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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 348

Walaja

Jewish and Arab activists protests outside the Supreme Court in Jerusalem against slated demolitions in the East Jerusalem village of al-Walaja on March 30, 2022. (Standing Together/Twitter)
April 1, 2022, 11:09 pm
Supreme Court freezes demolition orders for 38 homes in East Jerusalem village
Judges grant a 6-month stay — day after Blinken wraps up trip — in order to allow al-Walaja homeowners to produce a master plan that could pave way for town’s full legalization
By ToI Staff
Palestinians check the damages after Israeli forces demolished a house in the village of Al-Walaja near Jerusalem in the West Bank, on February 11, 2019. (Wisam Hashlamoun/ Flash90
March 22, 2022, 10:42 pm
50 US lawmakers call for Israel to end planned demolitions in East Jerusalem village
Around 300 Palestinians are threatened by demolitions in Al-Walaja, which lies partially inside Jerusalem; Israeli authorities say the construction there is illegal
By ToI Staff
Likud party MK Yehudah Glick in Tel Aviv, September 6, 2018. (Gili Yaari/FLASH90)
July 11, 2021, 8:20 am
Former MK Yehudah Glick detained, suspected of trying to smuggle in Palestinian
Longtime Temple Mount activist says law enforcement lying in saying he was unruly, says he was the one who asked officer to inspect hitchhiker’s entry documents
By ToI Staff
Riots during home demolitions in the Palestinian village of al-Walaja, south of Jerusalem, September 3, 2018 (Ir Amim video screenshot)
September 3, 2018, 11:55 am
Riots break out as Israeli police demolish homes in Palestinian village
Two municipal workers, several Palestinians reported injured in clashes in al-Walaja, straddling East Jerusalem and West Bank
By ToI Staff and Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative. A criminal in handcuffs. (Yakobchuk Olena/ iStock, by Getty Images)
May 24, 2018, 3:55 pm
Two Israelis sentenced to prison for 2016 assault of Palestinian man
Yonatan Holtzman gets 2 years and Yishai Ben Abu 5 months in jail after they confessed to racist attack on outskirts of Jerusalem
By ToI Staff
Construction cranes in the neighborhood of Gilo in East Jerusalem, January 16, 2011. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, file)
December 24, 2017, 8:01 pm
Jerusalem set to permit 300 new East Jerusalem homes
Council to give approval for eight buildings in Gilo, despite reported Trump administration request for ‘calm’ after recognition
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Palestinian riot police clash with Palestinian protesters in Ramallah. (Issam Rimawi/Flash90)
March 12, 2017, 6:21 pm
PA security forces suppress protest in Ramallah
Palestinian police use batons, tear gas to disperse demonstrators outside trial of prominent Palestinian activist; 11 injured and six detained
By Dov Lieber
Basel al-A'araj, who was killed in a gunfire exchange with Israeli troops on March 6, 2017, speaks in front of a group at a cemetery in Qabatiya, in the northern West Bank, on December 19, 2014. (Screen capture: YouTube)
March 10, 2017, 1:33 pm
Israel delays returning body of Palestinian killed in shootout with IDF
Army confirms it won’t return Basel al-A’araj’s remains to his family, but declines to say if it ever agreed to
By Dov Lieber
The three Palestinian youths arrested by PA security forces north of Ramallah on Saturday, April 9, 2016. According to security assessments, they were planning a large-scale terror attack against Israeli targets.
April 9, 2016, 10:37 pm
PA arrests 3 missing youths, foils ‘large-scale attack’ against Israelis
Trio found north of Ramallah with grenades, sub-machine gun; Palestinian security sources assess they are members of terror group Hamas
By Avi Issacharoff
The West Bank city of Ramallah (CC BY-Ralf Lotys (Sicherlich)/Wikimedia Commons)
April 8, 2016, 1:38 pm
Palestinians search for 3 youths; not clear if they’re planning attack
Cellphones and 2 ID cards belonging to the three found near Ramallah last week; families say they have not heard from them
By Avi Issacharoff
The West Bank city of Ramallah (CC BY-Ralf Lotys (Sicherlich)/Wikimedia Commons)
April 7, 2016, 5:24 pm
Fears over 3 Palestinian youths missing for over a week
Cellphones and 2 ID cards belonging to the three found near Ramallah; families say they have not heard from them
By ToI Staff
Members of Eretz Shalom movement giving candy to Arab shoppers as they mark the last Friday prayers of Ramadan, at the Rami Levy supermarket in Gush Etzion on August 17, 2012. (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)
March 5, 2013, 11:34 am
‘Tomorrow, God will ask us why we didn’t make peace’
Through an organization called Land of Peace, partly inspired by the late Rabbi Menachem Froman, Nachum Pachenik and his near-neighbor Ziad Sabatin try to bridge the settler-Palestinian gulf
By Elhanan Miller
A road near Bethlehem in the West Bank (illustrative photo: Nati Shohat/Flash90)
From the WebMarch 20, 2012, 3:59 am
Harvard students contest detention by Israeli authorities
Harvard Crimson: Students, briefly held during trip to West Bank, say they did not travel on restricted road
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