Israeli police raided two Palestinian bookstores in occupied east Jerusalem on Sunday, confiscating books and arresting one of the owners and his nephew, according to their family members.. CCTV ...

Unlike Israeli Jews and Palestinian citizens of Israel, Palestinians in East Jerusalem—where the bookshops are located—are subjected to a different set of laws and face restrictions on ...

East Jerusalem: Jerusalem itself is a divided, disputed city. It was cut in two after the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Israel controlled the western portion and Jordan controlled the east .

The city is currently divided between West Jerusalem, which is predominantly Jewish, and East Jerusalem with a majority Palestinian population. Israel captured East Jerusalem after the Six-Day War ...

On September 19, some 150 schools in East Jerusalem went on strike, keeping tens of thousands of students out of the classroom, to protest the introduction of Israeli textbooks. Parents say Israel ...

In 1947, as the end of the British Mandate neared, the United Nations proposed partitioning Palestine into a Jewish state and a smaller Palestinian state. Jerusalem — a holy site for Jews ...

Yet, if Palestinian elections were held in East Jerusalem – a move which the Israeli authorities oppose – Quos believes the majority of his community would support Fatah, with a small group ...

Israeli police raided two Palestinian bookstores in occupied east Jerusalem on Sunday, confiscating books and arresting one of the owners and his nephew, according to their family members.