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Terrorism / Israeli Arabs

Jerusalem Man to be Charged for Aiding Tel Aviv Terrorist

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

An indictment is pending for the driver linked to a stabbing attack on Jan. 18.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

Jerusalem Arabs Preparing Celebrations for Freed Terrorists

By Baruch Yedid / TPS

Many of the terrorist were convicted of attempted murder, others said they will try again.

US / Government / Jerusalem

US, EU Condemn Israeli Plans for Jewish Neighborhood in Abu Dis

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The district planning committee met to advance the project into the final stages.

Police and Crime / Jerusalem / On Campus / Education / Israeli Arabs

Israeli Arab School Set on Fire in Eastern Jerusalem

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The school, which was recently targeted by Arab gunmen, is one of four new institutions that will prepare Arab students for Israeli high school matriculation.

Government / Jerusalem

Israel’s Cabinet Approves NIS 3.2 Billion Budget for Eastern Jerusalem

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

"United Jerusalem is not a slogan, it is a responsibility," said Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.

Terrorism / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem

Israel Seizes Cash and Property in Move Against Palestinian Authority 'Pay to Slay' Terror Stipends

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Police said the seizures included 270,000 shekels (over $74,000) in cash, six vehicles, one motorcycle, jewelry and gold.

Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

Police Remove Arab Barricades in Eastern Jerusalem

By Pesach Benson / TPS

Fights broke out between Arab rioters and local Arab residents who wanted to go to work.

Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem

PA Arabs Threatening to Join Israeli Cellular Networks

By Baruch Yedid / TPS

PA Arabs are protesting the PA plan to tax their cellular phone subscriptions and transfer the money to eastern Jerusalem.

Turkey / Jerusalem

Turkish Charity Group Vows to Prevent Israel’s ‘Judaization’ of Jerusalem

By Pesach Benson / TPS

The Turkish Heritage Association, “Miratna” is part of the Muslim Brotherhood and is one of several Turkish charity groups working to undermine Israeli sovereignty in eastern Jerusalem.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Police and Crime / Israeli Arabs

Eastern Jerusalem Resident Dies After Attacking Police

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Officers were searching Muhammad Shaham’s home for weapons when he drew a knife and attacked, according to police.

US / News Briefs / Jerusalem

Biden Removed Israeli Flag from Motorcade While in Eastern Jerusalem

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Despite flying the Israeli flag while in the rest of the Jewish state, it was noticeably missing on the last leg of the U.S. president’s visit.

Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

Majority of Jerusalem’s Arabs Prefer Israeli Citizenship over PA Rule

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Around half of eastern Jerusalem’s Arabs expressed hope that “someday we can be friends with Israelis since we are all human beings after all.”

Government / Boycott / BDS / Jerusalem / Judea & Samaria / European Union

Bennett Government Joins European Culture Initiative that Excludes Golan, Judea, Samaria and Parts of Jerusalem

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Head of the Samaria Council Yossi Dagan attacked the decision, saying that joining the fund “is a slap in the face to the country’s citizens and filmmakers” who live in the excluded areas.

Jerusalem / Sports / Israeli Arabs

Millions to be Invested in Sports Facilities in Jerusalem's Arab Neighborhoods

By Gil Tanenbaum / TPS

One of the goals of the sports project is to reduce the level of crime in the Arab community.

Headline / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem / Fayyad Plan

PA Formulating Massive Aid Package for Eastern Jerusalem

By Baruch Yedid / TPS

There is no Israeli consent to these plans, and no permits were provided for these projects. Most of the projects are slated for areas under full Israeli control.

Headline / Jerusalem / Germany

EU, Germany Launch Program to ‘Maintain Palestinian Identity’ of Jerusalem Through Tourism

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

EU representative: "For us, East Jerusalem is part of the occupied Palestinian territory."

Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

Report: Eastern Jerusalem Arabs Call for ‘Victory March’ on Route of Cancelled Flag Parade

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The organizers have also called for demonstrations against the Temple Mount's Mughrabi Gate, the only gate through which non-Muslims are allowed to enter the site.

Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem / Gulf States / UAE

PA Intelligence Blaming UAE for Jewish Jerusalem Land Purchases

By Baruch Yedid / TPS

Abbas is looking for a way to cancel the PA elections, and escalating tensions in Jerusalem is as good an excuse as any other.

