Jerusalem Controversy

A 6-month-old baby was killed Monday in a traffic accident when a bus hit her stroller on a street in Jerusalem. Herut Leibovich was rushed to the capital’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center in serious condition with head injuries. Her father, who is a nurse at the hospital, was reportedly at…

Editorial Newsday Monday 3 April 2023 Anglican Bishop Claude Berkley - SUREASH CHOLAI ALL FOUR gospels of the Bible tell the story of Jesus angrily driving merchants away from the temple in Jerusalem. The significance of this episode to the Christian faith, which this week observes its most sacred period,…

After stumping epigraphers for over a decade, a mysterious First Temple-era inscription uncovered at the Ophel, a stone’s throw from Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, may finally have been deciphered. According to a new study by Dr. Daniel Vainstub, the seven-letter inscription etched on a large clay jar records one of the…

The head of the Returning to the Mount movement, Rafael Morris, was detained on Monday on suspicion that he was going to try and sacrifice the Paschal sacrifice on the Temple Mount, as police completed their preparations ahead of the Passover holiday, which will begin on Wednesday evening. The police…

The family of an Arab Israeli medical student shot dead by police at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound rejected on Sunday claims by the force that he grabbed and fired an officer's gun. Medical student Mohammed al-Asibi was killed late Friday, hours after worshippers marking the Muslim holy month of Ramadan…

By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel authorised on Sunday a national guard sought by far-right security chief Itamar Ben-Gvir to focus on Arab unrest, but held off on giving him direct command after political rivals voiced concern the force could become a sectarian “militia.” The previous government began setting…

By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel authorised on Sunday a national guard sought by far-right security chief Itamar Ben-Gvir to focus on Arab unrest, but held off on giving him direct command after political rivals voiced concern the force could become a sectarian "militia." The previous government began setting…

An East Jerusalem Palestinian was arrested on suspicion he was planning to carry out a shooting attack against a bus transporting policemen near the Temple Mount, the Shin Bet announced Sunday. The security service, in coordination with police, said it had been investigating Omar Abedin, 21, for the past month…

By: The Associated Press Posted: 7:43 AM CDT Sunday, Apr. 2, 2023 Last Modified: 12:24 AM CDT Monday, Apr. 3, 2023 ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan on Sunday denied rumors of trade with Israel following a Jewish businessman’s tweet about successfully exporting food samples to Jerusalem and Haifa. Read this article…

Jerusalem’s Catholic Christian community marked Palm Sunday with masses attending religious processions in the Old City. Worshipers, led by Latin Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa, packed the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, which is recognized as the place where Jesus was crucified, buried, and resurrected, and is one of the holiest Christian…