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Post by pieter on May 8, 2021 16:17:30 GMT -7
The IDF and Israel police have increased troop presence after violent clashes and the thwarting of a “major attack” overshadowed the end of Ramadan in Jerusalem and the West Bank. Additional clashes following those that had occurred on Friday night were expected to occur once more on Saturday night as Muslim prayer-goers made their way to al-Aqsa mosque, which, as of Saturday night, hosted over 90,000 worshipers.
Despite the increased police presence, Israeli media reported Saturday night that rioting has broken out at Damascus Gate, prompting the police to respond with tear gas and rubber bullets. N12 also reported that rioters set ablaze checkpoints in the area. Video from the scene showed rioters clashing with police as police fired stun grenades and tear gas near the Damascus Gate.More than 60 Palestinians injured in new Jerusalem clashes: LiveClashes erupted between Palestinian protesters and Israeli police outside the Old City of Jerusalem on Saturday, as tens of thousands of Muslim worshippers prayed at the nearby Al-Aqsa Mosque on Islam’s holy night of Laylat al-Qadr.
Palestinian youth threw stones, lit fires and tore down police barricades in the streets leading to the walled Old City gates as Israeli security forces on horseback and in riot gear deployed stun grenades and water cannon.
At least 64 people were injured, the Palestine Red Crescent said. Israeli police said at least one officer was hurt.
An injured Palestinian woman is evacuated during clashes with Israeli police near Damascus Gate [Ronen Zvulun/Reuters]
The clashes came the day after Israeli forces stormed Al-Aqsa and injured more than 200 Palestinians.
Tensions have mounted in the city, the occupied West Bank and Gaza throughout the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, amid growing anger about the potential eviction of Palestinians from East Jerusalem homes on land claimed by Jewish settlers.
Palestinian devotees pray on Laylat al-Qadr at Al-Aqsa on Saturday [Ahmad Gharabli/AFP]
Israeli border guards have, during the past few days, used skunk water, tear gas, rubber-coated bullets and shock grenades to disperse sit-ins held in support of the families facing eviction in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood.
At least 205 Palestinians and 18 Israeli officers were injured in Friday’s confrontations, which drew international condemnations and calls for calm.Palestinian women pray at the compound that houses Al-Aqsa Mosque, known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem’s Old City [Ammar Awad/Reuters]An estimated 90,000 gathered at Al-Aqsa for the prayers [Ahmad Gharabli/AFP]www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-57034237www.foxnews.com/category/world/conflictsedition.cnn.com/2021/05/07/middleeast/al-aqsa-mosque-palestinian-injuries-jerusalem-police-clash-intl/index.htmlwww.euronews.com/2021/05/08/at-least-180-wounded-as-palestinians-israel-police-clash-in-east-jerusalemwww.france24.com/en/middle-east/20210508-scores-injured-as-israeli-police-palestinians-clash-at-jerusalem-s-al-aqsa-mosquewww.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/diplomacy-defense/1620478633-liveblog-israel-bolsters-security-amid-fears-of-more-violent-unrest-in-jerusalem
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Post by pieter on May 8, 2021 16:22:43 GMT -7
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Post by pieter on May 8, 2021 16:26:15 GMT -7
You hear Dana Naomi Mills, Director of Development and External Relations of the Israeli peace organisation Peace Now. Peace Now (Hebrew: שלום עכשיו Shalom Achshav, IPA: [ʃaˈlom (ʔ)aχˈʃav]) is a non-governmental organization, "liberal advocacy" and activist group in Israel with the aim of promoting a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Post by pieter on May 8, 2021 16:39:12 GMT -7
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Post by pieter on May 8, 2021 16:47:50 GMT -7
24 april 2021
Prayers in the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem
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Post by pieter on May 8, 2021 17:33:41 GMT -7
Thousands of Palestinian citizens in Israel make way on foot to Al-Aqsa
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Post by pieter on May 8, 2021 17:39:57 GMT -7
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Post by karl on May 8, 2021 19:43:54 GMT -7
Pieter It would as reality shows, a never ending situation of situations between these two peoples and with this, Hamas. For then there is with Hamas, the shadow of Iran. A two state solution would be one thing with exception for security of Israel if as if to occure of a two state solution. There is though another solution that seems to stay hidden, and that is the one state solution as described in the following url: www.algemeiner.com/2019/12/17/why-the-two-state-solution-wont-work/Karl
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Post by kaima on May 8, 2021 22:50:16 GMT -7
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Post by pieter on May 9, 2021 3:28:25 GMT -7
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Post by pieter on May 9, 2021 3:33:02 GMT -7
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Post by pieter on May 9, 2021 3:41:41 GMT -7
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Post by pieter on May 9, 2021 3:55:41 GMT -7
Fleur Hassan-Nahoum (born September 27, 1973) is an Israeli politician and policy maker. She currently serves as Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem in charge of foreign relations, international economic development and tourism. She is also the co-founder and founding member of the UAE - Israel Business Council.
