Jerusalem Controversy

The Labor party on Saturday held an annual rally to mark the assassination of former prime minister and party leader Yitzhak Rabin at Jerusalem’s Zion Square, in an event held three days before national elections. During the event — which wasn’t attended by Rabin’s family members — current Labor leader…

Over the course of a month, US Deputy Special Envoy on Antisemitism Aaron Keyak used Israel as a launchpad for state visits to the Gulf and Europe. Keyak, an observant Jew and one-time Democratic party operative, had at any rate been planning on coming to Jerusalem for the Jewish High…

I yearned to gather your children together REFLECTIONS TODAY In the Gospel of Luke, Jerusalem plays an important role. It was in Jerusalem where Jesus was killed (23:33ff), and where he rose from the dead (24:1-12). It was in Jerusalem where he commissioned his disciples (24:36ff). Today’s Gospel has two…

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday called on Israel to join the fight against Russia and repeated a request for Israeli air defense systems. “Isn’t it time for your state to choose who you are with as well?” Zelenskiy said in a video speech to a conference for…

Defense Minister Benny Gantz spoke Monday with his Ukrainian counterpart Oleksii Reznikov in a call his office described as “positive,” despite tensions between the countries over Jerusalem’s refusal to provide Kyiv with defensive weaponry. The discussion included Israel’s offer to help Ukraine build an early warning system to notify citizens…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama arrived in Israel on Sunday for an official visit that will include a meeting with Israeli cyber defense officials, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said. Rama’s three-day visit came a month after Albania severed diplomatic ties with Iran over a July cyberattack that…

Soldiers shot dead a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, hours after a knife attack in east Jerusalem left an Israeli man in a serious condition. The Palestinian health ministry said Rabi Arafah Rabi, 32, was hit by “a bullet to the head” at a checkpoint south-east of…

Palestinian died in hospital after he was hit by a ‘bullet to the head’, says the Palestinian health ministry, and Israeli police shot another Palestinian in East Jerusalem after he stabbed an Israeli. Published On 22 Oct 202222 Oct 2022 Israeli forces have killed a Palestinian in the occupied West…

JERUSALEM, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, Palestinian health officials said, and a Palestinian stabbed an Israeli in Jerusalem, police said. The Israeli military said its troops were trying to detain a vehicle after its passengers had crossed…

Dead Sea-based producer and sound designer Yogev Freilichman comes together with Mexican video artist ERRANTH and Jerusalem art collective Excessive Productions to present Tectonic, a live, improvisational AV performance captured at ZIRA, a multidisciplinary space in Jerusalem dedicated to new and challenging art forms. “I wanted to explore several intersections between…