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Palestinian youth holding rocks during clashes with Israeli police in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sur Baher on October 7, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
December 2, 2017, 5:07 pm
Hamas vows renewed ‘intifada’ if US recognizes Jerusalem as Israeli capital
Terror group promises 'escalation,' says move would be 'violation of international law' and an attempt at a Jewish takeover of city
By TOI staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas listens while US President Donald Trump makes a statement for the press before a meeting at the Palace Hotel during the 72nd United Nations General Assembly on September 20, 2017, in New York. (AFP/Brendan Smialowski)
December 1, 2017, 10:59 pm
Palestinians warn of violence if Trump recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
Ahead of an expected announcement by the US president, the Palestinians say this will 'destroy the peace process' and plunge region into 'instability'
By AFP
Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat (left), Tourism Minister Yariv Levin (on bicycle in middle) and Sports and Culture Minister Miri Regev, with Giro d'Italia organizers and winners celebrating the announcement of the 2018 Giro d'Italia bike race, whose 'Big Start' will take place in Israel in May 2018 (Courtesy 'Big Start')
December 1, 2017, 5:35 pm
Palestinians: Giro d’Italia ‘complicit in Israeli occupation’
Complaint comes after Italian bike race organizers apologize to Israel for ‘West Jerusalem’ wording
By AFP and TOI staff
A picture taken on July 17, 2017, shows the Temple Mount compound in the Old City of Jerusalem. (AFP Photo/Thomas Coex)
November 28, 2017, 6:39 pm
Bill to prevent East Jerusalem withdrawal cleared for final vote
Legislation requiring two-thirds of Knesset's support for dividing city under peace deal will now head to plenum for second and third readings
By TOI staff
The Shuafat refugee camp in East Jerusalem. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
November 22, 2017, 12:43 am
3 hurt, one seriously, in Shuafat refugee camp shooting
Two of the wounded by East Jerusalem gunfire moderately hurt; no information on circumstances surrounding incident
By TOI staff
Sunset over a construction site next to the Jewish East Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo on November 21, 2016. (Sebi Berens/Flash90)
November 8, 2017, 8:45 pm
Israel grants building permits for 240 homes in East Jerusalem
Jerusalem Planning and Building Committee approves 90 homes in Gilo and 150 in Ramat Shlomo in addition to 44 units in Arab Beit Hanina
By Jacob Magid
Professional cyclists ride near the Jaffa Gate to Jerusalem's Old City in a race organized by the Jerusalem Municipality, on November 26, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
November 4, 2017, 5:01 am
Next year in Jerusalem: Giro riders face political hurdles
As Israeli prepares to host famous race, organizers say cyclists will avoid areas considered disputed, such as capital's Old City
By Josef Federman and Andrew Dampf
Demonstrators protest the 100th anniversary of Balfour Declaration outside the British Consulate in East Jerusalem, on November 2, 2017. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
November 2, 2017, 10:36 pm
Palestinians decry Balfour Declaration outside British consulate in Jerusalem
On centennial of document that paved way for Jewish statehood, Jerusalem mufti says protesters seeking to 'affirm' their 'rights on this land'
By Dov Lieber
Sunset over Ramat Shlomo on November 21, 2016.(Sebi Berens/Flash90)
October 26, 2017, 10:16 pm
Israel to green-light construction of 700 East Jerusalem homes
Plans to be approved next Wednesday are for 500 units in the Ramat Shlomo neighborhood and 200 in neighboring Ramot
By Jacob Magid
Illustrative image of construction of new apartment buildings in Har Homa in East Jerusalem, seen on October 28, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
October 26, 2017, 12:38 am
New Jewish neighborhood reportedly planned for East Jerusalem
Government said to grant millions of shekels to build ten thousand homes in Atarot, near Arab town of Qalandiya; planning experts dismiss the idea
By TOI staff
Illustrative: Israeli security forces in the al-Ram village of the West Bank during the closure of offices allegedly used by the PA to track East Jerusalem residents' land sales to Jews on March 14, 2017. (AFP Photo/Ahmad Gharabli)
October 25, 2017, 8:00 pm
Police shutter PA conference in Jerusalem about land sales to Jews
Public security minister says he acts to ‘prevent any political foothold for the Palestinians’ in the capital
By Dov Lieber
The Nof Zion neighborhood in Jabel Mukaber, East Jerusalem. (Yossi Zamir/Flash 90)
October 25, 2017, 2:55 pm
Israel approves 176 new Jewish homes in East Jerusalem
Building boom will make Nof Zion the largest Israeli enclave in a Palestinian neighborhood of the capital, say opposing NGOs
By AFP and TOI staff
An undated photo of the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Nof Zion in Jabel Mukabar (Yossi Zamir/Flash 90)
October 23, 2017, 3:58 am
176 new homes set for approval in Jewish enclave in East Jerusalem
Planning committee to meet Wednesday to okay tripling size of Nof Zion, located inside Arab neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber
By TOI staff and Jacob Magid
View of caravans in Givat Hamatos neighborhood of Jerusalem on July 05, 2016. (Lior Mizrahi/Flash90)
October 16, 2017, 3:11 am
Israel breaks ground on new units for East Jerusalem Jewish neighborhood
Some 1,600 apartments to be built in Givat Hamatos, over the Green Line; project was previously frozen amid tensions with Obama administration
By TOI staff and Jacob Magid
Israeli police near the Arab neighborhood of A-Tur in East Jerusalem, on May 20, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90/File)
October 15, 2017, 8:44 pm
East Jerusalem Arab burns hand hurling petrol bomb; arresting officers treat him
Suspect targets security forces in A-Tur neighborhood, is detained for questioning
By TOI staff
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