Jerusalem
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PoliticsColombia opens embassy in West Jerusalem under new president
The move reverses former President Petro’s severing of ties and draws sharp condemnation from Palestinian and Jordanian officials.
RightsPolice reopen probe into pepper-spray attack on boy
Journalist credits public outrage for renewed inquiry after initial closure of case involving Armenian child in Jerusalem.
West BankSettlers Storm Al-Aqsa Compound Amid Rising Tensions
Israeli forces protect settlers performing rituals as warnings grow over attempts to change the holy site status quo.
PoliticsNetanyahu and settlers enter Al-Aqsa area for rituals
Israeli prime minister joins thousands at Western Wall plaza while settlers perform prohibited rites near the holy mosque compound in occupied Jerusalem.
Settlers Detain Palestinians in West Bank and Storm Jerusalem Plaza
Israeli settlers cut water lines and attacked activists while thousands performed rituals near Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem.
West BankIsrael Tenders All 3,401 Units for Controversial E1 Settlement Plan
New bids open October 25 for housing in strategic corridor, raising fears of West Bank fragmentation and isolation of East Jerusalem from its surroundings.
West BankIsrael Expands Settlement Near Jerusalem Amid Western Sanctions
The move confiscates Palestinian land to merge outposts, aiming to split the West Bank and isolate Jerusalem from surrounding territories.
West BankJerusalem Warns of Push to Alter Al-Aqsa Religious Reality
Officials cite organized rituals at Mercy Gate as part of strategy to establish permanent Jewish prayer presence near holy site.
West BankOver 1,200 Settlers Storm Al-Aqsa Amid Tightened Palestinian Access
Israeli police facilitate settler rituals at the holy site while banning hundreds of Palestinians from entering during the Jewish holiday season.
PoliticsNauru Opens Embassy in Occupied Jerusalem
The Pacific nation becomes the ninth entity to establish a diplomatic mission in the city despite global opposition.
West BankIsraeli Forces Raid Anata and Shu’fat, Detaining Dozens
Military vehicles seal entrances, damage water lines, and impose curfew on eighty thousand residents in northeast occupied Jerusalem.
West BankStudy: Parks Used to Alter Palestinian Land Identity
Research paper argues green spaces obscure village remains and reshape historical memory in occupied areas.
West BankIsraeli police re-enter Qalandia centre two days after withdrawal
The refugee agency puts more than $5m of equipment at stake at a site that was being readied to take in 340 students next week.
WorldFourteen states and the EU call the Qalandia seizure unlawful
The refugee agency says the training centre was damaged while Israeli forces held it, and that it has had reports of people getting in and trying to carry off its contents.
West BankWork begins on turning the seized Qalandia centre into a school
Israeli municipal crews went into the vocational institute on Wednesday to ready it for their own pupils, while soldiers held the compound for a second day.
West BankFifth Israeli entry at the Qalandia training centre since May
Guterres has told Israel to leave every UN site it has taken and hand it back, after more than 50 personnel and four armoured vehicles moved onto the vocational school.
West BankDemolition notices served in Kafr Aqab and Qalandia camp
Houses and other buildings along the wall were marked for removal, and 40 people were held and questioned at the UN training centre before work began on pulling it down.
Israeli forces take over two UNRWA centres north of Jerusalem
The vocational training centres at Qalandiya and Kufr Aqab serve some 16,000 refugees across the West Bank, and a child was shot and wounded beside one of them the same day.
CultureSliman Mansour, painter of Palestinian identity, dies at 79
His family announced the death on Monday. Born in Birzeit in 1947, he helped found an art centre in East Jerusalem and later an academy in Ramallah.
West Bank30 Palestinians detained in a day of West Bank raids
The Palestinian Prisoner Society counted arrests in five governorates on Wednesday, and puts the number of Palestinians now held by Israel at about 9,400, a third of them without charge.
West BankIsrael puts 1,234 settlement units in E1 out to tender
Three Israeli organisations petitioning against the plan say the state had undertaken to warn them before any E1 tender, and told them in July that none was due for two to three months.