By: Meher Usman We’re often told that international relations are not bound by any morality or values, may it be a relationship of friendship or animosity, and they ought to be based on either of the actor’s personal and selfish interest. Amazingly enough, in the same world, we have witnessed […]
JERUSALEM — Israel on Wednesday reopened a temporary walkway leading to Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site, just two days after closing it, defusing a diplomatic spat that had turned the […]
Abrahamic faiths should and can be working partners in the service of God. Land buys a big Tri-Faith leap By Christopher Burbach: WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER Omaha Jewish, Muslim and Christian […]
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (Agencies) – Some 30 Jewish settlers broke into a Christian baptismal site late Monday in a closed military zone along the Jordanian-Israeli border to stage a protest, Agence France-Presse reported. The Associated Press reported that the radical settlers cut a fence to enter the closed military zone along […]
JERUSALEM — Israel’s president says he is “ashamed” that lawmakers are trying to pass a string of bills he regards as undemocratic. Shimon Peres’ comments break with the presidential custom […]
Decision to bar public access to Temple Mount through rickety bridge makes tourist unhappy. Police says City trying to ‘pass the buck’ Tourists visiting Jerusalem were very unhappy to discover […]
Prime minister: Segregating genders against democratic, Jewish values; president: If a man doesn’t want to get on a bus, then he shouldn’t get on. Talkbacks (2) Both Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and President Shimon Peres championed a woman’s right to sit or appear in public spaces freely during a human […]
With their completion, Jewish settlement in the northern Etzion bloc will reach the edges of Bethlehem’s southernmost suburbs. CAIRO – In a clear punishment for the Palestinian people following moves […]
Most of the religious news today is about how different beliefs supposedly divide people, but leaders of Staten Island mosques and synagogues made history yesterday by gathering together to find […]
Source: TOI JERUSALEM: In a controversial move, Israel’s hawkish Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has expressed his support for a proposed law that would ban mosques from using loudspeakers to call people to pray, stressing that “there is no need to be more liberal than Europe”. The law popularly known as the […]
By Brian Murphy JORDAN TIMES DUBAI – About 18 months before the Egyptian uprising that would doom Hosni Mubarak, a US diplomatic cable was sent from Cairo. It described Mubarak as the likely president-for-life and said his regime’s ability to intimidate critics and rig elections was as solid as ever. […]
The 18th Holiday of Holidays Festival multicultural event marks Hannukah, Eid Al-Adha and Christmas in interfaith harmony. By Sarah Carnvek It’s a happening that brings tens of thousands of happy […]
Source: Jordan Times It is almost election time, and hoping to get the votes that put them in power, Republicans and Democrats alike race to swear the oath of allegiance to Israel. One would think they are running for the presidency of this state, from the look of things! Republican […]
The issue is headed to the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, this Sunday. Anastassia Michaeli, a member of the Knesset, will put forward a bill proposing a ban on mosques using […]
Written by David Rosenberg They aren’t planning to put the first Israeli on the Moon. But they do want to plant the country’s flag there, send a robot on a 500-meter or so stroll past some craters and send pictures back home. Along the way, they want to inspire the […]
“I believe it is essential, that we urgently increase our efforts to save the world from this destruction. There is an urgent need for mankind to recognise its Creator as […]
Netanyahu and Ahmadinejad behave like mutant clones when it comes to their international brinkmanship and their uncanny knack of furthering their peoples’ international isolation. By Khaled Diab Netanyahu and Ahmadinejad […]
By BEATA M. ANDONIA, Jerusalem Post: Bethlehem is singularly important with its historical place in history; people around the world hold a special place for this small city. Each year, […]
Women are forced to board public buses from the back and stay there. Billboards with images of women are defaced. Public streets are cordoned off during religious holidays so that women cannot enter. Saudi Arabia in the misogynistic grip of sharia law? Sadly, astonishingly, infuriatingly, it is Israel under the […]
AMMAN (AFP) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni met in Amman on Wednesday for talks about the peace process, Palestinian and Israeli officials said. A statement from Abbas’ office carried by state news agency WAFA confirmed the meeting in Amman and said the Palestinian leader […]