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Courageous Palestinian worshipers have bulged their way into Masjidul Al Aqsa through the Al-Rahman gate which has been closed for over 15 years.

The Trump Administration is making it clear that it is working together with the Israeli government to impose a Greater Israel rather than the two-state solution on the 1967 border In two weeks’ time, the US Consulate General in Jerusalem will be absorbed by the American Embassy to Israel, which was moved to Jerusalem in May, 2018. The Palestinian leadership (PL) has shown resentment towards the move which has been in the works for months.

Britain promised Palestinian homeland to the Zionist movement through the 1917 Balfour Declaration, even before its occupation of historic Palestine, Britain did so against their will. But to this day, Britain refuses to apologise for its role in the ongoing predicament of Palestinians.

Former Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman last week warned that the next confrontation with the Gaza Strip must be the last.

"The Arab states are motivated by the survival of their regimes, and that is what pushes them to peace with Israel in order to share some common goals". Nonetheless, the Arab world is paying the price of that peace with Israel, which is far greater than the price of conflict and war with the Zionist state.

Israel’s Minister of Internal Security said plans to occupy the Gaza Strip are on the table for the Cabinet to consider, he said that the country prefers calm and the possibility of reaching a deal that guarantees security for all Israelis. He also suggested that occupying Gaza would give Israel a better chance to maintain such calm. “We must be ready to pay the costs of such a step.”

The Israeli police siege on the Dome of the Rock, located in the Old City's Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, sparked tensions between police and Palestinian worshipers which resulted to the director of the mosque been hospitalized after an assault Israeli police

The Palestinian Authority (PA) said that Israel’s storming of Ramallah is an attempt to coerce it into accepting the “Deal of the Century”. Muslims across the globe have seen speeches of the PA as a mere lip service and see their strategy wrong toward the liberation of Palestine

An Israeli politician and a popular critic of Palestinians, expressed support for China's method of incarcerating members of its Muslim minority in "re-education camps," and suggested Israel should follow suit. Referring to Israeli government efforts to penalize the families of Palestinians under occupation. "Then came the Chinese and apparently found the right legal outline to combat terrorism – as I am sure there is no convention, not even in Geneva, that in 2018 objects to proper education.

Australia is set to formally recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, Australian public television station SBS reported on Tuesday.