Jerusalem Controversy

An Israeli watchdog group says that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government has authorized construction bids for over a thousand new homes in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem...Read More

(March 24, 2023 / JNS) A controversial United Nations commission that is purportedly investigating the entire Israeli-Palestinian conflict is holding hearings this week in what the Israeli mission in Geneva called a “kangaroo court.” From the moment the U.N. Human Rights Council created the group—officially the Independent International Commission of…

Tens of thousands of worshippers attended Friday prayers at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound, the first in the holy month of Ramadan, AFP correspondents said, amid heightened tensions in the region. Authorities said the prayers at Islam's third holiest site passed peacefully despite concerns over a recent surge in violence in…

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JTA — Avi Mayer, a pro-Israel activist and communications professional with a large following on social media, has been named the next editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Post. Mayer, 38, will take over for the current editor of the 90-year-old English language newspaper in mid-April, after Passover. “I look forward to…

The minister accuses the P.A. radio station of inciting terrorism. (March 20, 2023 / JNS) Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Monday ordered the closure of the Voice of Palestine radio station’s broadcaster center in Jerusalem. The official radio station of the Palestinian Authority is operated by the Palestinian…

Jerusalem CNN  —  The government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a change Monday to a key part of its controversial plans to overhaul the country’s judicial system, marking its first climbdown in the face of massive public protests and international pressure, including from US President Joe Biden. Opposition…

Palestinian officials on Monday expressed satisfaction with the outcome of the security summit with Israel in the Egyptian Red Sea resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh, while Hamas and other Palestinian factions continued to criticize the Palestinian Authority for participating in the gathering, held under the auspices of the US Representatives…

Author of the article: Published Mar 12, 2023  •  1 minute read JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that the government would assess the effect of Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse on Israeli companies and determine whether or not to assist them. Israel is home to a…

Jerusalem CNN  —  Half a million Israelis took to the streets in the tenth consecutive week of protests against plans by the government of Benjamin Netanyahu to overhaul the country’s judicial system, organizers claimed. Israel has a population of just over nine million, so if organizers’ estimates are correct, about…