Tag: Jerusalem

  • More White Roses

    More White Roses

    Tears come easily. Today I watched and listened to a hundred Jewish Israelis outside the U.S. embassy affirm that “grief has no borders,” as they collectively mourned those murdered in Gaza.

  • Blocking Paths to the Holy

    Blocking Paths to the Holy

    Israeli soldiers and police once again blocked the majority of worshippers from entering Al Aqsa Mosque on Friday, December 15th.

  • Dissonance in Jerusalem

    Dissonance in Jerusalem

    As we left the forcibly silent Muslim quarter, we were bombarded by celebration, carelessness, and isolation just a few blocks over in a Jewish Neighborhood.

  • Far Right Settler March Demanding Control of Al Aqsa Mosque Disbanded for Inciting Violence

    Far Right Settler March Demanding Control of Al Aqsa Mosque Disbanded for Inciting Violence

    8 December 2023 | International Solidarity Movement | Occupied East Jerusalem      Marking the first night of Hanukkah, on December 7, around 150 ultra-nationalist, Kahane terrorist linked extremist settlers demanding “full Jewish control” of Al Aqsa Mosque shouted racist abuse and waved banners of violent incitement against Al Aqsa Mosque. The violent-extremist group was granted authorization…

  • Occupation Forces Issue Demolition order for Al-Aqsa Imam

    Occupation Forces Issue Demolition order for Al-Aqsa Imam

    Occupied East Jerusalem      On December 3, Israeli Occupation forces converged on the Sawaneh neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem evicting its residents and pinning intention-of-demolition orders to all families in the building albeit their target was solely the home of one of Al-Aqsa Mosque’s main Imams, Sheikh Ekrima Sabri.  The order affects 18 homes,…