OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- Israel intends to build new tunnels beneath the occupied city of Jerusalem connecting the Judaized Sharaf neighborhood (formerly Arab area) in the Old City with Al-Buraq plaza and the Aqsa Mosque, according to recent reports in the Haaretz newspaper.

On Monday 16 August, Panorama aired a documentary titled ‘Death in the Med’ purporting to show ‘what really happened on the Mavi Marmara seized by the Israeli troops.’ The programme was distinctly biased and failed to reflect the true situation on board the ship and within the Gaza Strip itself.
 

JERUSALEM (Ma'an) -- Israel is planning to construct an elevator leading to the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, Israeli media reported Monday.

The Al-Aqsa Foundation says the plans are a threat to the Al-Aqsa Mosque, which is adjacent to the Western Wall.

MADRID, (PIC)-- Spain is demanding Israel puts a complete and not partial stop to the five-year blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip.

Routine financial decision, says university spokesman, but pro-Palestinians claim Gaza aid conflict behind move.

Harvard University has sold millions of dollars in shares in Israeli companies, a move that it insists is purely financial but which has already been claimed by a pro-Palestinian group as a victory in its boycott and divestment campaign against Israel.

Female soldier smiles for camera in front of bound prisoners, before joking online with friends; army calls photos 'ugly and callous'.

The day before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan began, at 2:30 in the morning, workers sent by the Israeli authorities, protected by dozens of police, destroyed the tombstones in the last portion of the Mamilla cemetery, an historic Muslim burial ground with graves going back to the 7th Century, hitherto left untouched.

CITY leaders were today facing calls to reject a bid by the company notorious for the Seafield stench to take over other public services in the Capital because of its links to Israel.

JERUSALEM (Ma'an) -- Roads leading to Jerusalem’s Old City were heavily congested and checkpoints were overcrowded as tens of thousands attempted to reach the Al-Aqsa Mosque to perform prayers on the first Friday of Ramadan.

Campaigners in Bristol promoted the boycott of Israeli goods on Saturday in memory of the nine passengers killed in Israel's raid of a Gaza-bound aid ship.