Jerusalem Controversy

JERUSALEM (AP) — Khaled Shurrab had been waiting more than half his life to get out of Gaza. The 27-year-old had never left the coastal enclave, which has been blockaded by Israel and Egypt since 2007. He couldn’t find a job — the territory’s youth unemployment rate is over 60%.…

JTA — Just a few years ago, Oman was expected to be next in line after Morocco, Sudan, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates to sign onto the Abraham Accords normalization agreements with Israel. On Friday, the country’s parliament voted to criminalize any relations or interactions with “the Zionist entity.” While…

A vandalised Christian graveyard in West of Jerusalem photographed on October 18 2018. — AFPJERUSALEM: A Jerusalem bishop said Wednesday he was “dismayed” by the desecration of dozens of Christian graves on the edge of the Old City, as police probed the vandalism. Stone graves lay in pieces with crosses…

JERUSALEM — An ultranationalist Israeli Cabinet minister on Tuesday visited a flashpoint Jerusalem holy site for the first time since Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new far-right government took office last week. The visit drew fierce condemnation from across the Muslim world and a strong rebuke from the United States. The…

Itamar Ben-Gvir is national security minister in Israel’s new coalition government. Photo: Atef Safadi/Associated PressBy Aaron Boxerman Jan. 3, 2023 7:56 am ET JERUSALEM—Israeli far-right leader Itamar Ben-Gvir visited Jerusalem’s holiest site early Tuesday, in his first week as a minister, raising tensions with Palestinians who are concerned about the…

An ultranationalist Israeli Cabinet minister visited Tuesday a flashpoint Jerusalem holy site for the first time since taking office in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new far-right government last week. The visit is seen by Palestinians as a provocation and drew fierce condemnation from across the Arab world and rebuke from…

/ Middle East Issued on: 03/01/2023 - 08:31 03:23 Israeli police secure the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound shortly after Itamar Ben-Gvir toured the site on January 3, 2023. © Maya Alleruzzo, AP Israel's extreme-right firebrand Itamar Ben-Gvir visited Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound Tuesday for the first time since becoming national security minister,…

JERUSALEM - Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visited the compound that houses Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem on Tuesday – a move condemned by Palestinians as provocative – despite warnings it could lead to violence. “Our government will not surrender to the threats of Hamas,” Mr Ben-Gvir said in…

Catholics in Jerusalem mourn ‘great’ ex-pope Benedict JERUSALEM, Undefined – Church bells tolled for the death of ex-pope Benedict XVI in Jerusalem’s Old City on Sunday, where Catholics revered their “great” former pontiff. A man looks at a plaque honouring a visit by late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI to the…

The average size of a home in Israel is 100 square meters (1,076 square feet), roughly half the size of an average American home, and smaller than the average in most European countries. At 1.2 rooms per person, Israeli homes are also among the most crowded of those in the…