Monthly Archives: June 2020
Excavations in Jerusalem dredge up a seal impression from after First Temple
A double stamp impression on a bulla and a seal made of used pottery shreds discovered in the City of David may indicate that despite the plight of Jerusalem after the destruction of the...
Annexation mess comes amid a coronavirus mess
The noise about annexation, more or less, is reaching toward a climax.
July 1 is supposed to be the date.
Discussions proceed in Jerusalem and Washington, with arguments in both places.
And holding fire are the Palestinians,...
It’s a little late for Jews to get even with St. Louis
Who says Jews and Muslims can’t work together? In St. Louis, an Israeli-American restaurant owner and a pair of Muslim activists have joined forces in order to exact retroactive justice against a historical figure...
![Mahmoud Abu Sorour, who killed an Israeli with the help of an accomplice. [Official PA-TV Live, June 16, 2020]. Credit: Palestinian Media Watch.](https://jewishwebsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/l230620d-880x495-1-324x235.png "Palestinian Authority TV honors terrorists in program-filler clips")
Palestinian Authority TV honors terrorists in program-filler clips
The Palestinian Authority has launched a new series of filler clips, aired between programs on its official television station, which glorify terrorists who killed Israelis, Palestinian Media Watch reported on Monday.
Each clip, broadcast on PA-TV...
Israeli education minister says sovereignty move not beginning July 1
Israeli Minister of Higher Education Ze’ev Elkin said on Tuesday that the government’s plans to extend sovereignty in parts of Judea and Samaria would not begin on July 1, as originally stated.
“Whoever planned that...
‘Arabs, not Jews, founded and built Jerusalem’
A Jordanian institute presented a new spin on regional history over the weekend, claiming that it was the Arabs—not the Jews—who founded Jerusalem in biblical times.
According to Saudi daily Arab News, a position paper by the...
Interpol rejects Iranian request for Trump arrest on murder charges
The International Criminal Police Organization Interpol has denied a request from Iran to issue an arrest warrant for U.S. President Donald Trump and 35 other unnamed officials whom Tehran claims were involved in the assassination of...
Report: US envoy’s Herzliya residence put up for sale at record $87 million
Following the transfer of the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, the Herzliya residence of U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman has been put on the market for a record NIS...
Israel begins mass serological testing to detect coronavirus antibodies
Israel began conducting mass serological testing on Monday to detect COVID-19 antibodies, amid rising concern over a “second wave” of infections.
Around 80,000 tests will be taken across the country, according to a report by...
Pakistani Supreme Court paves way to free man convicted of Pearl’s murder
Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Monday refused to suspend a lower court’s ruling freeing Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, who was convicted of being part of the 2002 killing in Pakistan of Wall Street Journal Jewish journalist Daniel Pearl, paving...