We take you through a brief tour of Jerusalem, the occupied Eastern part and the entirely Jewish Western part to highlight the disparity in infrastructure and quality of life for Israelis and Palestinians ⤵ interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/2018/east-…
Tensions are high after hundreds of far-right Jewish nationalists entered Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound ahead of today’s rally, which marks the Israeli occupation of East Jerusalem.
Al Jazeera’s Rob Matheson reports the latest on the ground ⤵
Here’s a breakdown of why the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem is a constant point of contention ⤵ aljazeera.com/features/2017/…
Some Jews entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound attempted to pray.
Jewish worship is not permitted in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound by Israeli law, and it is also forbidden by the Chief Rabbinate of Israel aje.io/pf9b65
Damascus Gate is a centre of Palestinian cultural life, but Israeli forces regularly attack Palestinians in the plaza. aje.io/wrvpjw
Thousands of Israeli ultra-nationalists with some of them chanting "Death to Arabs," paraded through the heart of the main Palestinian thoroughfare in occupied Jerusalem’s Old City on Sunday during the so-called flag march.
Al Jazeera’s Nida Ibrahim, reporting from the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, said tens of Palestinians have been injured by Israeli forces in and around Nablus.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and PM Mohammed Shtayyeh have condemned the flag march and warned of the dangerous repercussions of the march and its provocations of the feelings of Palestinian citizens.
The so-called flag march is an expression of the Israeli apartheid regime, Munir Nuseibah, a professor at Al-Quds University in Jerusalem, told Al Jazeera.
"Like all colonial and settler colonial forms of power, Israel seeks to weaken the colonised society that it dominates...all for the sake of separating the people from any form of self-governance and popular sovereignty."
Each year, thousands of Israeli far-right groups participate in the ‘March of Flags’, which marks the occupation of East Jerusalem by Israel in 1967 ⤵️
Thousands of ultra-nationalist Jewish crowds march through Jerusalem’s Old City to celebrate Israel’s illegal occupation of East Jerusalem — in pictures aje.io/eyxy2v
Watch the moment an Israeli man pepper-sprayed an elderly Palestinian woman during a so-called flag march yesterday in occupied East Jerusalem’s Old City.
Videos also show another Israeli man pulling out a gun at Damascus Gate ⤵️
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Israel orders more forced expulsions from southern Gaza City, while the UN estimates 280,000 Palestinians have been displaced since Israel broke the ceasefire on March 18.
Israeli fighter jets have bombed and destroyed a water desalination plant in the Tuffah neighbourhood, east of Gaza City in the north, according to an Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent on the ground.
An Israeli court extends Dr. Hussam Abu Safia's detention for six months, citing a “security threat,” despite legal teams arguing he was just doing his job as director and paediatrician of Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital.
Israel’s military says a ground invasion of southern Gaza’s Rafah is under way and troops are pushing into the north near the town of Beit Lahiya and central areas.
Hamas calls Israel’s strikes a ‘treacherous’ attack on defenceless Palestinian civilians, accusing it of trying to overturn the Gaza ceasefire. Netanyahu says he acted due to stalled truce talks.
Report says at least 308 Palestinians were killed in the Israeli air attacks across Gaza. The number of people killed so far included 154 in the northern part of the territory.
Israel's ongoing blockade of aid to Gaza has left roughly a million Palestinian children 'living without the basic necessities they need to survive,' according to UNICEF.