Jerusalem Controversy

Muslim worshippers attend the first Friday prayers of Ramadan, in Al-Aqsa compound, also known as the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City, March 7, 2025. (Photo: REUTERS/Ammar Awad) The Muslim holy month of Ramadan has typically been a period of increased security challenges and terrorism for the Israeli authorities, particularly…

JERUSALEM - Israel’s top security agency ignored signs that Hamas would attack in October 2023 and was fooled into believing the militant group did not want all-out war, the agency reported in its own inquiry into one of Israel’s most devastating security failures. Shin Bet’s report was published on March…

Archaeologists found the remains of a chained individual in a Byzantine-era grave in Jerusalem. (Image credit: Matan Chocron / Israel Antiquities Authority) Not far from Jerusalem, archaeologists have discovered the fifth-century burial of a person wrapped in heavy metal chains. But the Byzantine -era grave held another surprise: The person…

"We are willing to give a chance of a few days, but we won't let it drag on indefinitely," Israeli officials told The Jerusalem Post. By AMICHAI STEIN MARCH 2, 2025 19:35 Updated: MARCH 2, 2025 21:36 IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip. January 11, 2025. (photo credit: IDF…

People gather for the iftar, or fast-breaking meal, on the first day of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip JERUSALEM - Israel said Sunday that it was suspending the entry of supplies into Gaza, with artillery fire and an air strike reported…

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…