After court temporarily freezes sale of Imperial Hotel to Jewish group, proprietor remains unsure whether ruling will mark a turning point in long-running dispute over the property [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="600"] The Imperial Hotel next to Jaffa Gate in the Christian Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City on November 29, 2019. (Gali Tibbon/AFP)[/caption] The hotel, right […]

District court tells Jewish settlement organization Ateret Cohanim to pay Greek Orthodox Patriarchate NIS 50,000 for legal costs after failing to respond to latest church petition [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="600"] The Imperial Hotel at the Jaffa Gate, the lease to which was sold to the right-wing Ateret Cohanim organization and is the subject of an […]

Greek Orthodox Patriarchate claims discovery of alleged corruption within Ateret Cohanim group is sufficient to overturn Supreme Court ruling on Old City buildings [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="600"] Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III (3rd left) together with the Franciscan Custodian of the Holy Land Fr Francesco Patton (2nd left) and fellow church leaders from […]

Beware. Jerusalem’s history is under attack. Venerable, family-run institutions are threatened. Our holy city’s charming yet delicate urban and spiritual ecosystem risks being disrupted. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="822"] Magnanimous Zionists should save the New Imperial Hotel and Jaffa Gate (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)[/caption] Dear Ateret Cohanim leaders, Israeli politicians with power in this matter and […]

The New Imperial Hotel, Jaffa Gate, Jerusalem. (Wikimedia Commons) I must confess that what triggered me to address the creeping encroachment of settlers deep into Palestinian neighborhoods in East Jerusalem was not only the fact that this is unashamedly part of an ongoing plan to thwart any possibility that parts of the city will become […]

Palestinian tenant of New Imperial Hotel makes plea after supreme court backs Jewish settlers’ bid to buy property [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="2000"] The New Imperial Hotel overlooks Jaffa Gate in the Christian Quarter. Photograph: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images[/caption] Standing on a balcony at the New Imperial Hotel, overlooking Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City, 75-year-old Walid […]

  [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="840"] Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, August/September 2019, pp. 22-23[/caption]   Special Report By Nir Hasson ABU-WALID DAJANI, 75, is embarking on what he calls the battle of his life: an effort to prevent the Imperial Hotel from being closed down and taken over by the Ateret Cohanim organization that […]