Jerusalem Controversy

Why Israel is strengthening ties with Somaliland as Red Sea rivalry intensifies Israel accorded a state reception for Somaliland’s president in Jerusalem, bestowing a highly regarded award on the leader of a territory still unrecognized by any nation other than Israel. Last Sunday, President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi made his first…

JERUSALEM - Israel carried out deadly strikes in south Lebanon on Saturday and Hezbollah maintained it had the right to respond, hours after the United States announced a renewed ceasefire in fighting that had strained a fledgling deal with Iran. US President Donald Trump and his Iranian counterpart, Masoud Pezeshkian,…

Buildings damaged by Israeli strikes are seen through shattered glass from the Jabal Amel Hospital in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon on Thursday (June 18). PUBLISHED ON June 19, 2026 5:46 AM JERUSALEM — Israel's military said Friday (June 19) its forces struck targets throughout southern Lebanon overnight…

By JONAH DAVIDOV, HODAYA RAN JUNE 17, 2026 08:44 Updated: JUNE 17, 2026 18:13 Around 10,000 haredi (ultra-Orthodox) draft evaders reportedly blocked Highway 57 eastbound at the Beit Lid and Kfar Yonah intersection on Wednesday afternoon. The protests stalled traffic in the Sharon region for hours and led the Emek…

By YONAH JEREMY BOB JUNE 16, 2026 20:32 Updated: JUNE 16, 2026 22:13 Much of the world is already familiar with the game-changing Iron Beam laser defense system, which Israel covertly deployed against Hezbollah drones in October 2024, and then publicly in December 2025. Few know that Elbit Systems is…

Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi officially inaugurated his country’s embassy in Jerusalem on Monday, marking another milestone in the rapidly developing relationship between Israel and the self-declared East African republic. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar attended the opening ceremony at the embassy, located in Jerusalem’s Har Hotzvim hi-tech park, and…

EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France/DUBAI/JERUSALEM — US President Donald Trump said on Monday (June 15) a preliminary agreement to end the war in the Gulf has been signed by the US and Iran, though details have yet to be made public and both countries said a permanent truce is yet to be negotiated.…

Two socializing fish. Zebrafish imaged using high-resolution fluorescence microscopy; color encodes depth across a 3D z-stack projection. Credit: Luke A. Hammond & Jeremy Ullmann Scientists discovered that the brain begins preparing for social connection before we even make the first move. Why do we decide to approach other people? According…

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD MAY 7, 2026 18:07 Updated: MAY 7, 2026 19:52 The West has helped Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas keep the Palestinian people “hostage,” Fatah political leader and president of the Jerusalem Development Fund Samer Sinijlawi told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday. “I don’t have any hard…

An Israeli man suspected of shoving a French Catholic nun to the ground and kicking her in Jerusalem has been charged with assault motivated by religious hostility, Israel's state attorney's office said on Thursday. The April 28 attack was condemned by Christian clergy in Jerusalem and came amid a rise in harassment…