Dozens killed in Gaza as US Embassy opens in Jerusalem
Source: Associated Press By FARES AKRAM and ILAN BEN ZION GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli soldiers shot and killed at least 43 Palestinians during mass protests along the […]
Jerusalem embassy to be opened by ‘religious bigot,’ Romney says
Source: MSN News BY F. Brinley Bruton and Vaughn Hillyard Former Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney lashed out at the decision to have a controversial evangelical leader give a blessing at […]
Jordan condemns Israeli acts at Al Aqsa
By JT – May 13,2018 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The government on Sunday strongly condemned the continuous Israeli violations and provocations against Al Aqsa Mosque/Al Haram Al Sharif, especially […]
Palestinian leader Abbas offers apology for remarks on Jews
Source: Reuters BY Stephen Farrell JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday offered an apology after he was accused of anti-Semitism for suggesting that historic persecution of European […]
Christians in Jerusalem’s Old City ‘under threat’ from settlers
Source: The Guardian Harriet Sherwood in Jerusalem Church leaders claim priests are being verbally abused and spat at while property is being vandalised in ancient walled city The Greek Orthodox […]
Anti-Semitic Wagner letter sells in Jerusalem for $34,000
Source: BBC News A letter written by Hitler’s favourite composer Richard Wagner warning about “corrosive” Jewish influence on culture has been auctioned in Jerusalem. The letter sold for $34,000 (£24,000). […]
Natalie Portman pulls out of Jerusalem ceremony over recent events in Israel
Source: The Washington Post By Ruth Eglash April 20 at 8:28 AM Email the author JERUSALEM — Natalie Portman has pulled out of a ceremony in Jerusalem honoring her as the recipient of a $2 million prize, dubbed by some as the “Jewish Nobel,” the organization said Thursday. The Genesis Prize Foundation, […]
Israeli series exposes raw wounds from ethnic Jewish divide
Source: Associated Press By TIA GOLDENBERG JERUSALEM (AP) — An electrifying new documentary series on the problematic integration of Middle Eastern Jews by Israel’s European founders in the 1950s has reopened old wounds of an ethnic divide within Judaism ahead of the country’s 70th anniversary festivities. While Israel is marking […]
‘Greater Jerusalem means no churches and no mosques’
Source: Al Jazeera ‘There can never be peace until the Jerusalem file is satisfactorily resolved,’ says chairman of Jerusalem Endowment. The 9th International Conference on the Holy City of Jerusalem […]
Israel fast-tracks wall, escape route for new U.S. embassy in Jerusalem
Source: Reuters JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel has expedited construction permits to enable temporary quarters for the U.S. Embassy to open in Jerusalem as planned in May, the Finance Ministry said […]
Israeli demographer: Arabs nearly equal Jews in Holy Land
Source: Associated Press By ARON HELLER JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s leading demographics expert on Tuesday defended military figures indicating the number of Arabs will soon equal that of Jews in […]
Group slams Israeli rabbi for comparing blacks to monkeys
Source: Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Anti-Defamation League is lashing out at one of Israel’s chief rabbis for comparing black people to monkeys. The New York City-based organization devoted […]
Israelis divided over military drafting of ultra-Orthodox Jews
Source: Reuters BY Elana Ringler 3 MIN READ JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A decades-old exemption of ultra-Orthodox Jews from compulsory military service is a deeply divisive issue in Israel at the […]
Jerusalem tax spat pits heaven against earth
Source: Religion News Service By Michele Chabin | March 12, 2018 Demonstrators protest outside the closed doors of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed by many Christians to be the site […]
Ultra-Orthodox Jews block Jerusalem road in draft protest
Source: Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews blocked the main entrance to Jerusalem on Thursday, bringing traffic to a grinding halt during the evening commute to protest […]
Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre reopens after spat
Source: Associated Press By NEBI QENA JERUSALEM (AP) — The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem reopened early on Wednesday after Israeli officials suspended a plan to impose taxes […]
Israel suspends plan to tax Jerusalem church properties
JERUSALEM (AP) — Jerusalem’s mayor on Tuesday suspended a plan to impose taxes on properties owned by Christian churches, backing away from a move that had enraged religious leaders and led to the closure of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/newswires/news/world/israel-suspends-plan-tax-jerusalem-church-properties-article-1.3844225
Sacred Jerusalem church shuttered in dispute with Israeli authorities
Source: The Washington Post By Ruth Eglash February 25 Email the author JERUSALEM — The doors of Jerusalem’s sacred Church of the Holy Sepulchre were shuttered Sunday by Christian leaders in the Holy Land amid a […]
Tens of Thousands Attend Funeral of Radical ultra-Orthodox Rabbi in Jerusalem
Source: Haaretz By Aaron Rabinowitz The question of a successor to Auerbach, who died in Jerusalem at the age of 86 on Saturday, may be answered with the convening of a […]
Hard-Line Supporter of Israel Offers to Pay for U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem
Source: The New York Times By GARDINER HARRIS and ISABEL KERSHNER WASHINGTON — Sheldon G. Adelson, one of the most hawkish supporters of Israel among American Jews, has offered to help fund the construction […]