Jerusalem Controversy

Florida's Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis prayed in Israel that his state doesn't get hit by a hurricane this year. The Sunshine State governor revealed Monday that he kept with tradition by sticking a slip of paper with a written prayer in between the crevices…

Roman Abramovich sprung a surprise visit on Chelsea Women as Emma Hayess squad toured Jerusalems historic sites. The Chelsea owner met the Blues women stars on Monday, talking at length and posing for pictures with the squad. Chelsea Women were facing the I…

The second batch of Christian pilgrims left Ghana yesterday to begin a seven-day visit to some of the historical and religious sites in Israel. Led by Reverend Philip Nartey, a member of the vetting committee of Christian Pilgrimage and some officials of the…

“My help comes from God, maker of Heaven and earth,” appears to be Culture and Sport Minister Miri Regev’s new political strategy, as she tours the country canvassing for votes ahead of the September election. That at least is the impression given her curren…

According to their tentative itinerary, the two first Muslim women ever elected to US Congress expected Monday to be touring Jerusalem, notably including visiting the flashpoint Temple Mount — the holiest place in Judaism, and site of the third holiest mosque…

By now it seems clear that Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib are not going to be visiting Israel or the Palestinian Authority-controlled areas of Judea and Samaria. Israel’s government announced Thursday that it would not allow the Democratic congresswomen …

Two weeks ago, Shoshana Ovitz, a 104-year-old Holocaust survivor, celebrated her birthday by having all of her descendants gather at the Western Wall. More than 400 children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren gathered in the Old City of Jerusalem and took…

In a bit of summer time drama starring President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the government of Israel on Thursday banned two sitting members of the House of Representatives from entering the country, before offering to allow one to mak…

Like military recruitment and bake sales, the Birthright Israel table has become a staple on college campuses throughout the world, but particularly in America. Are you Jewish? the students behind the table may ask you as you walk by. The poster below them re…

Last week 41 Democratic members of Congress went to Israel on a trip sponsored by American Israel Education Foundation, a branch of AIPAC. “This is the largest delegation that has ever visited Israel,” bragged House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, who led the tr…