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Palestinian protesters in Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, Feb. 14, 2022. Photo by Yossi Zamir/Flash90.

Israel’s high court blocked eviction of Palestinians in Jerusalem, for now

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Israel’s Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that families in the eastern Jerusalem Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood would not be evicted at the moment. Israeli courts had ruled that Jews owned the land before 1948 and were...
A panorama of Jerusalem. Credit: JekLi/Shutterstock.

Who has a strategic vision for Jerusalem? It’s not who you think

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Jerusalem could one day have a mayor with allegiance to Hamas, warns the president of an Israeli organization that advocates for a united and secure Jerusalem under Israeli sovereignty. Chaim Silberstein, president of Keep Jerusalem, told...
Palestinians with gas cylinders stand on a rooftop of a house being evacuated by Israeli special forces, in the eastern Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, on Jan. 17, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

EU tries to twist international law to fight eviction of Sheikh Jarrah squatters in...

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Israeli authorities on Monday morning attempted to evict the Salhiya family, Arab squatters living illegally since the 1950s in a home in the Shimon HaTzadik neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah in Jerusalem. The day-long standoff...
A view of the mostly empty Givat Hamatos neighborhood of Jerusalem, just minutes from the city's center. Photo by Josh Hasten.

Israeli committee approves more than 3,500 homes in eastern Jerusalem

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A local committee in Jerusalem announced the approval of plans to build 3,557 homes in eastern Jerusalem, according to anti-settlement monitoring group Peace Now. One building area is between Har Homa and Givat Hamatos, and...
This rare stone toilet is 2,700 years old and was most likely used by one of the dignitaries of ancient Jerusalem. Photo by Yoli Schwartz/Israel Antiquities Authority.

Toilet dig reveals the dirty secrets of Jerusalem’s wealthiest ancients

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An article in October reported on a rare 2,700-year-old bathroom discovered by archeologists in the garden of a seventh-century BCE royal estate on what is now the Armon Hanatziv promenade in Jerusalem. At that time, only the...
Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market on March 3, 2021. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Report: Jerusalem ranks last in quality of life among major Israeli cities

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Israel’s capital ranked last in quality of life out of the country’s 16 largest cities (defined as those with more than 100,000 residents), according to the country’s Central Bureau of Statistics. “Out of 51 indices...
A 2,000-year-old silver coin found in debris from an excavation in the City of David. The inscription on the coin reads "Shekel Yisrael," and above the chalice are the Hebrew letters "Shin" and "Bet," an acronym for "Shana Bet," or Year Two of the Jewish revolt against Rome. Credit: Eliyahu Yanai/ City of David.

Rare, 2,000-year old silver coin found in the City of David

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A 2,000-year-old silver coin experts believe may have been minted by a Temple priest was recently found in Jerusalem by an 11-year-old Israeli girl. Liel Krotokop came across the coin while helping sift archaeological debris...
Israeli President Isaac Herzog (center), and Nefesh B’Nefesh co-founders Tony Gelbart (left) and Rabbi Yehoshua Fass cut the ribbon at the dedication ceremony of a new aliyah campus in Jerusalem for the organization, Nov. 16, 2021. Credit: Courtesy.

Nefesh B’Nefesh inaugurates campus in Jerusalem to better serve new immigrants

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The aliyah-facilitating organization Nefesh B’Nefesh inaugurated a new, state-of-the art campus in Jerusalem at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday. Among those present included Israeli President Isaac Herzog, Minister of Aliyah and Integration Pnina Tamano-Shata, Ashkenazi...
The former U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem, July 19, 2009. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

100-plus House Republicans introduce bill to block reopening of US consulate

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More than 100 Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced a bill on Wednesday that aims to block the Biden administration’s efforts to reopen the U.S. consulate for Palestinians in Jerusalem. The bill, known...
Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.). Credit: Kristie Boyd/U.S. House of Representatives Office of Photography.

Gottheimer resists consulate in Jerusalem reopening without Israel’s consent

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Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) appears to have become the first Democrat to raise objections about the Biden administration’s plan to reopen the U.S. consulate for Palestinians in Jerusalem. “The Biden administration has announced its intention...