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Muslim worshippers pray near the Dome of the Rock and the Al-Aqsa Mosque, located on the Temple Mount compound in Jerusalem, during the first Friday prayers of the holy month of Ramadan on May 18, 2018 (AFP Photo/Ahmad Gharabli)
May 18, 2018, 5:53 pm
Tens of thousands from West Bank attend Ramadan prayers in Jerusalem
1,500 police deployed in capital, but no limits on access to Temple Mount; officials brace for protests in West Bank and East Jerusalem as well as Gaza
By TOI staff
Palestinian women head towards the Qalandiya checkpoint to attend Friday prayers on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, seen here outside of the West bank city of Ramallah, on June 23, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
May 7, 2018, 10:05 pm
For Ramadan, Israel eases restrictions for West Bank Palestinians, not Gazans
Permission for family visits inside Israel, use of Ben Gurion Airport for trips abroad, and access to Friday prayers on Temple Mount among measures approved by defense minister
By Judah Ari Gross
Dr. Mahmoud Habbash, Supreme Sharia Judge in the Palestinian Authority and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s adviser on religious and Islamic affairs. (Courtesy)
April 8, 2018, 8:09 pm
Abbas adviser: Hamas is ‘sending Gazans to their deaths for good headlines’
PA cleric Mahmoud al-Habbash accuses Gazan terror group of 'trading in suffering and blood,' says it 'no longer fools' Palestinian people
By Sue Surkes
Jewish priests prepare for a Passover Sacrifice 'practice' ceremony at Davidson Center in Jerusalem Old City, on March 26, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 28, 2018, 9:03 am
Palestinians to protest Friday after Jews sacrifice lambs near Temple Mount
As Gazans gear up for 'March of Return' Friday, Al-Aqsa mosque leader pans court's approval for ancient ritual just below flashpoint site
By Sue Surkes
Members of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamist terror movement Hamas, take part in a rally marking three years since Operation Protective Edge, on July 20, 2017, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. (Abed Rahim Khatib/ Flash90)
February 23, 2018, 8:28 pm
Hamas tells Nikki Haley: Your peace plan is ‘worthless’
After US diplomat says proposal nearing completion, Gaza-based terror groups vow to thwart American efforts
By Khaled Abu Toameh
Sheikh Ekrima Sabri. (AP/Joao Silva)
February 2, 2018, 11:34 pm
Top Palestinian cleric: Arab, Islamic countries should fund UNRWA
Citing 'conspiracies against Jerusalem' in Al-Aqsa sermon, Sheikh Ekrima Sabri rejects reported plans by Washington to redefine status of refugees
By Khaled Abu Toameh
Israeli flags flutter in the wind as the Dome of the Rock is seen in the background, in Jerusalem's Old City, on December 5, 2017.(AFP Photo/Thomas Coex)
January 11, 2018, 3:11 am
Isaac Herzog says he sees Saudi Arabia role at Jerusalem holy sites
Suggestion from opposition leader likely to offend Jordan, which is current custodian of Al-Aqsa Mosque, Dome of the Rock
By TOI staff
Turkish tourists, who were arrested earlier in the week at a holy site in Jerusalem following Muslim prayers, are seen at an Israeli court in Jerusalem, on December 23, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / Ahmad GHARABLI)
December 23, 2017, 11:20 pm
Israeli court releases three Turks after Jerusalem ‘incident’
Police spokesman provides few details of what led to arrests, but footage shows men wearing red shirts with Turkish flag scuffling with officers in Old City
By AFP and TOI staff
Illustrative: Israeli police clash with Palestinian protesters near Damascus Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem on December 22, 2017.(Suliman Khader/Flash90)
December 23, 2017, 4:44 pm
Israel arrests 3 Turks after ‘incident’ near Temple Mount
Police spokesman provides few details of what led to incident, but footage shows men wearing red shirts with Turkish flag scuffling with officers in Old City
By AFP and TOI staff
Arab Israelis take part in a protest in Jaffa against US President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital on December 16, 2017. (Screen capture: Twitter)
December 16, 2017, 10:32 pm
Arab Israelis protest US Jerusalem recognition in Jaffa, north
Demonstrators wave Palestinian flags, chant their willingness to die for holy city's Al-Aqsa Mosque
By TOI staff
Illustrative. Police find a rocket, fired from Gaza, inside a kindergarten in the southern Israeli town of Sderot on December 9, 2017. (Israel Police)
December 10, 2017, 1:06 am
Rocket fired from Gaza on Friday landed at Sderot kindergarten
After lengthy searches, police locate projectile in the school's courtyard; another missile hit a street, while a third was intercepted
By Judah Ari Gross and TOI staff
Israeli security forces detain a Palestinian protester on December 9, 2017, in East Jerusalem. (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)
December 9, 2017, 10:11 pm
Israeli decision not to limit access to Jerusalem prayers helped reduce protests
In times of tension, Israel often bans younger Palestinian males from prayers at Temple Mount. On Friday, it showed that, despite Trump's speech, nothing had changed on the ground
By Dov Lieber
The Defense Ministry's Coordinator of the Government's Activities in the Territories, Maj. Gen. Yoav Mordechai. (Screenshot)
December 9, 2017, 5:10 pm
IDF warns further Gaza rockets will be met with ‘severe response’
In Arabic Facebook post, Israel's military liaison to the Palestinians says 'irresponsible' terror groups seek an 'escalation' with Israel amid Jerusalem tensions
By TOI staff
A Palestinian protester throws rocks at Israeli security forces near a checkpoint in the West Bank city of Ramallah on December 8, 2017. (Abbas Momani/AFP)
December 9, 2017, 9:36 am
Israel gears up for second day of violent Palestinian protests over Jerusalem
Two Palestinians killed in IAF strike on Hamas camp after rocket fire from Gaza hits Israeli town; in Friday protests, two killed in Gaza and over 200 injured in West Bank
By TOI staff and Agencies
File: Head of the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) Yoav (Poly) Mordechai, and the Palestinian Authority’s Civil Affairs Minister Hussein al-Sheikh sign an agreement to revitalize the Israeli–Palestinian Joint Water Committee, January 15 2017 (COGAT)
December 8, 2017, 6:02 pm
IDF implores Palestinians to ignore extremist calls for violence
Maj. Gen. Yoav Mordechai, who oversees liaison with PA, says status quo in Jerusalem is being preserved, 'there is no change on the ground'; warns violence will backfire
By TOI staff
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