Israel’s police force said it will deploy thousands of officers across Jerusalem’s Old City for Ramadan’s first Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa mosque, with tensions high amid the Gaza war. “We are prepared for Friday prayers with more police officers. Thousands of them will be in the area of Temple Mount,” police spokeswoman Mirit ben […]
Read MoreGazans fleeing the Israel-Gaza war say even with a visa to Australia, it’s a struggle to cross the Rafah border
01 December 2023, ABC News, by Ahmed Yussuf and Zena Chamas Mahmoud Idrees is on the brink. He is trying to hold it all together for his family. But after weeks of dodging Israeli air strikes and bombs falling from the sky, all he can do now is wait. He moved his family seven times […]
Read MoreIsrael-Gaza: Hamas claims responsibility for attack in Jerusalem as truce extended by one day, more hostages to be released
01 December 2023, ABC News Hamas’s armed wing has claimed responsibility for an attack that killed at least three people in Jerusalem, citing Israel’s attack on Gaza and the escalating violence from settlers in the West Bank. Israel and Hamas have extended their ceasefire deal by one day, with Hamas releasing two hostages so far […]
Read MoreAnalysis | Diverting All-out War, Israel Must Now Contend With a Simmering West Bank
The next several days, then, are expected to be particularly sensitive. The army and the police have bolstered force numbers in Jerusalem and on both sides of the Green Line
Read MoreNetanyahu mobilises army after attacks
The attacks, after a night of crossborder strikes in Gaza and Lebanon, added to an atmosphere of heightened Israeli-Palestinian tensions following Israeli police raids in Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque last week.
Read MoreDeadly attack in Tel Aviv after Israel conducts air strikes on Palestinian militant targets in Lebanon and Gaza
The unrest comes at a delicate time for Jerusalem’s Old City, which was teeming with pilgrims from around the world.
Read MoreViolence erupts again at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque
In the second instance, late on Wednesday, police entered the compound and tried to remove worshippers, using stun grenades and firing rubber bullets, said staff of the Waqf, the Jordanian-appointed Islamic organisation managing the complex.
Read MoreConcern, criticism after Israel police storm Jerusalem mosque
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was “shocked and appalled” by images he saw of Israeli security forces beating people at the mosque, particularly because it came at a time holy to Jews, Christians and Muslims that should be a period of peace, his spokesman said.
Read MoreThis Palestinian Protester Wasn’t Endangering Anyone. Israeli Police Shot Him Dead
The video clip: A group of about a dozen young people wearing black hoodies is scattered in the street, most of them sheltering behind a charred dumpster on which they have placed an improvised launcher for firecrackers. Bright flashing lights and the sounds of explosives. Three more young men stand on the side, throwing stones. […]
Read MoreLibs to make Jerusalem election issue
The federal coalition will take the recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital to the next election. The Labor government reversed a 2018 decision by then prime minister Scott Morrison to recognise West Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and move Australia’s embassy. Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong said the decision broke from decades of bipartisanship to have […]
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