Tag: Jerusalem
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Second Friday of Ramadan at Qalandia Checkpoint
22 March 2024 | International Solidarity Movement | Qalandia checkpoint Palestinians perform Friday mid-day prayer outside of Qalandia checkpoint this morning while held at gunpoint by Israeli occupation soldiers, after being forcefully denied their right to enter Al-Quds to pray at Al-Aqsa. People trying to enter were again met with an intensified militarisation of Qalandia…
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Muslim worshippers continue to be blocked from Al Aqsa Mosque
12 January 2024 | International Solidarity Movement | East Jerusalem Video showing the attack by the IOF on worshippers at Wadi Al Joz. Credit: ISM The arbitrary restrictions on Palestinian Muslims accessing the holy site in Jerusalem for prayers have now been in place for over four months. These restrictions continue to be imposed…
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A Dozen Weeks of Restriction: Muslim Worshipers Blocked from Al-Aqsa Mosque
29 December 2023 | International Solidarity Movement | East Jerusalem On Friday, December 29th, streets surrounding the Al Aqsa Mosque compound were filled with the sight of Muslim worshipers prostrate in prayer. Arbitrary access restrictions by occupation forces were amplified through the erecting of barricades to the Old City, allowing only some elders…
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Settler Mob Ambushes Armenian Quarter
They came covered in black and wearing ski masks. Thirty extremist ideological settlers, armed with clubs and tear gas, invaded the Armenian Quarter’s ‘Cow’s Garden’ (Goveroun Bardez) in the Old City and attacked members of the Armenian community.
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Impending Famine, Infectious Disease and Starvation. It is Christmas in Palestine.
Gaza / Occupied West Bank 12/24/2023 Hundreds of thousands of Palestinian children in Gaza are at risk of famine and preventable death from disease as the world’s observant retreat into family and faith to mark the birth of another Palestinian child. In a lightless, treeless Bethlehem, haunting displays capture the specter of a…