Fleur Hassan-Nahoum was born in London, UK, and grew up in Gibraltar. She is the daughter of Sir Joshua Abraham Hassan, who served as Chief Minister and Mayor of Gibraltar, and his second wife Marcelle Bensimon, both Jews of Moroccan origin. Her younger sister, Marlene Hassan Nahon, is a Gibraltarian Member of Parliament and leader of the Together Gibraltar Party.
Hassan-Nahoum grew up bilingual, speaking Spanish and English.
In 1991, at the age of 18, Hassan-Nahoum moved back to London to study law at King's College London, where she served as president of the King's College Jewish Society.[3] After qualifying as a barrister in 1997, she practiced law in London and became campaign director of World Jewish Relief.
In 2001, Hassan-Nahoum immigrated to Israel. She is married with four children.
In 2013, Hassan-Nahoum joined the Yerushalmim Party, which seeks to turn Jerusalem into a more pluralistic and open city. In 2016, she joined the Jerusalem City Council, heading transportation and conservation of heritage sites. She served as chairman of Yerushalmim until January 2018.
In the November 2018 Jerusalem municipal elections, Hassan-Nahoum ran as number 2 to Minister Zeev Elkin of the Jerusalem Will Succeed Party, which was established by Jerusalem's previous mayor Nir Barkat.
Mayor Moshe Lion named her Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem on November 13, 2018, in charge of tourism and foreign relations, including philanthropy, international economic development, business relations and Diaspora affairs.
As deputy mayor, Hassan-Nahoum sees increasing participation in the workforce and improving education in the Arab sector as major challenges for the municipality.
Among Hassan-Nahoum’s responsibilities is accommodating new embassies in the city. She is working with the U.S. State Department on its embassy in Jerusalem and helping to plan an embassy district in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Arnona.
In 2020, Hassan-Nahoum was one of the founding members of the UAE-Israel Business Council, alongside Justine Zwerling, which was established following the Abraham Accords Peace Treaty between Israel, the UAE and Bahrain. In October 2020, Hassan led a delegation of Israeli officials, business people and entrepreneurs that visited the two Gulf states to pursue cooperation in various areas, as technology, business, and tourism. Hassan-Nahoum organized an inaugural meeting of the Gulf-Israel Women's Forum, a group of Emirati and Israeli women that serves as a division of the UAE-Israel Business Council.
Hassan-Nahoum describes herself as a religious Jew and a Zionist.
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Post by pieter on May 9, 2021 4:24:04 GMT -7
Kai/Karl,
There are 2 peoples who have to deal with each other and find a way to live together. They can fight each other for ages, but maybe cooperation and coexistence would be a wiser idea. Many Israeli jews like Fleur Hassan-Nahoum look like their Arab neighbours. Financially and economically it is beneficial for Arabs to learn Hebrew today and vice versa it is profitable and culturally and socially handy to learn Arab for Israel's and Diaspora jews abroad.
Cheers, Pieter
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Post by pieter on May 9, 2021 4:31:40 GMT -7
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