifada

Bennett Wants Jerusalem to Be 'Occupied' with IDF Soldiers

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Fortunately, the police have rejected the idea that is great populism and is greatly stupid.

News Briefs / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs / Intifada

Update 1:15 PM: Four Murdered in Attack on Jerusalem Synagogue Worshipers

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Two Arab terrorists killed four worshippers at a synagogue in the Haredi neighborhood of Har Nof in Jerusalem Tuesday morning. Police officers shot and killed the murderers on the steps of the Kehilat Bnei Torah yeshiva-synagogue complex. One of the policemen is in life-threatening condition from wounds in the shoot-out with the terrorists. The quick […]

Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Judaism

PLO Campaigns to Wipe ‘Temple Mount’ Off the Media Map

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Ramallah is encouraged by Obama’s implicit policy that Jews in eastern Jerusalem are “illegitimate.”

US / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Settlements / Israeli Arabs

Netanyahu Calls Obama’s View of Jerusalem ‘Un-American’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Does anyone remember Obama’s 20008 campaign speech that Jerusalem will remain “undivided?”

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

Update: One Palestinian Authority Arab Killed in Violent Riot

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Friday, the end of Ramadan, will show whether the Palestinian Authority wants to renew the intifada.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Islamists / Jerusalem / Religion / Israeli Arabs / #EyalGiladNaftali

Arab Mourners ‘Celebrate’ Funeral with Riots instead of Psalms

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

“I hope your death brings victory to Palestine” – mother of abducted and murdered Arab Abu Khudair.

News Briefs / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Jordan

Jordan ‘Concerned’ over Aussie Stand on Jerusalem

By Jewish Press News Desk

Jordan summons Australian official over Canberra's decision to stop referring to east Jerusalem as 'occupied' territory.

Terrorism / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

Six Jerusalem Arab Lawyers Aided Jailed Hamas Terrorists

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Another bust of a terrorist ring exposes deeper Islamic and Hamas' roots in Jerusalem.

News Briefs / Jerusalem

New Yeshiva Set to Open Near Damascus Gate in Jerusalem

By Jewish Press News Desk

Ateret Kohenim, an organization that is a leader in the national religious movement, plans to inaugurate a new yeshiva just before Passover next month, near the Damascus Gate in a predominantly Arab area immediately outside the walls of the Old City. Ateret Kohenim, which also operates yeshiva in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City, […]

News Briefs / Jerusalem / Settlements / Israeli Arabs

Crazy Jews Libel Israel with Price Tag Attack in Jerusalem

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The police are unwittingly aiding and abetting if the enemy if they can’t find tiny percentage of Jews who libel all of us.

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Business and Economy / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Israeli Arabs

Israel Discriminates 'against' PA by Charging Less for Electricity

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Israel Electric Corp. shuts off power to those who don’t pay – unless the debtor is the Palestinian Authority.

Terrorism / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

Court Verdict Says Hamas Trying to Take Over Jerusalem

By Jewish Press News Desk

Thee eastern Jerusalem Arabs were sentenced to prison terms of four to seven years Wednesday for organizing Hamas activities and spreading its ideology. The Jerusalem court verdict declared that Hamas is trying “to take control of Jerusalem” through social activities, which is exactly the model Hezbollah used to take over southern Lebanon. The court denied […]

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem

Status of Jerusalem Sticking Point in Talks, Says PA Source

By Jewish Press News Desk

The status of Jerusalem is one of the biggest points of dissension in  U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s “framework” that he failed to publicize before returning to Washington on Monday, according to an official in the Palestinian Authority. “Negotiators for the PA disagreed with several of Kerry’s suggestions in the negotiations with Israel, especially […]

Terrorism / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Hezbollah / Israeli Arabs

Jerusalem Arab Jailed for 3.5 Years for Aiding Hezbollah

By Jewish Press News Desk

A Jerusalem court Monday sentenced a Jerusalem Arab bus driver to 3½ years in jail for handing over to Hezbollah information about potential targets in the capital for terrorists. The sentence was handed down three months after the conviction of Issam Hashem Mashahara, who pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy in return for the prosecution’s […]

News Briefs / Jerusalem

Jerusalem's Arabs Support Arieh King

By Shalom Bear

The pro-Israel activist is courting the Arab vote for a Jerusalem city council seat - and he may get it.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

New York Family Rescued From Arab Lynch Mob in Jerusalem

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

An Arab mob blocked the car, broke the windows, and violently tried to pull out the passengers - in Jerusalem.

US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem / Settlements

Israel Bows to PA and EU Threat, Stops Building in ‘East’ Jerusalem

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Threats work again on Bibi. Israel has not started to build one single home in “East” Jerusalem for Jews this year after a joint Palestinian Authority-EU threat to sue Israel in international court.

Op-Eds

The Palestinian Excuse Machine

By Jonathan S. Tobin

John Kerry’s effort to revive the Middle East peace process has posed an interesting challenge to the Palestinians.

Jewish / News Briefs / Jerusalem

One Jerusalemite Recalls Dark Years under Jordanian Rule

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

Avigail Shlesinger, 81, will never forget the day Jerusalem was liberated, 46 years ago.

