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View of the Arab neighborhood of Silwan, in East Jerusalem, May 27, 2015. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
September 19, 2017, 3:42 pm
Shin Bet busts East Jerusalem terror cell planning shooting attacks
Eight members of group, all Israeli residents, also suspected of firebombings and stone-throwing
By Stuart Winer
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, September 19, 2017 (screen capture: YouTube)
September 19, 2017, 1:46 pm
Netanyahu on Iran deal: ‘Fix it or nix it’
At UN General Assembly, PM says 'sunset clause' in 2015 agreement will allow Iran to produce 'as many nuclear weapons as they like as soon as the deal expires'
By Raoul Wootliff
Rescuers at the site of a stabbing attack that left two elderly women moderately wounded, in Armon Hanatziv in southern Jerusalem, May 10, 2016. (Magen David Adom)
September 18, 2017, 7:39 pm
East Jerusalem teens sentenced for stabbing elderly Jewish women
2 Jabel Mukaber residents receive 18-year terms for attack last May, while a third gets 25 months for aiding them
By TOI staff
Illustrative: Firefighters battle a fire in the northern city of Safed on July 16, 2017. (Screen capture: YouTube)
September 16, 2017, 10:39 am
Toddler dies in East Jerusalem apartment building fire
2-year-old boy pulled from second floor of burning building in Shuafat refugee camp, is pronounced dead at the hospital
By TOI staff
Israeli border police officers stand guard next to the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City Thursday, July 27, 2017. (AP /Mahmoud Illean)
September 14, 2017, 2:32 pm
Police arrest member of Jerusalem terror group
Old City resident indicted for activism in a banned organization, said to have organized riots on the Temple Mount
By Stuart Winer and TOI staff
Hamas lawmaker Mohammed Totah (R) and Palestinian Authority minister for Jerusalem affairs Khaled Abu Arafeh (L), are seen at the Jerusalem District Court ahead of a hearing on February 15, 2012. (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
September 14, 2017, 11:30 am
Court rules state had no authority to revoke Hamas lawmakers’ residency
10 years after move, judges say new law is required in order to justify expelling 4 East Jerusalem parliamentarians
By TOI staff
September 12, 2017, 10:11 pm
Law but no justice in Sheikh Jarrah
'Wickedness': On the eviction of families who have lived in East Jerusalem for 50 years
By Oren Haber
Kamel El Basha holds aloft the Volpi Cup for best actor for his role in 'The Insult' during the award ceremony at the 74th Venice Film Festival at the Venice Lido, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
September 11, 2017, 6:22 pm
Palestinian wins best actor award at Venice film fest
Kamel El Basha ventured from stage to the screen in Lebanese film 'The Insult'
By Jessica Steinberg
An undated photo of the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Nof Zion in Jabel Mukabar (Yossi Zamir/Flash 90)
September 7, 2017, 6:28 am
Jerusalem to reportedly okay tripling Jewish enclave inside Arab neighborhood
Planning committee said set to approve construction of 176 new housing units in Nof Zion, inside the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber
By Jacob Magid and TOI staff
Israeli policemen evict a member of the Palestinian Shamasneh family from the home in which they have lived for over half a century, in the East Jerusalem Arab neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, September 5, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / Ahmad GHARABLI)
September 5, 2017, 11:52 am
Palestinian family evicted from East Jerusalem home after 50 years
Police escort Shamasneh family out after Supreme Court rules Jewish family owned building before 1948, are rightful owners
By AFP and TOI staff
Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III (C) speaks during a press conference in the Jordanian capital Amman on August 12, 2017. (AFP Photo/Khalil Mazraawi)
August 31, 2017, 5:29 pm
Palestinians sue Greek Orthodox church over land sales to Israelis
300 Palestinian Christians file complaint in PA court against patriarchate for potentially capital offense of 'selling land to the enemy'
By AP
Education Minister Naftali Bennett visits at a Shas school (Mosdot Yosef) in Tel Aviv on May 10, 2016. (Yaacov Cohen/Flash90)
August 31, 2017, 10:48 am
Bennett: Israel needs ultra-Orthodox to draft into workforce, not IDF
Ahead of the school year, education minister reports increased 'traction' in encouraging East Jerusalem schools to adopt Israeli curriculum
By Marissa Newman
Illustrative: A family enjoys a picnic in the grass, near the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Abu Tur on April 8, 2016. (Corinna Kern/FLASH90)
August 28, 2017, 12:53 pm
Surge of East Jerusalemites getting citizenship still leaves lion’s share in limbo
More Palestinians in Jerusalem became Israeli in 2017 than in the last 3 years combined, but a massive backlog remains; Supreme Court has ordered the Interior Ministry to explain why process takes so long
By Dov Lieber
View of empty houses at the Arab village of Lifta, on January 10, 2016. (Lior Mizrahi/Flash90)
August 23, 2017, 5:51 pm
Jerusalem freezes plan to build luxury villas on ancient village
Opponents of construction in Lifta say theirs is only a temporary victory, as city hall is keen to push plan forward
By Dov Lieber
Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli security forces in the West Bank town of Bethlehem on July 19, 2017, following a demonstration against new Israeli security measures at the Temple Mount. (AFP/Musa Al Shaer)
August 16, 2017, 5:35 pm
Police arrest 72 Palestinians suspected in Temple Mount riots
Officials say 43 of those detained in past week have been charged with violent offenses during clashes last month in Jerusalem
By TOI staff
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