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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 565

Ir Amim

Two residents of the Jerusalem neighborhood of Kafr Aqab stand next to tanks placed by local residents on rooftops and filled with water purchased privately, as their water supply is cut to only a few hours a week, July 24, 2024 (Gianluca Pacchiani/Times of Israel)
August 19, 2024, 4:32 pm
In summer heat, East Jerusalem suburb receives water for only 12 hours a week
Sprawling Kafr Aqab has seen its population skyrocket in recent years, but the infrastructure and the water supply have not kept up. Now residents demand answers
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Illustrative: Protest organized by the Peace Partnership calling for an end to the Gaza war in the Arab town of Tira, Israel, March 9, 2024. (Peace Partnership/Courtesy)
March 23, 2024, 11:58 am
New Arab-Jewish movement stages countrywide events demanding ceasefire
After months of silence, some Arab Israelis join with left-wing Jewish activists to call for an end to the war. Others say the ‘day after’ is already here – and they don’t like it
By Gianluca Pacchiani
View of buildings in East Jerusalem, February 1, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 6, 2023, 7:13 pm
After international pressure, PM delays East Jerusalem razing sought by Ben Gvir
Netanyahu’s office puts stay on demolition of building where 100 Palestinians live after pushback from Western embassies; national security minister says it’ll be done eventually
By Jacob Magid
Border Police officers try to disperse Palestinians and activists gathering to demonstrate in the flashpoint neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah in east Jerusalem, February 18, 2022. (Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP)
February 22, 2022, 8:21 pm
Court freezes eviction of Palestinian family from Sheikh Jarrah home
Case had been major factor in rising tensions over the past few weeks in the East Jerusalem neighborhood, which had sparked warnings of a new war between Israel and Hamas
By Aaron Boxerman
A general view of the Givat Hamatos neighborhood in east Jerusalem, on November 15, 2020. (AP Photo/ Mahmoud Illean)
January 17, 2022, 9:09 pm
Committee advances plans for new Jerusalem homes beyond Green Line
Proposed neighborhood of Lower Aqueduct would include 1,465 units, with around half of the area in East Jerusalem
By Aaron Boxerman
Palestinians with gas cylinders stand on a rooftop of a house being evacuated by Israeli special forces in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, January 17, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 17, 2022, 2:18 pm
In first since 2017, police try to evict family in flashpoint Jerusalem neighborhood
Family member threatens to burn down home rather than leave; city hall aims to seize the Sheikh Jarrah land for a new school
By Aaron Boxerman
View of the new golden dome built on top of the Abdul Rachman mosque in Beit Safafa, Jerusalem, December 16, 2021 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 15, 2022, 9:11 am
After right-wing pressure, J’lem orders demolition of ‘illegal’ new gold dome mosque
Municipality says construction was without permits; Beit Safafa community leader says will work to ensure it stands; nonprofit decries move as city hall ‘succumbing to extremists’
By ToI Staff
This photo from February 15, 2017, shows the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Har Homa. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)
April 8, 2021, 12:23 pm
In 1st since Biden inauguration, Israel advances 540 new East Jerusalem homes
Left-wing organizations charge that the construction in Har Homa East would make creating a potential contiguous Palestinian capital in Jerusalem more difficult
By Aaron Boxerman
The Givat Hamatos neighborhood, Jerusalem (Joshua Davidovich/Times of Israel)
January 15, 2021, 8:13 pm
Court halts sales in new East Jerusalem neighborhood amid discrimination claims
Two months after Israeli authorities opened bidding on 1,257 housing units in Givat HaMatos, judge freezes process, gives government a week to respond to Palestinian petition
By Aaron Boxerman
Illustrative: Houses in the Palestinian neighborhood of Beit Safafa on July 5, 2016 (Lior Mizrahi/Flash90)
November 15, 2020, 4:12 pm
Israel advances construction in controversial East Jerusalem neighborhood
1,257 units planned for Givat Hamatos could cut off city from Bethlehem, disrupting contiguity of a Palestinian state; coalition chief says it will connect Jewish neighborhoods
By Aaron Boxerman
ِA member of the Abu Sbeih family of East Jerusalem honors a Ramadan tradition by holding up a lantern in their living room, prior to the family home's demolition (Iyad Abu Sbeih)
August 23, 2020, 10:34 pm
Despite pandemic, East Jerusalem on track for record number of home demolitions
As the health situation in city’s east grows worse, the municipality has resumed tearing down homes, leaving some out on the streets during economic crisis caused by virus
By Aaron Boxerman
Palestinians throw stones during clashes with Israeli police in Jerusalem's neighborhood of Issawiya on June 28, 2019, a day after a Palestinian was shot and killed by police during a protest in the same neighborhood. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
January 14, 2020, 10:53 pm
EU expresses concern over violence in East Jerusalem’s Issawiya
Envoy Tomas Niklasson calls on ‘responsible actors on the ground’ to exercise ‘restraint’; EU diplomats tour neighborhood where Israel Police have recently stepped up raids
By Adam Rasgon
Palestinians are arrested during clashes with Israeli police in Jerusalem's neighborhood of Issawiya, June 28, 2019, a day after a Palestinian was shot and killed by police during a protest in the same neighborhood. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
January 12, 2020, 4:59 am
East Jerusalem’s Issawiya boils as residents decry months of police intervention
Security officials say they’ve stepped up operations because of escalating violence emanating from the Palestinian neighborhood, home to 18,000
By Adam Rasgon
The Nof Zion neighborhood in East Jerusalem, October 25, 2017. (Mahmoud Illean/AP)
November 28, 2019, 10:36 am
Work begins to triple size of Jewish enclave in East Jerusalem Arab neighborhood
Project will add 176 homes to Nof Zion, located in Jabel Mukaber; Housing Ministry said to revive another plan for up to 11,000 units on site of Atarot Airport
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from video allegedly showing a Palestinian man who was shot by Israeli Police after launching fireworks at them in the Issawiya neighborhood of East Jerusalem, June 27, 2019. (Twitter)
June 27, 2019, 11:00 pm
Clashes in East Jerusalem after police kill man who launched fireworks at them
At least 20 Palestinians injured in protests against Israeli security forces following deadly shooting in Issawiya neighborhood
By ToI Staff
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