Analysis

Living in Israel, Voting in the Palestinian Authority

By Israel Hayom

P.A. chairman Mahmoud Abbas wants to make the first elections in 15 years conditional on the participation of eastern Jerusalem Arab residents. Everyone—from Israel to Hamas to the Biden administration to Saudi Arabia—has an opinion.

The Courts / Jerusalem / Sovereignty / Israeli Arabs

Legal Battle Over Jerusalem City of David Property Highlights Attempts by EU to Undermine Israeli Sovereignty

By Josh Hasten

After a 30-year legal battle, a Jerusalem court has ruled that the Sumarin family must vacate a property located in eastern Jerusalem and return it to its rightful owners. The family has been supported by some 30 left-wing organizations with many funded by the European Union.

Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs / Coronavirus

Students Ignored Quarantine, Now Eastern Jerusalem Parents Fear Coronavirus

By Baruch Yedid / TPS

Parents in eastern Jerusalem fear that Coronavirus has arrived in the city after a group of 14 girls returned from a trip in northern Italy and did not stay in quarantine.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / Judea & Samaria / Sovereignty

Irish Bill Advances to Criminalize Commercial Activity with Israel

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

If enacted, it would make Ireland the first European Union nation to criminalize doing business beyond the pre-1967 lines, including eastern Jerusalem and the Golan Heights.

Featured / Police and Crime / Judea & Samaria

Border Police Save Donkey from Arab Teen Tormentors

By JNi.Media

One must wonder what would have been the fate of this poor donkey had the Palestinian Authority been in charge of this part of Jerusalem.

Obituaries

Dr. Irving I. Moskowitz, 88

By Jewish Press News Desk

Dr. Irving Moskowitz z"l has been called the Montefiore and Rothschild of our time.

News Briefs / Europe / Jerusalem

Austrian Minister Refuses to Meet Israeli Official in Eastern Jerusalem

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israel's Science Minister said the scheduled meeting "will take place in eastern Jerusalem or nowhere. The Austrian chose "nowhere."

Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Intifada

Terrorist Who Shot Soldier Was PA Intelligence Officer

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The attacker was part of the Palestinian Authority "preventive security service."

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.

IDF & Security / US / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs / Intifada

State Dept Press Pool Suggest Israeli Security Move is 'Ethnic Cleansing' and Wrong

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Members of the press attacked Israeli consideration of stripping eastern Jerusalemites of identity cards

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

New Arab Claim on Susiya: History Begins When Arabs Settled

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

A new Arab claim on Susiya is based on an alleged 1881 document and claiming "we were here first."

News Briefs / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs / Intifada

Dozens of Jerusalem Arabs Attack Police with Rocks

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Police seriously injured one of the rioters with a "sponge" bullet.

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.

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 / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

Jewish Neighborhood of Maaleh Zeitim in Eastern Jerusalem Firebombed

By Jewish Press News Desk

Jerusalem Arab terrorist again struck at the Maaleh Zeitim Jewish neighborhood Thursday night and hurled three Molotov cocktails at the courtyard of apartments, No one was injured, and property damage was minimal. And guess what? The attackers escaped.  

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 / The Knesset / Israel Elections 5775

Shas to Split Up but How about the Jewish Home?

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Deri is getting rid of Yishai, and Uri Ariel is making noise about dividing the Jewish Home Party.

News Briefs / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs / Intifada

Jerusalem Arabs Stone Bus near Mount of Olives

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Jerusalem Arabs attacked a busload of Jews in the area of the Mount of Olives Monday morning, causing damage to the bus but no injuries to the driver and passengers. As usual, the stone thrower escaped, and as usual, the police were not around. Why don’t the police escort Jews as the army used to […]

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.”

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 […]

News Briefs / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs / Intifada

Arab Rioters Injure Tourists in Jerusalem’s Old City

By Jewish Press News Desk

Arab rioters threw firecrackers at Border Police in the Old City in Jerusalem Thursday and lightly wounded at least one tourist. Police arrested one Arab youth. Earlier in the day, Arabs hurled rocks at a bus in eastern Jerusalem. No property damage or injuries were reported, and one Arab was arrested. In the Jabel Mukaber […]

News Briefs / Jerusalem / Judaism

Tel Aviv Follows US Model and Bans School Trips to Western Wall

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Should Jerusalem schools boycott Tel Aviv because of the danger from underworld killings?