Keeping Jerusalem

Jerusalem Landfill Plan Shelved

By Hillel Fendel and Chaim Silberstein / KeepJerusalem.org

A zoning plan that would have enabled the creation of critical Arab facts-on-the-ground in a strategically vital area of Jerusalem has been shelved thanks to efforts by several Zionist organizations.

Israel / News Briefs

PA Stats Reveals 3% of Arabs Are Drug Addicts

By Jewish Press News Desk

Approximately one of every 30 Arabs in areas claimed by the Palestinian Authority is a drug addict, according to statistics reported by the Bethlehem-based Ma'an news agency Monday. The Arab population of Judea and Samaria, along with those living in eastern, southern and northern Jerusalem, is estimated by Israeli demographers at slightly more than 1.5 […]

My Right Word

Is Sheikh Jarrah Actually the Biblical Town of Nob?

By Yisrael Medad

A Hebrew University professor suggests that the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheik Jarrah is actually the Biblical town of Nob, where David fled from Saul.

My Right Word

Olmert Flip Flops on E-1 Construction

By Yisrael Medad

Olmert now claims that Netanyahu's decision to move forward with construction in E-1 is 'beyond my comprehension,' but he himself supported building there in the past.

CIFWatch

Does the Guardian Own a Map? More Claims that E-1 Cuts the 'West Bank' in Two

By Adam Levick

The Guardian was under no obligation to consult Israel before making allegations, but they could at least consult a map.

CIFWatch

Did the Guardian Just Recognize “East” Jerusalem as Part of Israel?

By Adam Levick

It’s been a tough year for the Guardian’s “research” department. Earlier in Oct., the Press Complaints Commission concluded that the Guardian’s “unequivocal statement” in their “Style Guide” that “Tel Aviv is the capital of Israel” was incorrect and therefore breached “the Editors’ Code of Practice.

Analysis

EU 'Upgrades' Relations with Israel, Strangling Strings Attached

By Soeren Kern

Israel should be under no illusion that the recent "upgrading" of bilateral relations with the European Union will end European hostility toward the Jewish state. Quite to the contrary; Israel should be expecting an increase in European meddling in its internal affairs.

Eye on "Palestine" / Global / News Briefs / Olympics 2012

BBC Olympics Site Revokes Jerusalem's Status as Israel's Capital

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Jerusalem originally showed up on the official website as the capital of a country, but it was East Jerusalem, and the capital was “Palestine,” not Israel. Following complaints filed last week by a spokesperson for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Olympics site was changed. Now Jerusalem does not appear as the actual capital of any country at all.

Photo of the Day

The First Jews at the Kotel Since 1948

By Yocheved Seidman

Following the liberation of East Jerusalem on 7 June 1967, IDF Chief Rabbi Major-General Shlomo Goren, blowing a shofar and carrying a Torah scroll, held the first Jewish prayer session at the Western Wall since 1948. The event was one of the defining moments of the war. Happy Jerusalem Day to all our readers!

Global

Canadian Foreign Minister: 'We're Israel's Best Friend'

By Jewish Press Staff

At the end of a week in which the United Church of Canada, that country's largest Protestant denomination called for a boycott of goods produced in “illegal” Israeli settlements, including East Jerusalem, Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird declared that "Israel has no greater friend in the world today than Canada." Baird was addressing the American Jewish Committee World Leaders Plenary in D.C.

News Briefs

Arab Stabs Breslav Hasid in East Jerusalem

By Jewish Press News Desk

A Breslav chasid, about 20, has been stabbed in an attack by an Arab in Jerusalem Thursday. The chasid was coming back from praying at the grave of Shimon HaTzadik. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said two suspects were arrested following the incident. The attack is the latest in a series of terrorist stabbing attacks in […]

Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs

Here We Go Again: Abbas Threatening to Pursue Statehood at UN General Assembly

By Jacob Edelist

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas told a delegation of Israeli leftists on Sunday that he would ask the UN General Assembly to recognize Palestinian statehood if Israel does not respond to his demands for the resumption of negotiations. Those demands include a total freeze of Jewish settlement construction in Judea and Samaria and East Jerusalem, and the release of Palestinian terrorists from Israeli prisoners.

News Briefs

Heightened Police Alert in Jerusalem, Renewal of Riots Feared

By Jewish Press News Desk

IDF Radio reported that Jerusalem District Police has put out a red alert Sunday morning, in anticipation of a possible renewal of disturbances on Temple Mount and East Jerusalem. One Palestinian who attacked a small IDF unit was killed on Shabbat and 14 were wounded during a violent demonstration. Initial investigation into the event concluded […]

News Briefs

Arab Youths Attack IDF in East Jerusalem

By Jewish Press Staff

The violence reportedly broke out as the IDF was arresting a resident for hurling rocks at IDF soldiers.

News Briefs

Israel closes Hamas-Affiliated Institutions in East Jerusalem

By Jewish Press Staff

The move comes after intensified Israeli action against Hamas individuals and institutions.

News Briefs

EU Report: Israel Judaizing Jerusalem

By Jewish Press Staff

EU Heads of Mission Report calls for the reinstatement of the PLO in East Jerusalem.

Serials

Getzlight – Chapter II

By Ruchama Feuerman

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