Youth News Palestine

Hamas organised rallies in the Gaza Strip on Friday for the second day in a row in protest at attempts by Israeli settlers and politicians to enter the grounds of the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem.
People gathered outside mosques after the Friday prayer, shouting slogans calling on the Arab and Muslim world to defend the Al-Aqsa mosque.
The main rally took place in Gaza City outside the home of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
"These rallies are meant to tell the world that we are ready to starve and die in order to defend the Al-Aqsa mosque, and let this be known by all," prominent Hamas leader Khalil Al-Hayya said.
ِِAddressing the rally, which included members of Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the Popular Resistance Committees, he asked them to prepare to "free the Al-Aqsa mosque from Israeli occupation."
His message to Israel was clear - "Your end ha

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Youth News Palestine-Occupied Jerusalem

Arab natives of the holy city of Jerusalem observed a general strike on Sunday protesting Israel’s policy of demolishing Palestinian-owned houses and construction properties.

Palestinian political parties announced the strike was held to protest drilling work at Al-Magharbeh gate of the mosque and in solidarity with a Palestinian family, expected to become homeless as a result of a plan by the Israeli authorities to demolish their residence, Demolishing of the house of Abu Aisha family in the neighboring village of Beit Haninah will be unprecedented bec

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The Israeli antiquities Authority intends to resume excavations at Jerusalem’s Mughrabi Gate as a part of a controversial plan to build a bridge from the gate to Dung Gate, near the Western Wall. The proposed bridge would pass near the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third holiest site in Islam.

Ha’aretz also reported that the minis

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The Islamic Jihad movement in Palestine said on Friday that the declaration of the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan as the international Quds day confirmed the identity of the Islamic- Zionst conflict in the region.

In a special dialogue, the member of the Political Bureau of the Islamic Jihad movement,  Anwar Abu Taha, said that "International Quds Day is the day which calls on all liberals of the world for solidarity with the oppressed Palestinian people who faces killing daily, cruelty and brutality.

He added , "When Imam Khomeini announced this time especially for the International Quds Day,  he was aware of the city’s importance in the Arab region and Islamic countries as well as their presence in the Islamic holy creed".

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday reiterated the country’s support for the Palestinians and condemned Israel’s "atrocities". Ahmadinejad voiced the support while addressing a rally at the Tehran University to mark the International Qods (Jerusalem) Day, which was initiated by the late Iranian leader Ruholla Khomeini to show solidarity with the Palestinians.

"The Iranian people and other peoples will not give up until all of Palestinian territories are liberated," Ahmadinejad told the rally, adding "nations should be allowed to conduct research on crimes of the Zionist regime and decode the black box for its atrocities."

The Iranian president also questioned the scale of the Holocaust and urged for a research of the issue. "You have turned what you call Holocaust into a holy issue and do not let anybody raise any question about it," Ahmadi

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Jerusalem –  Throngs of Palestinain faithful were forced to attend a Friday prayer service at Qalandia checkpoint south of the West Bank city of Ramallah when they attempted to reach the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, the third holiest site in Islam.

Friday also marked the seventh anniversary of the beginning of the uprising. Tamimi said the Israli construction of a synagogue at this time amounted to a provocation of the Palestinians, and belied Israeli inte

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Jerusalem-Palestine Youth News

The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and the Palestinian territories, Sheikh Muhammad Hussein warned of dangerous intentions behind a move by Israeli extremists to reopen a synagogue near the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City Thursday.
Hussein said the synagogue is located near Silsila [Chain] gate, only a hundred meters away from the Islamic Dome of the Rock.
Hussein also criticized Israeli authorities for preventing Muslim worshippers from reaching the Al-Aqsa mosque during the holy month of Ramadan while allowing excavation to go forward near the mosque. He also criticized Israeli extremists’ vandalism at Muslim holy sites, such as the Ibrahimi mosque in Hebron.
The Mufti accused Israel of having longstanding plans to take control of the Al-Aqsa compound. He underlined the fact that the second Intifada, also called the Al-Aqsa uprising was sparked on 28 September, 2000, by a controversial visit by former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sha

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Tens of thousands of Muslim worshippers headed for the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem on Friday for the first Friday prayer of Ramadan in the Islamic year 1428, amid heightened Israeli security measures around the Holy City.

Despite the Israeli announcement to facilitate the entry to Jerusalem for people over the age of 50 from the West Bank, there has been an increase in the number of Israeli soldiers and police at the major checkpoints into the city of Jerusalem, as well as the main streets of the city. Palestinian citizens are also su

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Youth News Palestine-Jerusalem

 MP Ahmed Al-Haj has affirmed that any settlement to the Palestine cause that does not include the restoration of the holy Aqsa Mosque and occupied Jerusalem to the Palestinians is doomed to failure.

The MP, who is detained in Israeli occupation jails, said in a statement on the occasion of the 38th anniversary of the burning of the holy Aqsa Mosque that occupied Jerusalem is the core of the Palestine cause. He added that the Palestinian people, who ignited the Aqsa intifada, would never leave the Aqsa in the hands of the Zionist occupiers.

The PLC member, for the Hamas change and reform bloc, said that all parties seeking a solution to the Palestine question should be "intelligent" enough to realize that the issue of Jerusalem is not

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