Festivities mark ‘birth of Christ and birth of state of Palestine’, patriarch tells crowds The Guardian: Deep in the Grotto of the Nativity, where a 14-point silver star set into […]
Express Tribune: TEL AVIV: Fifty members of an Indian community believed to be descendants of one of the lost tribes of Israel arrived on Monday in the Jewish state, completing their immigration. Linking up with family members who have already settled in Israel, they are among the first wave of the […]
……. “How do Jews celebrate Christmas?” …………. Were I to answer the “What do Jews believe” question today, I would give a very different response – one that speaks to […]
AFTER reading a post about Israel’s aggressive attacks in Gaza on the BBC Facebook page, I took a look at the comments. There were many voicing anger over the grave situation. Not much to my surprise, I found a comment (of a Muslim) condemning the killing of Palestinian Muslims by […]
Source: Asia Times: By Ira Chernus Here’s the question few peole are asking as 2012 ends, especially given the effusive public support the Obama administration offered Israel in its recent conflict with Hamas in Gaza: will 2013 be a year of confrontation between Washington and Jerusalem? It’s true that the […]
By Michael Kelley December 18, 2012 “Information Clearing House” – — Business Insider” — December 13, 2012 — In March President Barack Obama reportedly offered Israel bunker-buster bombs and other […]
RAMALLAH — There are some 11 million Palestinians scattered around the world, including more than five million refugees living throughout the Middle East. Their plight has made headlines in Syria, where the UN agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA says as many as 100,000 Palestinians may have fled the Yarmouk refugee […]
AFP | Dec 18, 2012 | 22:05 Updated: Dec 18, 2012 JORDAN TIMES OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Key dates in the conflict over Jewish settlements in the Palestinian territories seized by Israel in the June 1967 war: — June 1967: Arab-Israeli war in which Israel seizes East Jerusalem, the West Bank […]
JERUSALEM — More than six decades since the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls — and thousands of years after they were written — Israel on Tuesday put 5,000 images […]
These images speak of positive history and contributions of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat in Israel even though the reporter has tried to paint them with a negative brush: Wikipedia: The […]
Survey by Haaretz: A new survey shows more than a third of Israelis want to immigrate to other countries due to economic problems and spiraling cost of living in the […]
Journalist and filmmaker Simcha Jacobovici is suing anthropologist Joe Zias, who in recent years has been doing his utmost to disprove his provocative theories on early Christianity. By Nir Hasson […]
Petra | Dec 13, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem on Thursday condemned an attack on Jerusalem’s Monastery of the Cross by Jewish extremists, the […]
LONDON: ORLANDO CROWCROFT ARABNEWS Friday 14 December 2012 There are those who would argue that the two-state solution was dead long before the recent announcement of new settlements in the E1 area of East Jerusalem last month. But — should it go ahead — Tel Aviv’s controversial plans will be […]
Middleeastmonitor: More than 70 Jewish settlers broke into the sacred courtyard of Al-Aqsa Mosque on Wednesday morning, performing Talmudic rituals and writing racist phrases on the walls before they left. […]
Ynetnews; Israeli education professionals say dramatic bump in achievements of Israeli school kids in international tests may stem form exclusion of haredi, special education pupils After international studies’ findings point to an impressive rise in Israeli schoolchildren’s achievements in math, science, and language skills, responses among education professionals vary. Though […]
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Palestinian and Israeli officials will meet in Jordan in February in efforts to support the peace process, King Abdullah II of Jordan was quoted as saying by […]
Op-Ed: Islam Mandates Abiding by the Peace Agreements The writer, a Muslim, claims that Islam is not at war with the Jews. She does not assign blame to one side […]
DOHA: ARAB NEWS Monday 10 December 2012 DOHA: Qatar called at an Arab League ministerial meeting yesterday for a rethink of an Arab offer of normal ties with Israel in return for its pullout from occupied land and branded the international Quartet a failure. “It is logical after 10 years […]
Mahmood Mosque on Mount Caramel in Haifa Source: Gather By Earl Shugerman The recent round of fighting between Israel and Gaza was depressing to most Israelis and Palestinians. This tragically […]