Jerusalem Controversy

Jewish people from around the world ushered in the eight-day Hanukkah festival today, lighting the first candles of the menorah which symbolizes triumph over oppression. London Mayor Sadiq Khan and Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis attended the celebration in Londo…

By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the International Criminal Court of anti-Semitism on Sunday over its chief prosecutor's plan to pursue a war crimes probe in the Palestinian Territories. The right-win…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu continued, Sunday evening, his attack on the decision of the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in the Hague to promote an investigation against Israel for "war crimes". Speaking at a Hanukkah candle-lighti…

Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan said Sunday, at a ceremony for lighting the first Hanukkah candle at the Western Wall of the Temple in Jerusalem, that "Whoever controls the Temple Mount controls the Land of Israel," according to Galei Tzahal radio.

Pilgrims: Nigerian Christian Pilgrims and others from Other countries praying at Western Wall ( Wailing Wall) in Jerusalem, Israel . Nigerian Christian pilgrims on a pilgrimage to Israel on Sunday prayed collectively for Gods blessings upon their country. T…

Gaza ‘Blinding the truth’: Israeli snipers target Gaza protesters in their eyesThe New Arab 20 Dec by Tareq Hajjaj & Pam Bailey — Media coverage and social media posts went wild when Palestinian photojournalist Muath Amarneh was blinded in his left eye a…

ROME — Lapo Elkann, one of the heirs of Italy’s Agnelli family which founded auto giant Fiat, said Friday he was recovering in Switzerland following a serious car accident in Jerusalem. The 42-year-old grandson of legendary former Fiat boss and jet setter Gi…

Prince Charles is scheduled to visit the occupied Palestinian territories and Israel for the first time in January, Clarence House announced in a statement yesterday. On behalf of the British government, the Prince of Wales will meet Palestinian President Ma…

Reading a piece of literature that has been translated from Hebrew, Amos Oz said in a 1990 lecture at the University of Wisconsin, is like making love through a blanket.  I swooned.  Oz wasnt just talking to me, though it sure felt like it.  I was twenty year…

The Jerusalem Development Authority and the National Infrastructure Committee has offered to pay the Jewish Karaite community to move its graves so construction of the cable car to the Western Wall, which passes over them, can proceed. The Karaites have reje…