Jerusalem Controversy

Police arrest a suspect for spitting toward a church in Jerusalem's Old City, February 27, 2025. (Photo: Israel Police) Israel Police reported that eight people were arrested on Thursday for spitting on a church in the Old City of Jerusalem. According to The Times of Israel, the group included adults…

• Netanyahu dispatches negotiators to Cairo • FM says delegation will look into extending truce JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dispatched ne­­gotiators to Cairo on Thu­rsday after Hamas han­ded over the remains of four prisoners in exch­an­­ge for the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. The overnight swap was…

Right-wing rally calling for the re-establishment of Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip, Jerusalem, February 27, 2025. (Photo: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Several hundred demonstrators gathered in central Jerusalem on Thursday to rally in support of a forced expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza, and for the reestablishment of Israeli Jewish settlements in…

JERUSALEM – A vehicle rammed into pedestrians in northern Israel on Feb 27 in what police described as a “suspected terror attack”, leaving at least 10 people wounded, according to medics. “There is suspicion that this is a terror attack. Police forces successfully intercepted a suspicious vehicle, apprehending a suspect…

JERUSALEM — Hamas handed over the bodies of four Israeli hostages while it waited for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners to be released by Israel in return, in an overnight exchange marking the final swap as part of a fragile truce in Gaza. The ceasefire came into effect on Jan 19 and has…

JERUSALEM: Hamas freed six hostages from Gaza on Saturday, the last living Israeli captives slated for release under the first phase of a fragile ceasefire agreement that began last month. But hours after the Israeli hostages were handed over, Israel had yet to release the more than 600 Palestinian prisoners…

Reuters FILE PHOTO: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a joint press conference with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, February 16, 2025. Ohad Zwigenberg/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo By James Mackenzie and Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said on Sunday it was…

JERUSALEM - Among the six hostages freed by Hamas on Feb 22 in return for Palestinian prisoners were an Israeli Bedouin and an Ethiopian-born man who had been in Gaza for years before the Oct 7, 2023 attack, having wandered into the enclave a decade ago. Civilians Hisham al-Sayed, 36,…

Omer Wenkert, a hostage held in Gaza since the Oct 7, 2023 attack on Israel, is flanked by Hamas fighters as he holds a certificate confirming his release, in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on Feb 22. (Photo: Reuters) JERUSALEM - Hamas militants freed six hostages from Gaza on…

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Hamas on Saturday released the last six living hostages expected under the first phase of its ceasefire with Israel with a week remaining, as questions over the next phase clouded the deal 's future. The release of Palestinian prisoners was delayed without explanation. Freed were…