Jerusalem Controversy

Israel's government on Sunday approved legislation to speed up the construction of Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, handing more power to Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich over one of the most contentious issues in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Settlement construction no longer has to be approved at a political level,…

(June 18, 2023 / JNS) Russia plans to establish a consular office in Israel’s capital that will act as a branch office of its Tel Aviv embassy, according to an official statement released on Friday. The move will solve a long-running dispute over a plot of land in Jerusalem purchased…

The key objective of the impending nuclear deal between the US and Iran is to stop Israel from attacking Iran, a Western official told Reuters. "If Iranians miscalculate, the potential for a strong Israeli response is something that we want to avoid," the official said.  The Prime Minister’s Office declined…

Suspected perpetrator allegedly hit victim with metal bar in East Jerusalem’s flashpoint Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, causing cerebral hemorrhage A Jewish suspect from Jerusalem was arrested on Friday for an alleged racist attack against an Arab man two months ago. The suspect, a 21-year-old resident of the capital, carried out the…

A Jewish man was arrested at Ben Gurion airport on Friday morning on his return to Israel after he attempted to flee the country to avoid arrest. Published: JUNE 17, 2023 03:22 Updated: JUNE 17, 2023 15:29 Israel Police operate in Sheikh Jarrah in east Jerusalem amid violent clashes, February…

JERUSALEM — There have been multiple verbal and physical attacks by Jews since the beginning of the year against Christians and Christian sites in Jerusalem in what has become a worrying phenomenon. Hate crimes in Jerusalem are nothing new, but they have generally been treated as a fringe occurance. That…

Israel’s Foreign Office announced on Friday that Russia will open a consular services office in Jerusalem as part of a deal resolving a yearlong diplomatic and real estate dispute between the two countries. A statement issued by the Foreign Ministry said that under instructions by Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, a…

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The Pentagon, Justice Department and agencies across the federal government scrambled Monday to track down the source of a major classified documents leak and to limit the widening fallout in allied capitals from Jerusalem to Seoul, South Korea, where the revelations threatened to stoke domestic turmoil and friction with Washington.…

The demonstration added to the already combustible atmosphere in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank that has accompanied the overlapping of major Jewish and Muslim holy days...Read More