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A view of the Dome of the Rock and Jerusalem's Old City as seen from the Mount of Olives on April 30, 2018. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90.

Archaeologists find fabled Crusader moat outside Jerusalem’s Old City walls

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Archaeologists have discovered an 11th-century moat just outside Jerusalem’s Old City walls—the first hard evidence of a fabled Crusader siege against the city 920 years ago. Attested to in several historical documents, many scholars...
Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden departing Israel following a 2016 visit. Credit: Matty Stern/US Embassy of Tel Aviv.

Booker, Biden, Gillibrand wouldn’t move US embassy in Jerusalem if elected president

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U.S. Sens. Cory Booker and Kirsten Gillibrand, and former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, have said that if elected president in 2020, each of them would keep the U.S. embassy in Israel in Jerusalem, despite criticizing U.S. President...
Former Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.). Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Presidential candidate Joe Sestak would move the US embassy ‘back out of Jerusalem’

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Former U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak, who is running for the Democratic nomination for president in 2020, said on Friday that, if elected, he would undo U.S. President Donald Trump’s relocation of the U.S. embassy in...
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock. Credit: Screenshot.

If elected president, Montana governor promises to keep US embassy in Jerusalem

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Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, who is running for the Democratic nomination for president in 2020, said on Tuesday that if elected, the U.S. embassy in Israel would remain in Jerusalem “because it’s moved,” reported CBS News. However,...
A view of the entrance to the Jerusalem. Oct. 25, 2018. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Building projects at entrance to Jerusalem means real growth (and some growing pains)

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Just like “Rome wasn’t built in a day,” neither was Jerusalem, says Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem Fleur Hassan-Nahoum. As a part of the city’s development endeavors, Jerusalem’s main entrance will undergo a grand makeover—a million-square-meter...
Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Ind., talks to Axios co-founder and executive editor Mike Allen in an interview for HBO. Credit: Screenshot.

If elected, Buttigieg won’t move US embassy in Israel back to Tel Aviv

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Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Ind., and a candidate for the Democratic nomination for president in 2020, said that if elected, he would not move the U.S. embassy in Israel back to Tel Aviv. “What’s...
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Despite pressure, film about rising anti-Semitism in Europe gets Jerusalem screening

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After several venues canceled screenings at the last minute, a controversial documentary film directed by U.K. right-wing media figure Katie Hopkins was shown in Jerusalem Tuesday evening at the Uri Zvi Greenberg Legacy House. In...
Moldovan Prime Minister Pavel Filip. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Government turmoil aside, Moldovan premier declares embassy move to Jerusalem

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Amid turmoil within Moldova’s government, the country’s prime minister announced on Tuesday that the Moldovan embassy in Israel will be relocated from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem as the Cabinet of Minister approved the sale...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses guests at the official 242nd U.S. Independence Day celebration at Airport City in Lod on July 3, 2018. Photo: Yishai Fleisher.

Official US Independence Day celebrations to take place in Jerusalem for first time

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The U.S. embassy’s annual Independence Day celebration will take place in Jerusalem this year, for the first time, a little more than a year after the embassy was relocated from Tel Aviv to Israel’s...
A scene from a work by South African choreographer Robyn Orlin which will be performed as part of this year's Israel Festival. The festival runs from May 20 to June 15. Credit: Courtesy.

Beyond the final encore; what culture brings to Jerusalem

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Established in 1961 as a classical music festival in Caesarea, the Israel Festival, now in its 58th year and which runs this year from May 30 to June 15, was “relocated” to Jerusalem in...