June 10, 2013
11:34 am

A building site in the Gilo neighborhood in south Jerusalem, October 2, 2011. (photo credit: Uri Lenz / Flash90.)

De facto building freeze takes hold in East Jerusalem

Capital’s deputy mayor says top government officials are preventing the municipality from advancing construction plans

By Aaron Kalman

May 30, 2013
2:39 pm

PA condemns East Jerusalem construction tenders

Some 1,100 units to be built in Ramot and Gilo; chief Palestinian negotiator says new building ‘destroying’ US-led peace efforts

By Gavriel Fiske

May 23, 2013
7:29 pm

Linas Linkevicius, the foreign minister of Lithuania, puts on a yarmulke as he enters the Hall of Remembrances in the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem on May 19, 2013. (photo credit: Isaac Harari/Flash90)

In ‘highly unusual’ move, Lithuanian FM visits Western Wall

Foreign dignitaries usually avoid meeting Israelis beyond the Green Line, but Linas Linkevicius posed with IDF officers

By Raphael Ahren

May 20, 2013
10:02 am

Finance Minister Yair Lapid (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Lapid backs expansion of settlements, Israeli sovereignty throughout Jerusalem

In New York Times interview, Yesh Atid leader says he still hopes to succeed Netanyahu as prime minister, but ‘I’m in no hurry’

By Gavriel Fiske

May 17, 2013
7:27 pm

Activist protest in the Arab neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem on Friday, May 17 (photo credit: Flash90)

Activists march in East Jerusalem to oppose home eviction

In West Bank, police arrest settlers for clashing with Palestinians; Jordanian protesters mark Nakba Day with march towards border

May 15, 2013
7:04 pm

A Palestinian girl gets a little help from Israeli pro longboarder Yoni Ettinger (photo credit: Yair Hasidof)

Goodbye gangs, hello longboarding

Longboarding for Peace, a coexistence initiative started in Jaffa, spreads to cities like Houston, where gang members are putting down their guns and picking up skating

By Michal Shmulovich

May 8, 2013
2:14 pm

US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah, April 7, 2013 (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Officials deny Israel is set to widen PA’s security control

Fresh US peace initative to include transfer of villages to Palestinian police, large prisoner release, Arabic daily reported

By Elhanan Miller

April 27, 2013
4:58 am

A Bedouin camp located in the E1 area, between Jerusalem and the West Bank settlement of Maaleh Adumim, in December 2012. (photo credit: Lior Mizrahi/Flash90)

EU criticizes Israel’s demolition of Palestinian structures

Since 2008, some 2,400 Palestinian homes and buildings were knocked down in Area C, displacing over 4,400 people, according to European body

By Michal Shmulovich

April 23, 2013
3:55 am

A bird's eye view of Silwan in East Jerusalem (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)

NGOs slam J’lem city plan for harming Palestinians

Human rights groups petition court over use of unapproved development policy

By Michal Shmulovich

April 18, 2013
3:20 pm

The Western Wall (photo credit: Sliman Khader/Flash90)

Five charged over Western Wall terror plot

East Jerusalem residents allegedly planned to kidnap Israeli, steal his weapon, and use it to shoot worshipers

By Stuart Winer

April 15, 2013
2:30 am

Israeli soldiers salute at graves of fallen soldiers at a military cemetery on the Mount of Olives, overlooking the Old City of Jerusalem, Sunday, April 14, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Sebastian Scheiner)

Israel at 65: Success still plagued by uncertainty

On the eve of the anniversary of country’s creation, the Jewish renaissance in the Holy Land remains a work in progress

By Aron Heller

April 13, 2013
3:33 am

Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird (left) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, Tuesday (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

PLO slams Canada over FM’s East Jerusalem meeting

John Baird plays down controversy, says where he has coffee with someone is ‘irrelevant’ to Mideast peace and does not signal a foreign policy shift

By Ron Friedman

April 12, 2013
8:59 am

Israeli police approach Palestinian protesters on the Temple Mount after weekly Friday prayer services in February 2013. (photo credit: Sliman Khader/Flash90)

Large police presence in Jerusalem ahead of Friday prayers

For the first time in weeks, admission to the Temple Mount not restricted

By Times of Israel staff

April 2, 2013
7:08 pm

Border Police guarding Damascus Gate last month. (photo credit: Sliman Khader/Flash90)

East Jerusalemites clash with police after inmate’s death

Teargas used to disperse protest outside Damascus Gate; five people arrested after rocks thrown

By Aaron Kalman and Joshua Davidovich

March 31, 2013
5:00 pm

King Abdullah II of Jordan, left, welcomes Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas after his arrival at the Royal Palace in Amman, Jordan, Sunday. (AP Photo/ Raad Adayleh)

Abbas and Abdullah sign Jerusalem protection pact

Palestinian leader and Jordanian king agree to ‘defend’ the city’s holy sites, ‘both Christian and Muslim’

By Yifa Yaakov and AP

Topic: East Jerusalem

De facto building freeze takes hold in East Jerusalem

Capital’s deputy mayor says top government officials are preventing the municipality from advancing construction plans

PA condemns East Jerusalem construction tenders

Some 1,100 units to be built in Ramot and Gilo; chief Palestinian negotiator says new building ‘destroying’ US-led peace efforts

In ‘highly unusual’ move, Lithuanian FM visits Western Wall

Foreign dignitaries usually avoid meeting Israelis beyond the Green Line, but Linas Linkevicius posed with IDF officers

Lapid backs expansion of settlements, Israeli sovereignty throughout Jerusalem

In New York Times interview, Yesh Atid leader says he still hopes to succeed Netanyahu as prime minister, but ‘I’m in no hurry’

Activists march in East Jerusalem to oppose home eviction

In West Bank, police arrest settlers for clashing with Palestinians; Jordanian protesters mark Nakba Day with march towards border

Goodbye gangs, hello longboarding

Longboarding for Peace, a coexistence initiative started in Jaffa, spreads to cities like Houston, where gang members are putting down their guns and picking up skating

Officials deny Israel is set to widen PA’s security control

Fresh US peace initative to include transfer of villages to Palestinian police, large prisoner release, Arabic daily reported

EU criticizes Israel’s demolition of Palestinian structures

Since 2008, some 2,400 Palestinian homes and buildings were knocked down in Area C, displacing over 4,400 people, according to European body

NGOs slam J’lem city plan for harming Palestinians

Human rights groups petition court over use of unapproved development policy

Five charged over Western Wall terror plot

East Jerusalem residents allegedly planned to kidnap Israeli, steal his weapon, and use it to shoot worshipers

Israel at 65: Success still plagued by uncertainty

On the eve of the anniversary of country’s creation, the Jewish renaissance in the Holy Land remains a work in progress

PLO slams Canada over FM’s East Jerusalem meeting

John Baird plays down controversy, says where he has coffee with someone is ‘irrelevant’ to Mideast peace and does not signal a foreign policy shift

Large police presence in Jerusalem ahead of Friday prayers

For the first time in weeks, admission to the Temple Mount not restricted

East Jerusalemites clash with police after inmate’s death

Teargas used to disperse protest outside Damascus Gate; five people arrested after rocks thrown

Abbas and Abdullah sign Jerusalem protection pact

Palestinian leader and Jordanian king agree to ‘defend’ the city’s holy sites, ‘both Christian and Muslim’

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