Tag: Jerusalem
Remove UNRWA from city, and treat Arabs as residents, says Jerusalem mayor
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency is “bolstering terrorism,” Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat told the Knesset Interior Committee on Wednesday during a special meeting to discuss a plan by the Jerusalem Municipality to remove...
Oldest-ever inscription of ‘Jerusalem’ found on pillar
A pillar from the Second Temple period bearing a three-line inscription was unveiled at the Israel Museum on Tuesday, the earliest stone inscription of the full modern Hebrew spelling of “Jerusalem.”
“Hananiah son of Dodalos...
Jerusalem mayor announces that city will evict UNRWA
The city of Jerusalem will evict the United Nations Relief Works Agency (UNRWA) in light of the organization’s illegal activities and incitement of Palestinians against Israel, according to Mayor Nir Barkat on Thursday.
In a...
Jewish American tourist celebrating Sukkot killed in Jerusalem hit-and-run
An American Jewish tourist celebrating the Sukkot holiday in Israel was killed by a hit-and-run driver late Sunday night on the way back from prayers at Jerusalem’s Western Wall.
Walking near the Paris Square intersection...
Israeli police thwart Arab terrorism in Jerusalem on Yom Kippur
An attempted stabbing attack was thwarted on the night of Yom Kippur by Israeli police in Jerusalem.
Just after the beginning of the holiday at 7 p.m., a 26-year-old man from the Palestinian village of...
A look at the eight candidates vying to succeed Nir Barkat as Jerusalem’s mayor
The late Jerusalem Mayor Teddy Kollek used to say that if one wants to uproot and replant a tree in Jerusalem, it might require the U.N. Security Council. He was not exaggerating.
Jerusalem is home...
Turkey to open embassy in Paraguay after policy-reversal on Israeli capital
Turkey will open an embassy in the city of Asuncion in Paraguay, the South American country announced on Thursday, following current Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benitez’s reversal of the decision by the previous administration,...
US ambassador believes Golan will be ‘part of Israel forever’
U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman believes that the Golan Heights will remain under Israeli sovereignty, and certainly won’t be placed back in the hands of Syria’s current leader, President Bashar Assad.
In an exclusive...
Kids get a ‘time out’ from the unrest near Gaza
For five months now, since March 2018, Israeli communities bordering Gaza have sustained ongoing terrorism and arson from hundreds of rockets and incendiary devices, causing constant stress and chaos for the 50,000 people who...
Under heavy police security, thousands march in Gay Pride Parade in Jerusalem
Amid tensions and mass protests over equal surrogacy rights for gay couples in Israel, tens of thousands of people marched on Thursday afternoon in what is being billed as the largest-ever Gay Pride Parade in Jerusalem.
The...