Jerusalem Controversy

By Maayan Lubell and Nidal al-Mughrabi JERUSALEM/CAIRO Feb 1 (Reuters) - Preparations to reopen Gaza's main border crossing in Rafah were underway on Sunday though it was uncertain any Palestinians would pass through it before the day's end, Israeli and Palestinian officials said. Before the war, the Rafah border crossing…

By ZVIKA KLEIN, AMICHAI STEIN JANUARY 31, 2026 20:02 Hamas planned to keep Israeli hostages for as long as a decade, Brig.-Gen. (res.) Gal Hirsch said in an in-depth interview, describing what he called the terror group’s long game of using captives, living and dead, as strategic leverage meant to…

Senior U.S. military officials warned key Middle East allies on Friday to prepare for a possible strike on Iran as multiple reports said Washington and Jerusalem now view military action as decided, with one source saying the only remaining question is timing, not whether an attack will occur. According to…

Israel demolishes the headquarter of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah on January 20, 2026. On Wednesday, 11 countries condemned Israel for the move. File Photo by Atef Safadi/EPA Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Britain, Canada, France and eight other allies on…

The oldest Christian sects and the antiwar American right are on one side. Israel’s government, neoconservatives, and American Christian Zionists are on the other. The post Jerusalem Christians, Tucker Carlson Agree On This ‘Damaging Ideology’ appeared first on The American Conservative...Read More

JERUSALEM (AP) — Divisions emerged Wednesday over Donald Trump’s Board of Peace envisaged in the U.S. president’s peace plan for Gaza, with some western European countries declining to join while others remained noncommittal. The development underscores European concerns over the controversial and ambitious project — which some say seeks to…

By JPOST EDITORIAL JANUARY 21, 2026 05:59 Tuesday’s scenes at Ammunition Hill, as heavy equipment tore into UNRWA’s former headquarters compound, carried a message that most Israelis understood instantly. The state decided that UNRWA’s era in Jerusalem is over, and it acted accordingly. Other than the reports on the operational…

A news report underscores heightened concerns in Jerusalem over Iran’s military capabilities and the potential need for coordinated US-Israeli responses. (FILES) US President Donald Trump (L) holds hands and speaks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, in Jerusalem on October 13, 2025. (Photo by…

Israeli FM Sa'ar with Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Fiji Sitiveni Rabuka. Israel announced on Thursday plans to open an embassy in Fiji in 2026, after the Pacific island nation inaugurated its mission in Jerusalem in September, according to AFP. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said that the new…

Ultra Orthodox Jewish men clash with police during a protest against the jailing of a Jewish seminary student who failed to comply with an army recruitment order, on Bar Ilan road, Jerusalem. December 18, 2025. (Photo: Chaim Goldberg/Flash90) Ten Israel Police officers were injured and four people arrested in violent…