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Israeli Police Attack Palestinians Celebrating Isra Wal Miraj in Jerusalem

Israeli police attacked Palestinians at Bab al-Amoud in Jerusalem who were celebrating al-Isra Wal Miraj Muslim holiday, a religious festival marking Prophet Mohammad's journey to the heavens. Tensions grew in the city as more people arrived at al-Aqsa Mosque. The Israeli police assaulted and clashed with the Palestinians before bringing…

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Clashes at Jerusalem flashpoint, dozens hurt, detained

Israeli police have fired stun grenades, rubber bullets and wastewater canons to disperse Palestinian stone-throwers at a gate to Jerusalem’s Old City

The Independent UK

The Trials of Rasmea Odeh, Part One -- Joining the PFLP

A Palestinian woman was convicted of a terrorist bombing in Jerusalem and served ten years in an Israeli prison. Then she lied her way into the United States.

Reason

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Guest Posts on "The Trials of Rasmea Odeh: How a Palestinian Guerrilla Gained and Lost U.S. Citizenship"

I'm delighted to report that Prof. Steven Lubet (Northwestern) will be guest-blogging about this new book of his: Here's the publisher's summary: On February 21, 1969, a bomb exploded in the largest supermarket in Jerusalem. The blast killed two and injured many more, triggering an intense search for the terrorists…

Reason

Palestinians Warn Against Israel’s Exploitation of World’s Preoccupation with Ukraine

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry warned against Israel’s exploitation of the world’s preoccupation with the situation in Ukraine to expand its aggression, violence and crimes against Palestinians. In a statement on Thursday, it slammed the continuous seizure of Palestinian lands and growing settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank, in general,…

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Israel Court Freezes Eviction Order of Salem Family in Sheikh Jarrah

An Israeli court on Tuesday froze the planned eviction of a Palestinian family in the flashpoint east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, pending an appeal. The Salem family had been ordered to surrender the property to Jewish settlers who have claimed ownership of the plot. Lawyer Majd Ghanayem, who filed…

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Israeli Authority Backs Down from Mount of Olives Park Plan

Israel’s Nature and Parks Authority on Monday said it was backing down from a contentious plan to encompass Christian holy sites on Jerusalem’s Mount of Olives in a national park following vociferous outcry from major churches. The Mount of Olives in east Jerusalem rises above Jerusalem’s Old City and its…

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Israeli authority backs down from Mount of Olives park plan

Israel’s Nature and Parks Authority says it is backing down from a plan to encompass Christian holy sites on Jerusalem’s Mount of Olives in a national park after vociferous outcry from major churches

The Independent UK

Expansion Project in East Jerusalem Sparks Tension between Israeli Authorities, Church Leaders

Israeli officials are preparing to advance an unprecedented project to expand a national park onto church-owned lands and Christian holy sites in East Jerusalem, sparking fierce opposition from local Christian leaders. The move would not strip the landholders of their ownership, but it would give the government some authority over…

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Commentary: A rogue military unit is Israel's weakest link

It's not very often that an event in the West Bank village of Jililya garners the attention of members of the U.S. Congress from Wisconsin. But the killing of a 78-year-old Palestinian American from Milwaukee by soldiers of Israel's ultra-Orthodox battalion has embarrassed Jerusalem, infuriated the U.S. State Department and…

Tribune News Service

Some of François Truffaut’s new wave films are still coming of age

The Bride Wore Black has something to say to modern audiences, but let’s draw a veil over The Woman Next Door

The Guardian - UK

Israeli Police Scatter Palestinian Protesters in Sheikh Jarrah Neighborhood

Israeli police on horseback scattered protesters Friday in the flashpoint east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, where demonstrators poured in to support Palestinians facing eviction by Jewish settlers. The scuffles there came alongside protests elsewhere in the occupied West Bank, according to AFP. Tensions that erupted in Sheikh Jarrah last…

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Israeli police scatter Palestinian protesters in Sheikh Jarrah

Reporters observed Israeli border police charging protesters with horses in occupied East Jerusalem.

Al Jazeera

Australia to List Hamas as Terror Group

Australia on Thursday said it would list all of Palestinian Hamas movement as a terrorist organization, the latest Western nation to do so. Canberra had previously listed Hamas' al-Qassam Brigades as a terror group, but the new designation will list the organization in its entirety. Hamas currently controls the Gaza…

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The Hindu

Coeur De Lion, Son Of A Gun, and Golden Lioness catch the eye

Coeur De Lion, Son Of A Gun, and Golden Lioness caught the eye when the horses were exercised here on Tuesday (Feb. 15) morning. Inner sand: 800m: C’est L’Amour (Aniket) 57, 600/42. Easy. 1000m: Amare (Bhawani), Eyes On The Prize (Jaykumar) 1-10, 600/41. Former made up three lengths and finished level.…

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Court Postpones Netanyahu Trial Hearings over Phone Spying Claims

The Jerusalem District Court announced on Sunday that all planned sessions this week in former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ongoing corruption trial will be postponed to Feb 21. The former premier, now opposition leader, is on trial for fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes in three separate cases. A…

Reuters

Israeli lawmaker opens office in disputed East Jerusalem area

A far-right Israeli lawmaker set up a makeshift office in the disputed East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah on Monday in what he called a show of support for Jewish settlers there.

Reuters

Israelis mount their own COVID "Freedom Convoy"

An Israeli protest convoy inspired by demonstrations in Canada against coronavirus restrictions drove along the main highway linking Tel Aviv and Jerusalem on Monday.

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Palestinians, Israeli Police Clash as Controversial Lawmaker Visits Jerusalem Flashpoint

Israeli police clashed with Palestinians in the flashpoint east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah on Sunday, during a visit by a controversial far-right Jewish lawmaker that inflamed tensions. Police said they arrested eight people during the day for suspected involvement in "public riots and violence," in the area of annexed…

Reuters

OECD tells Israel to cut red tape in non-tech sectors to boost productivity

Israel needs to cut red tape in traditional industries so they can boost productivity and catch up with the country's booming high-tech sector, the head of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said on Sunday.

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Israeli Knesset Receives Emirati Delegation

The Israeli Knesset hosted on Monday an Emirati parliamentary delegation for the first time in its history. The delegation was chaired by head of the Federal National Council (FNC) Ali al-Nuaimi and included lawmakers Sara Falaknaz and Marwan al-Muhairi, and UAE Ambassador to Israel Mohamed al-Khaja. Knesset Speaker Mickey Levy…

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Israel Warns Region Will Pay ‘Heavy’ Price over Nuclear Deal

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett warned on Sunday that an agreement between western powers and Iran to revive the nuclear deal, under the current conditions, will have deteriorating outcomes on the region. “Our position is well-known and clear: An agreement – according to the apparent terms – will damage the…

The Guardian - UK

Maya Shenfeld: In Free Fall review – 21st-century tech communes with the ancient

The Jerusalem-born sound artist’s debut invokes the transcendent via a compelling mix of analogue synths, brass and human voices

The Independent UK

Israel upholds use of surveillance technology on protesters

Israel’s attorney general has upheld the Shin Bet security agency’s use of mobile-phone tracking technology to monitor and threaten Palestinian protesters at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site last year

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Israeli Forces Destroy Home of Palestinian Assailant

Israeli forces on Tuesday destroyed the home of a Palestinian man who fatally shot an Israeli tour guide before being killed by security forces in Jerusalem last year. Police said more than 150 security personnel arrived in the Shuafat refugee camp in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem for the destruction of the…

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