East Jerusalem

February 12, 2019, 9:02 am

Teenager, 16, killed in brawl in East Jerusalem

Three others injured in fight; eight arrested

By TOI staff

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Maltese President Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca in Ramallah on January 31, 2019. (Wafa news agency)

February 1, 2019, 1:19 am

PA chief says he hopes for broad cooperation to hold legislative elections

But Israel’s public security minister says Israel won’t allow voting in East Jerusalem, a precondition Abbas has set for polling to take place

By Adam Rasgon

Orient House in East Jerusalem, October 14, 2007 (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

January 31, 2019, 9:38 am

Israel extends closure of Palestinian institutions in East Jerusalem

Public security minister says he signed the order to stop any attempt by the Palestinian Authority to gain a foothold in the city

By TOI staff

One of the several burial chambers of the Tomb of the Kings in East Jerusalem. (Thomas Coex/AFP)

January 25, 2019, 6:39 pm

Diplomatic and religious issues complicate reopening of ancient Jerusalem tomb

A tour of the French-owned, Roman-era Tomb of the Kings in East Jerusalem, which has been closed since 2010 for renovations

By Mike Smith

A three-room house in East Jerusalem valued at over NIS 11 million following a bidding war between Jewish and Palestinian activists. (Channel 13 screenshot)

January 24, 2019, 1:07 pm

Israeli-Palestinian bidding war catapults price of E. Jerusalem home to NIS 11m

Price of small three-room house skyrockets in tug of war that embodies feud between right-wing activists and Arab residents over land in capital

By TOI staff

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, attending Friday Muslim prayers, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on June 7, 2002. (AFP PHOTO / Thomas COEX/ File)

January 23, 2019, 7:45 pm

Court seizes Arafat’s East Jerusalem property in terror victims’ lawsuit

Estate of deceased Palestinian leader given 30 days to appeal lien on 2,700 square meter site on Mount of Olives, overlooking the Old City

By AFP and TOI staff

January 21, 2019, 4:52 pm

Israel puts kibosh on PA event at East Jerusalem hospital

Public security minister orders ban on 50th anniversary celebration for Makassed Hospital, says symbols of Palestinian sovereignty undermine Israeli authority in capital

By Stuart Winer

A Palestinian woman walks past a house in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem which was bought by Jewish Israelis, on December 4, 2019. (THOMAS COEX/AFP)

January 20, 2019, 7:50 am

In Jerusalem’s Old City, conflict means buyer and seller beware

Selling property to Jews in East Jerusalem is a lucrative but dangerous game when many Palestinians consider such deals treason

By AFP and TOI staff

Illustrative: A Palestinian class at the Salem School, East Jerusalem, December 6, 2017. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

January 20, 2019, 6:22 am

Report: Israel to shut UNRWA schools in East Jerusalem

National Security Council said to decide on revoking permits from UN agency for Palestinian refugees, to be replaced next year by city-run schools using Israeli curriculum

By TOI staff

Image broadcast by Palestinian Authority television on January 13, 2019 (Screenshot: Palestinian Media Watch)

January 19, 2019, 6:01 pm

Abbas’s Palestine TV airs image equating shopping at Jerusalem mall with treason

Fatah says purchasing goods at Israeli supermarket king Rami Levy’s stores amounts to ‘supporting the occupation’

By TOI staff

Issam Akel (Screenshot/Wattan News Agency)

January 17, 2019, 9:50 pm

PA said to deport Palestinian-American it jailed for selling land to Jews

According to TV report, US and Israeli pressure leads to Issam Akel being handed over to Americans less than 3 weeks after he was sentenced to life in prison

By TOI staff and Adam Rasgon

File: Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesman of PA President Mahmoud Abbas, speaks at a press conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah on December 5, 2017 (Flash90)

January 17, 2019, 1:07 am

Palestinians say any peace plan without a state along 1967 lines will fail

In apparent response to Israeli TV report on outlines of Trump plan, Abbas spokesman reiterates demand for ‘all’ of East Jerusalem as capital of Palestine

By Adam Rasgon

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) with then-Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat in Jerusalem, on May 28, 2014. (Emil Salman/POOL/Flash90)

January 10, 2019, 1:23 pm

Arab Israeli jailed for 11 years for plot to assassinate Netanyahu, J’lem mayor

Muhammad Jamal Rashdeh, 31, also targeted US consulate, Canadian security officials; in separate case, court approves 18-year sentence for Palestinian in Jerusalem murder

By Michael Bachner and Agencies

January 2, 2019, 11:55 pm

PA said seeking to deport Palestinian-American jailed for selling land to Jews

‘He has become a burden,’ Israeli TV quotes a Palestinian official as saying of Issam Akel, who was sentenced to life in prison and will reportedly be sent to the US

By TOI staff and Adam Rasgon

A man looks out from a minaret at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Old City of Jerusalem on January 23, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

January 1, 2019, 10:48 pm

New Jerusalem mayor said pushing plan to quieten mosque loudspeakers

TV report says Moshe Lion’s initiative includes swapping out old speakers for more muted ones, allowing police to turn down volume of call to prayer

By TOI staff