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Daily Archives: May 5, 2021

Downtown Jerusalem, April 28, 2021. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Ahead of 54th Jerusalem Day, capital’s population nears 1 million

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In the runup to Jerusalem Day, which this year falls on May 9, the city continues to be Israel’s largest, with a population nearing 1 million, according to a study by the Jerusalem Institute...
National Library of Israel director Oren Weinberg (left) and Abdulla M. Alraisi, director of the National Archive of the United Arab Emirates at Abu Dhabi, sign a memorandum of understanding laying out various areas of collaboration between the two institutions, Credit: National Library of Israel/UAE National Archive.

UAE National Archives, National Library of Israel ink historic agreement

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The National Library of Israel (NLI) in Jerusalem and the National Archives of the United Arab Emirates in Abu Dhabi have signed a historic memorandum of understanding (MoU), the two organizations announced in a...
An airstrike in Syria on June 24, 2020. Source: Twitter/Majd Fahd.

Syria: Israel struck multiple targets near port city of Latakia

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The Israeli Air Force struck multiple targets in northwest Syria early on Wednesday, Syrian state television reported. The attack, launched shortly after 2 a.m., targeted several sites in the region of the port city of...
New York-based architect Daniel Libeskind. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Architect of World Trade Center memorial to lead Tree of Life reconstruction

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Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in Pittsburgh announced the selection of an architect on Tuesday to lead its reconstruction and preservation following the October 2018 mass shooting at the temple, when 11 Jewish worshippers...
A view of the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of eastern Jerusalem. In the background is the city center. Credit: David Shankbone via Wikimedia Commons.

Hamas military commander issues ‘final warning’ to Israel over eastern Jerusalem

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The commander of Hamas’s military wing issued a rare direct statement on Tuesday, warning Israel that it would pay a “heavy price” if it did not cease its activities in the eastern Jerusalem neighborhood...