Jerusalem Controversy

(ANSAmed) - TEL AVIV, DECEMBER 18 - The project for a cable car connecting west Jerusalem to Mount Zion and Dung Gate, or the southern access to the Old City near the Western Wall, which was approved last month by the government, has sparked a fresh contr…

Image copyrightGetty Images The Eritrean-American comedian Tiffany Haddish has celebrated her Bat Mitzvah. The Jewish coming-of-age ceremony - normally marked when a girl turns 12 - signifies a stepping into religious maturity, and a commitment to keep the …

JERUSALEM - Former Soviet dissident Natan Sharansky has been awarded Israels prestigious 2020 Genesis Prize for a lifetime of work promoting political and religious freedoms, organizers announced Tuesday. The $1 million award is granted each year to a person…

JERUSALEM (AP) Former Soviet dissident Natan Sharansky has been awarded Israel's prestigious 2020 Genesis Prize for a lifetime of work promoting political and religious freedoms, organizers announced Tuesday. The $1 million award is granted each year to a pe…

The Genesis Prize Foundation announced Tuesday that the winner of its $1 million 2020 prize is former Soviet dissident Natan Sharansky, citing his “lifelong struggle for human rights.” “The award recognizes Sharanskys extraordinary lifelong struggle for huma…

Joins Michael Bloomberg and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as Recipient of Prestigious Jewish Award JERUSALEM, Dec. 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Today The Genesis Prize Foundation (GPF) announced Natan Sharansky, the legendary advocate for freedom, democracy and hu…

The Jewish Democratic Council of America has denounced President Trump's 'vile and bigoted remarks', calling him the 'biggest threat to American Jews' after he 'used anti-Semitic stereotypes to characterize Jews as driven by money and insufficiently loyal to …

Posted December 08, 2019 06:07:42 One of the oldest cities in the world and filled with heritage sites, Jerusalem has for centuries been captured, divided, conquered, destroyed and rebuilt many times over by various empires and nations to this very day. K…

Jason D. Greenblatt is a former assistant to the president and special representative for international negotiations in the Trump administration. Follow him on Twitter at @GreenblattJD. The views expressed in this commentary are his alone. View more opinion o…

This is true no matter if the elections outcome is a National Unity Government composed of Likud (minus Netanyahu) and Benny Gantzs Blue and White party, or a narrower coalition formed by Gantz. There could be ameliorations, of course. A Gantz-led government …