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Muslims pray near the Al-Aqsa mosque on the Temple Mount during the Eid al-Adha holiday, June 28, 2023. Photo by Jamal Awad/Flash90.

Muslims nearly 40% of Jerusalem residents

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Nearly four in 10 Jerusalemites are Muslim, statistics released Tuesday by the Central Bureau of Statistics show. Some 371,000 Muslims live in Israel's capital, making up 38% of residents, according to the figures published for...
A close-up of one of the casements in the city wall of Khirbet Qeiyafa. Photo by Yossi Garfinkel.

Kingdom of Judah expanded earlier than thought, new study finds

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According to a study by researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Kingdom of Judah expanded earlier than was previously believed by archaeologists, confirming biblical accounts. The article, by Institute of Archaeology professor Yosef...
The Nile River, Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea, contrasted by the desert nations of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Israel and Jordan, as seen from the International Space Station, June 19, 2019. Credit: NASA.

Emirati astronaut: From space, Jerusalem looks like ‘flower of all flowers’

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Emirati astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi’s Twitter feed is full of photos of different parts of the world taken from the International Space Station. On June 22, Al Neyadi—whose handle states that he is part of...
Jewish men praying for forgivness (Selichot), at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, early on September 16, 2022, prior to the upcoming Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashana. Photo: Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90

The battle of the Zionisms

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The Palestinians have taken the old adage, “If you can’t beat them, join them” and expanded it to “If you can’t beat them, copy them, and then try to beat them.” Muslim armies conquered the...
An Israeli flag, with the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem's Old City in the background, as seen from the Mount of Olives observatory, on April 24, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Israel brushes up against ‘status quo’ atop Temple Mount

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U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller on Monday criticized as “provocative” recent visits by Israeli ministers and lawmakers to the Temple Mount. After calling for all parties to “respect the sanctity” of the site, Miller...
Jews dance outside the Damascus Gate to the Old City during Jerusalem Day celebrations, May 18, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Joy on Jerusalem Day as tens of thousands march in capital

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Celebrations were underway across Israel on Thursday for Jerusalem Day, the national holiday commemorating the city’s reunification in the Six-Day War. The main feature of the celebrations is the annual flag march in which tens...
Muslims wave Hamas flags after Friday prayers during Ramadan, on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, April 22, 2022. Photo by Jamal Awad/Flash90.

Hamas terrorist caught planning attack in Jerusalem

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Israeli security personnel arrested a Hamas terrorist on Thursday who was planning to carry out a shooting attack in Jerusalem. According to police, the 29-year-old Palestinian from Ramallah was detained while trying to acquire a...
On the Temple Mount are, from left, former Jewish Home Party MK Shulamit Mualem-Rafaeli and Likud MKs Dan Illouz, Ariel Kallner and Amit Halevi, May 18, 2023. Credit: Courtesy of Beyadenu.

Knesset members visit Temple Mount on Jerusalem Day

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Several Knesset members visited the Temple Mount in celebration of Jerusalem Day, which commemorates the reunification of Israel’s capital during the Six-Day War in 1967. Likud Party MKs Amit Halevi, Ariel Kallner and Dan Illouz...
The inscription carrying the financial record. Photo by Eliyahu Yanai/City of David.

2,000-year-old receipt uncovered on Pilgrimage Road in Jerusalem

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Someone forgot his receipt. A financial record from two millennia ago was uncovered on what was Jerusalem’s main thoroughfare during the Second Temple period, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced Wednesday. The inscription on the small stone...
Jaffa Road in Jerusalem, Aug. 30, 2022. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Jerusalem will soon be Israel’s first million-denizen city

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Jerusalem is on track to become Israel’s first city with more than one million residents, according to data published ahead of Thursday’s celebrations marking 56 years of a reunified capital. The Central Bureau of Statistics report...