Jerusalem Controversy

/ 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…

Author of the article: Publishing date: Nov 13, 2022  •  November 13, 2022  •  2 minute read Join the conversation JERUSALEM — Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received an official mandate on Sunday to form a new government and pledged that he would seek national consensus after an election…

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JERUSALEM (AP) — It was a crime that convulsed Jerusalem. On a fall day seven years ago, 13-year-old Palestinian Ahmad Manasra and his 15-year-old cousin tore through the streets of a Jewish settlement in east Jerusalem, armed with knives. His cousin, Hassan, critically wounded a 13-year-old Israeli boy who was…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli archaeologists have found an ancient comb dating back some 3,700 years ago and bearing what is likely the oldest known full sentence in Canaanite alphabetical script, according to an article published Wednesday. The inscription encourages people to comb their hair and beards to rid themselves of…

Architect Jack Diamond at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto in April, 2013.Kevin Van Paassen/The Globe and Mail Jack Diamond’s career began with a treehouse. Aged nine, he found a pallet on his family’s banana plantation in South Africa. With the help of the…