Jerusalem Controversy

JERUSALEM—In Jerusalem, standing beside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken uncharacteristically minced no words: The United States, he said, wanted to stress “our support for core democratic principles and institutions, including respect for human rights, the equal administration of justice for all, the equal rights…

(RNS) — The Palestinian-Israeli conflict is seen by many as largely a conflict between Israeli Jews and Arab Muslims. But the events of the last month in Jerusalem suggest a new element has emerged for those closely watching the situation. In the past few weeks, five anti-Christian violent incidents took…

US President Joe Biden hosted Jordan’s King Abdullah at the Oval Office Thursday, underlining Washington’s view of Amman as playing a critical role in maintaining regional stability, particularly regarding Israeli-Palestinian ties. The visit was Abdullah’s third to the White House since Biden took office, making him Biden’s most frequent foreign…

President Joe Biden on Thursday underlined his support for the legal "status quo" of Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound in a meeting at the White House with Jordanian King Abdullah II. Biden, the king and Crown Prince Hussein had a private lunch in which the US president "reaffirmed the close, enduring…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police on Thursday arrested an American tourist after he allegedly knocked down and broke a statue of Jesus in a church in Jerusalem’s Old City. Images on social media showed the statue laying horizontally on the floor after apparently being pulled down from a stand at…

Israel and Chad resumed ties in 2018 following a visit to Jerusalem by then-President Idriss Deby to PM Netanyahu. Published On 1 Feb 20231 Feb 2023 | 1 Feb 2023 03:49 PM (GMT) Chad will inaugurate on Thursday an embassy in Israel, building on bilateral relations that were established five…

Despite his injuries, the off-duty paratrooper was able to mortally wound 13-year-old attacker Muhammad Aliyat. (February 1, 2023 / JNS) The condition of the Israeli soldier who was shot and seriously wounded by a Palestinian terrorist on Shabbat deteriorated on Tuesday. The 22-year-old IDF paratrooper, whose father was also shot…

Couple leave their baby at Israeli airport check-in while attempting to board Ryanair flight after refusing to buy a ticket for the childParents with Belgian passports wanted to board flight from Tel Aviv to BrusselsThey did not have a ticket for their baby and left it at Israel's Ben-Gurion AirportRead…

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Mahmoud Abbas spent much of his life before becoming Palestinian president in the shadow of Yasser Arafat, long the figurehead of the Palestinian cause, but he has never secured the same status in the role and has not brought his people closer to statehood. Based in the…

The United States will "continue to oppose anything" that puts a two-state solution "further from reach" after one of the bloodiest months in the West Bank and East Jerusalem in several years, the US secretary of state has said. Antony Blinken said the US opposes Israeli settlement expansion and any…