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Moving the British embassy to Jerusalem would be an outrage

Liz Truss’s pledge to Israel’s Yair Lapid to review the location has appalled the Palestinians and breaks international consensus

The Guardian - UK

Aboul Gheit: East Jerusalem is an Occupied Territory by Int’l Law

Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit emphasized on Saturday that by international law and the United Nations and Security Council resolutions, East Jerusalem is an “occupied land” and should not be treated otherwise. On his Twitter page, Aboul Gheit said “those who brandish respect for international laws must not have…

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Palestinians Slam UK 'Review' of Israel Embassy Location

The Palestinians on Thursday said any move by Britain to move its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem would be "a blatant violation of International law". British Prime Minister Liz Truss, in New York for the UN General Assembly, told her Israeli counterpart Yair Lapid on Wednesday "about…

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Israeli officer kills Palestinian suspected of stabbing attack

An Israeli officer killed a Palestinian man suspected of carrying out a stabbing attack at a traffic junction between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv on Thursday, Israeli police said.

Reuters

Liz Truss could follow Trump and move UK embassy to Jerusalem

PM considering breaking with decades of British foreign policy by relocating UK embassy in Israel

The Guardian - UK

Hamas threatens violence over contested Jerusalem holy site

The Palestinian militant group Hamas is threatening hostile actions against Israel over what it called “violations against Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque” ahead of the upcoming Jewish High Holidays

The Independent UK

PM Truss weighs UK embassy move in Israel to Jerusalem

Media reports say Truss informed Israeli PM Yair Lapid at the United Nations she is considering the embassy shift.

Al Jazeera

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Truss tells Israel she is considering relocation of British embassy to Jerusalem

Britain has long maintained its Israel embassy in Tel Aviv despite Israel designating Jerusalem as its capital

Evening Standard

Truss tells Israel she is considering relocating embassy to Jerusalem

Britain has long maintained its Israel embassy in Tel Aviv despite Israel designating Jerusalem as its capital

The Independent UK

What issues did Middle East leaders raise in UNGA address?

Middle East leaders at UNGA express concerns about Ukraine war, Israel’s occupation of Palestine and Iran nuclear deal.

Al Jazeera

Methven Castle fundraiser marking late Queen’s Platinum Jubilee raises £13,500 to aid families in conflict zones

St John Scotland in Perth and Kinross organised the event and will send the donations to three charities – Rachel House hospice (of CHAS), Order of Malta’s Ukraine aid and refugee effort and St John Eye Hospital in Jerusalem

Daily Record

Opium dating back to 14th century BC found in ancient grave site in Israel

Opium traces have been discovered in Israel in vessels used in burial rituals by the ancient Canaanites, providing one of the world's earliest evidences of use of the drug.

Reuters

Palestinian schools in Jerusalem strike over Israel-imposed books

Hundreds of Palestinian schools strike in protest at Israeli efforts to censor Palestinian textbooks.

Al Jazeera

Settler High-rises Risk 'Palestinian Island' In Jerusalem

From his home in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, Palestinian Farid Salman enjoys a clear, unobstructed view of the city, but new residential tower blocs for Jewish settlers could box him in. Salman lives in the Arab neighborhood of Beit Safafa where Israeli authorities recently granted pre-approval for 700 settler homes in…

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The Independent UK

Palestinian man left beaten, bloodied by Israeli police

An amateur video shows a Palestinian man lying face down, bloody and unconscious, as an Israeli policeman kneels on his neck

Daily Mirror

Mysterious Dead Sea Scroll thought to be lost to history turns up over 6,000 miles away

After an extensive search the fragment was eventually found in the US state of Montana, where its owner explained that his mother had received it as a gift while visiting Jerusalem in 1965

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Israel Unveils ‘Extremely Rare’ Iron Age Papyrus Note

Israel's Antiquities Authority displayed Wednesday a rare papyrus note in ancient Hebrew dating back 2,700 years, recently brought back to Jerusalem after its chance discovery in the United States. The letter fragment, written in the Palaeo-Hebrew used during the First Temple era, constitutes four lines beginning "To Ishmael send", with…

The Independent UK

Israel acquires papyrus with Hebrew inscription from Montana

The Israel Antiquities Authority says it's acquired a previously unknown ancient papyrus bearing a Hebrew inscription dated to around 2,700 years ago that had long been in the possession of a Montana resident

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Daily Mirror

Man arrested after letting dog driving his car and posting video on social media

Police have shared the idiotic footage of the brazen motorist driving past a number of pedestrians and other cars with his dog at the wheel in Jerusalem, Israel

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Israel Advances Plans for Another East Jerusalem Settlement

Israeli authorities on Monday advanced a plan to build nearly 500 homes in a new Jewish settlement in Jerusalem that rights groups say will further sever it from the nearby Palestinian city of Bethlehem and the southern West Bank. The planned Givat HaShaked settlement is part of a cluster of…

The Guardian - UK

Anti-empire, anti-fascist, pro-suffragist: the stunning secret life of Proms staple Jerusalem

Why is Jerusalem lumped in with the jingoism of Last Night of the Proms? William Blake wrote a heretical, anti-establishment anthem that was later gifted to the suffragists and used to rouse fighters in the Spanish civil war

Al Jazeera

Israel extends detention of Palestinian French rights lawyer

Salah Hammouri, 37, has been held by Israel without trial or charge since March based on ‘secret evidence’.

Tribune News Service

In Tree of Life death penalty case, US prosecutors outline evidence of Bowers' history of hate ahead of 2023 trial

PITTSBURGH — Federal prosecutors this week gave notice to Robert Bowers' legal team that they will use his antisemitic vitriol on Gab.com at his trial as well as evidence from his phone, including a video of Jared Kushner in Jerusalem, images of Bowers making white supremacist gestures and antisemitic emails…

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Two Palestinians Killed in West Bank Clashes

Two Palestinians were killed early Thursday in separate clashes with the Israeli army in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said. The ministry said in a statement that Samer Khaled, 25, from Al-Ain camp in Nablus, suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the neck, and Yazan Afana, 26,…

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Healing with Humor, Palestinian Comedians Strike a Chord in Occupied Cities

Palestinian American Amer Zahr is on a mission to heal through humor. In 2015 he started bringing fellow Arab American comedians from the United States to perform stand-up across occupied Palestinian cities including Nablus, Bethlehem and Ramallah. Seven years later, Zahr's now annual Palestine Comedy Festival is still going strong.…

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