News Briefs / Jerusalem

Barkat Says Housing Project in Jerusalem ‘Essential’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Why doesn't Obama also label Jerusalem Arabs as “illegitimate settlers?”

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

Neglecting Terror Setting Up Eastern Jerusalem Jews for Expulsion

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Benign neglect could be setting up Jews in eastern Jerusalem for “Gush Katif No. 2”

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 […]

News Briefs / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

Jerusalem Arabs Hurl Firebomb at Jewish Neighborhood Guard Post

By Jewish Press News Desk

Jerusalem Arabs hurled a firebomb at a “pillbox” guard tower at the Jewish neighborhood of Ma'aleh HaZeitim (Ras al Amud) guardhouse Thursday afternoon. No one was injured, but the guard tower was damaged. Firefighting crews put out the fire. Rock-throwing ambushes are common in the neighborhood, which is under the sovereignty of Israel but where […]

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

Abbas Calls Jewish Towns in Judea and Samaria a ‘Cancer’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The United Nations says living in Judea and Samaria and most of Jerusalem are “illegal. ”Obama says they are “illegitimate. ”Now Palestinian Authority man calls them a “cancer.”

Terrorism / IDF & Security / US / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Settlements / Israeli Arabs

Two Arabs Plotted to Blow up Jerusalem Mall Where They Work

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Remember this the next time Kerry claims Israel’s oppression of Arabs, by giving them equal opportunity, is the reason for hate and violence. Two Arab workers at a Jerusalem mall tried to blow it up.

News Briefs / Israeli Arabs

Apparent Price Tag Attack in Jerusalem Is Fourth in a Month

By JTA

Unidentified vandals slashed the tires of 21 cars and scrawled graffiti in the eastern Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina in an apparent price tag attack early Monday morning. They drew a Star of David and wrote, “We do not remain silent in the face of stone throwing,” but the phrase “price tag” did not appear […]

US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem / Settlements

US Implicitly Backs Peace Now Petition to Destroy Outpost

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The US considers a Jewish presence in Judea and Samaria an international issue, so much so that a US official attending a hearing on an anti-outpost Peace Now petition.

News Briefs / Settlements

Brand New Jerusalem Neighborhood to Be Approved - E-1 #2?

By Malkah Fleisher

The first totally new Israeli-built neighborhood in eastern Jerusalem since Har Homa will soon be approved, introducing 2,610 Israeli homes to an area called Givat HaMatos.

News Briefs

Arab Stabs Policeman in Eastern Jerusalen

By Steve

A Border Policeman was stabbed by a female Arab assailant in eastern Jerusalem near the Shalem police station. He is lightly injured. Other police nearby subdued the woman and arrested her.

The Yishai Fleisher Show on JewishPress.com

Christiane Amanpour on Mount of Olives Plus Nachum Segal on Kosher Hot Dogs and Israel

By Yocheved Seidman

Christiane Amanpour (CNN and ABC) vists Yishai Fleisher  on the Mount of Olives.  Listen in as Yishai and Christiane discuss Jewish life in eastern Jerusalem, why many Jews feel it is important to return to Israel, and more.  Then Yishai talks with Nachum Segal on JM in the AM (New Jersey)  kosher hot dogs in […]

Israel / News Briefs

National Union MKs Demand Defense of Jews on Mount of Olives

By Malkah Fleisher

National Union MKs Michael Ben-Ari and Aryeh Eldad toured eastern Jerusalem’s A-Tur neighborhood on Sunday afternoon in an attempt to highlight the need for security in the area, famous for housing the millennia-old Mount of Olives cemetery.

News Briefs

EU Foreign Ministers Condemn Israeli Settlements for Threatening Two-State Solution

By JTA

European Union foreign ministers at a meeting in Brussels slammed Israel for threatening the viability of a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict. Their three-page statement released Monday condemned the increased growth of settlement building, and the eviction of Palestinians and demolition of their homes in eastern Jerusalem. It also expressed concern over settler violence. […]

InDepth

Video: Sa'ar's Leadership in Education Bringing a New Generation to Jerusalem

By Yocheved Seidman

The annual number of schoolchildren visiting Israel's capital from 200,000 to 500,000 under Minister Gideon Sa'ar's leadership.

Serials

Getzlight – Chapter VI

By Ruchama Feuerman

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