Jerusalem Controversy

Australian and British Foreign Ministers have condemned Israel’s plans to establish a settlement east of Jerusalem, according to Reuters. “The decision by the Israeli Higher Planning Committee to approve plans for settlement construction in the E1 area, east of Jerusalem, is unacceptable and a violation of international law,” the foreign…

A rare flowering plant, known as the spear-leaved dogbane, has recently bloomed in the Jerusalem Botanical Gardens due to conservation efforts. “The plants currently blooming in the Botanical Gardens originate from specimens collected decades ago at En Avdat by Atai Yoffe, the director of the Kibbutz Netiv HaLamed-Heh Botanical Garden,”…

The Israeli ambassador to the UK has told Foreign Office officials not to 'tell us where to build in Jerusalem' after she was hauled in by David Lammy over the country's plans for a settlement project in the occupied West Bank. 'I wouldn't tell the British where to build in London',…

The move follows Israel’s decision to go ahead with the E1 settlement east of Jerusalem, which would effectively cut the West Bank in two. In a joint statement on Thursday, foreign ministers from the UK, EU and 20 other countries called on Tel Aviv to reverse the decision, saying it…

This photo taken from a Royal Jordanian Air Force airplane shows a view of the Gaza Strip on Aug. 17, 2025. (Photo by Mohammad Abu Ghosh/Xinhua) GAZA/CAIRO/JERUSALEM, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- An anonymous Israeli official told Xinhua on Monday that Israel has received Hamas' response to a Gaza ceasefire proposal,…

(RNS) — The city of Jerusalem earlier this month froze the bank accounts of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, the church body that represents around half of all Palestinian Christians and is a major landholder in Israel. According to an email from the Jerusalem municipality, “administrative enforcement proceedings were…

IDF gunfire wounds ICRC, Red Crescent team during rescue mission in Gaza Strip - report The IDF told the Jerusalem Post that it is aware of reports of an ICRC and Palestinian Red Crescent worker being fired on, and the incident is being investigated. A Red Cross vehicle stands near…

JERUSALEM (RNS) — For years, Texas businessman Byron Stinson has dreamed of a world at peace. That dream came one step closer on July 1, when a practice run of an ancient purification ceremony involving a red heifer — a cow that has not given birth — was held on…

People wrapped in Israeli flags walk through the Ammunition Hill historic site in Jerusalem, June 2, 2024. (Photo: Yossi Zamir / Flash90 Ammunition Hill might look like a tranquil spot today but it was a key turning point in the Six Day War of 1967, leading to Israel’s miraculous victory…

1 of 6 | On Monday, protesters sit in a mock cage outside the Israeli Knesset in Jerusalem during a 50-hour protest and hunger strike, calling for the release of all 50 hostages from Gaza in a single deal. Photo by Debbie Hill/UPI | License Photo July 7 (UPI) --…