JERUSALEM (AFP) - Jerusalem's mayor on Wednesday called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to approve a major re-zoning plan for Arab east Jerusalem, a move that could fuel tensions in the flashpoint Holy City.
Nir Barkat said the project would legalise thousands of buildings in annexed east Jerusalem that Arab residents built without Israeli municipal permission.
"Barkat called on the prime [...]
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Planners in Jerusalem are considering creating the first new "gate" into the Old City in more than 100 years, the website of the Haaretz newspaper reported on Wednesday.
The gate would take the form of an underground tunnel which would run under the Old City's southern walls between Zion Gate and the Dung Gate and lead to a car park in the Jewish quarter.
The tunnel wou [...]
JERUSALEM (AFP) - An Israeli border guard on Sunday killed a Palestinian who tried to grab his gun when detained while trying to cross into east Jerusalem from the West Bank, a police official said.
The man was apprehended along with a group of Palestinians before he was shot and killed by the border guard, the police source said on condition of anonymity.
His neighbours later identifi [...]
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Eighteen Palestinians have been detained in connection with clashes in east Jerusalem, police said on Friday.
"Since Thursday night we have arrested 18 Arabs from Jerusalem suspected of involvement in acts of violence" in the annexed eastern part of the city, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said.
On Friday, violence erupted in the Arab districts of Wadi Joz, Ras al-Amud and [...]
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