Jerusalem Controversy

Headlines August 26, 2026 Watch Headlines Iran Announces That It’s Resuming Negotiations with Oman over Strait of Hormuz Aug 26, 2026 Iran announced that it has resumed negotiations with Oman over managing the Strait of Hormuz. That’s despite mounting economic pressure from President Trump. It comes as the U.S. says…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Mass protests over proposed changes to the exemption from the military draft for ultra-Orthodox men highlight the most contentious issue as the country approaches three years of war on multiple fronts — and national elections where ultra-Orthodox parties are likely to be kingmakers...Read More

Israeli media commentator and former Jerusalem deputy mayor Fleur Hassan-Nahoum says Israel still lacks a serious communications strategy after almost three years of war with the Iranian-led Islamist axis. While Israeli soldiers and fighter pilots have fought successfully in Tehran, Gaza and Lebanon, she argues that Israel has been far…

Mark Ruffalo is pushing back against Paramount Skydance after the media giant characterized his anti-merger comments as antisemitic. Ruffalo called the accusation “appalling and fundamentally dishonest.” “Criticizing the actions of the Israeli prime minister, a military technology contract, or the executives who supply it is not the same as criticizing…

"The world no longer sees Israel as a genuine democracy – there is nothing democratic about depriving others of their rights and land," an open letter from the ambassadors read. Follow us on Google Israeli settlement structures being installed near the Palestinian Christian village of Taybeh, in the West Bank,…

Israel's foreign minister responded harshly to Miliband's statement, which he said he "reject outright". Israel has built about 160 settlements housing 700,000 Jews since it occupied the West Bank and East Jerusalem - land Palestinians want, along with Gaza, for a hoped-for future state - during the 1967 Middle East…

A Jerusalem café which has been the focus of ongoing ultra-Orthodox protests over its decision to open on the Sabbath was targeted again this past weekend—and this time in an unusual manner. Security cameras documented a woman approaching the entrance of Café Basimta overnight between Friday and Saturday and placing…

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. President Trump’s son-in-law and envoy, Jared Kushner, met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem Monday after Israel rejected a 15-point plan for Gaza…

RNS) — The hatreds are, oddly, the same...Read More

Researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Universidade NOVA de Lisboa have identified a molecular pathway that may explain how folic acid (vitamin B9) helps prevent neural tube defects, linking the vitamin to a key developmental signal made from vitamin A. Folic acid supplementation during pregnancy is the…