The Latest Breaking News from East Jerusalem

Saudi Arabia on Wednesday strongly condemned a decision taken by the occupying Israeli authorities to allow re-settlement in the areas of the northern West Bank in Palestine. “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed the Kingdom’s strong condemnation of this decision, which is a flagrant violation of all international laws, contributes…

Israel demolished three houses on Monday in the Wadi al-Joz neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem under the pretext of construction without a permit. The Israeli move violates the Aqaba understandings, which stipulated the cessation of unilateral measures, which the Palestinians limited to storming the Palestinian Authority (PA) areas, demolishing Jerusalem…

East Jerusalem residents know that suspended demolition orders remain in force and may be executed at any moment.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday promised a stronger Israeli response in dealing with a spate of Palestinian attacks in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank, as pressure swelled within his right-wing government to employ more severe tactics.

Security personnel sealed up the family home of a Palestinian man who careened his car into a Jerusalem bus stop, killing three Israelis and injuring several others, Israeli police said Sunday. Police released a video showing police and soldiers welding the doors and windows of the apartment in east Jerusalem…

Driver rams car into a crowded bus stop in illegal Israeli settlement of Ramot before being shot and killed.

From house demolitions to military detention, the violence we Palestinians face daily reflects the power imbalance of occupier and occupied, says Jerusalem-based writer Jalal Abukhater

Hamza Amjad al-Ashqar, 17, was killed after a bullet hit his face during a raid, the Palestinian health ministry said.

In the middle of last week, 13-year-old Palestinian Mahmoud Aleiwat was pressing his teachers for the school report he needed so he could go to a Jerusalem college to train as a chef.