Jerusalem Controversy

JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Thursday criticized a symbolic vote in Israel’s parliament the previous day about annexing the occupied West Bank, saying that it amounted to an “insult” and went against the Trump administration policies. Hard-liners in the Israeli parliament had narrowly passed a preliminary…

CAIRO/JERUSALEM - Israel released almost 2,000 Palestinians from its custody this month in exchange for 20 Israeli hostages held by Hamas, as part of the US-brokered ceasefire in Gaza. They include 250 prisoners, some members of Palestinian militant groups, who were either convicted or charged with carrying out, taking part…

A 2,700-year-old inscribed pottery fragment unearthed in Jerusalem offers compelling evidence of royal correspondence between Assyria and Judah, potentially mirroring biblical accounts of King Hezekiah's tax rebellion.  Archaeologists in Jerusalem have uncovered a 2,700-year-old pottery fragment that contains an inscription detailing correspondence between the kings of Assyria and Judah that…

JERUSALEM: JERUSALEM: US Vice President JD Vance warned Wednesday of the tough task ahead in disarming Hamas and building a peaceful future for Gaza, as Washington sought to reassure its ally Israel over the next steps in its ambitious ceasefire deal. Vance met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the second…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Gaza's fragile ceasefire faced its first major test Sunday as Israeli forces launched a wave of deadly strikes, saying Hamas militants had killed two soldiers, and an Israeli security official said the transfer of aid into the territory was halted. The military later said it resumed enforcing…

JERUSALEM/CAIRO/ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, Oct 19 (Reuters) - The Israeli military said on Sunday a ceasefire in Gaza had resumed after an attack killed two of its soldiers and prompted a wave of airstrikes that Palestinians said killed 26 people, in the most serious test yet of this month's U.S.-brokered truce...Read More

JERUSALEM/CAIRO/ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE — The Israeli military said on Sunday (Oct 19) a ceasefire in Gaza had resumed after an attack killed two of its soldiers and prompted a wave of airstrikes that Palestinians said killed 26 people, in the most serious test yet of this month's US-brokered truce.…

President Donald Trump arrived at Ben Gurion Airport on Monday morning, October 13th, just as Hamas was releasing the last surviving Israeli hostages after two years of cruel captivity and Israel had halted its devastating bombardment of Gaza. Since October 7, 2023, two thousand Israelis and sixty-seven thousand Palestinians had been…

A man looks on following an Israeli raid in Tubas, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, October 19, 2025. — Reuters pic (New users only) Enjoy FREE RM50 & unlock 4.2% p.a. fixed rate when you cash in RM3,000 into PRS offering via Versa Retirement. Sign up using code VERSAMM10 with…

Jehad Alshrafi/AP The State Department has deployed a Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) “to help surge and coordinate aid into Gaza” as part of the ceasefire agreement, the agency said today. Most of the team is based in Jerusalem, and the rest of the team is located in different parts…