Lubna Masarwa

5 days ago | themuslimtimes.info | Rafiq A. Tschannen |Lubna Masarwa |Nadav Rapaport

Israeli settler organisation says more than 6,000 Jews prayed at the important Islamic site in recent days in contravention of Jerusalem’s Status Quo A aerial view of Al-Aqsa Mosque as Jewish worshippers pray at the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City, 15 April (Reuters/Ilan Rosenberg) By Lubna Masarwa in Jerusalem and Nadav Rapaport in Tel Aviv, Israel Published date: 17 April 2025 As hundreds of Jewish Israelis flocked in and out of Al-Aqsa Mosque on Wednesday, the Temple Mount...

1 week ago | middleeasteye.net | Lubna Masarwa |Alex MacDonald

Israel has allowed 180 Jewish worshippers to enter Al-Aqsa Mosque, the largest number ever permitted by the authorities. On Wednesday, dozens of worshippers were seen entering the site, referred to as Temple Mount in Judaism, flanked by Israeli security services. The move marks a departure from Israel's previous policy of allowing no more than 30 Jewish Israelis at a time into the site, which was conquered by Israel in the 1967 war and is recognised as occupied territory internationally.

1 week ago | defenddemocracy.press | Lubna Masarwa

By Lubna MasarwaApr. 7, 2025I’m sat a coffee shop in Jaffa. One of the oldest cities in the world, Jaffa was once a flourishing Palestinian metropolis on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea with its own cultural life, newspapers, publishing houses, cinemas and theatres. Today, however, it’s been reduced to a suburb of Tel Aviv. Israeli Jews live in gated communities and Palestinians are pushed out by prices only affluent Ashkenazis can afford.

2 weeks ago | middleeasteye.net | Mera Aladam |Lubna Masarwa

Palestinian journalist Ahmed Mansour has succumbed to burns sustained after an Israeli strike on a tent where reporters were known to reside in Khan Younis was set on fire. In a widely shared clip, the correspondent for the local Palestine Today news agency was seen engulfed in flames as colleagues desperately attempt to save him on Monday. Mansour was left in critical condition with life-threatening injuries.

2 weeks ago | middleeasteye.net | Lubna Masarwa

I am sitting in a coffee shop in Jaffa. One of the oldest cities in the world, Jaffa - Yafa in Arabic - was once a flourishing Palestinian metropolis on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea, with its own cultural life, newspapers, publishing houses, cinemas and theatres. Today, however, it has been reduced to a suburb of Tel Aviv. Israeli Jews live in gated communities while Palestinians are pushed out by prices that only affluent Ashkenazis can afford.