Jerusalem Controversy

Tense divide between Jews and Palestinians will be exacerbated, not relieved, critics say Jewish worshippers pray before the traditional priestly blessing prayer on the holiday of Passover, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, on April 18, 2022. Photo by Ronen Zvulun / Reuters From high on a ridge…

The Israeli Air Force will hold its annual Independence Day flyover Thursday, with various aircraft zipping over cities and towns throughout the country over the course of the morning and into the early afternoon. The flyover will include F-15, F-16 and F-35 fighter jets; Lavi training aircraft; C-130 cargo planes;…

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Saturday 30 April 2022 11:13 am After Jerusalem premiered at the Royal Court in 2009 it began to generate a reputation as the greatest play of the 21st century. It’s hard to do justice to the level of prestige which has surrounded the show since; within theatre circles it is…

TEL AVIV—Israeli police clashed with Palestinians at Jerusalem’s most contested site as large crowds of Muslims gathered for Friday prayers, ending a week of relative calm. The renewed skirmishing at Al Aqsa mosque compound raised the prospect of further violence ahead of a two-week period when Israelis celebrate the founding…

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Fresh clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound wounded 42 people on the last Friday of Ramadan, following weeks of violence at the flashpoint religious site. The Palestinian Red Crescent, which gave the toll, said no one was seriously hurt but 22 people were taken to…

WASHINGTON — Israel, which withdrew from the UN cultural agency UNESCO with the United States over bias in 2019, has no objections to a US return, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday. Questioned by lawmakers, Blinken called on Congress to give US President Joe Biden the power to waive…

Russian President Vladimir Putin is reportedly interested in gaining control over a historic Jerusalem Church that was under Russian control over a century ago. According to Haartz, Putin sent a letter to the Israeli government requesting control of The Church of St. Alexander Nevsky, which is located in the Christian…

United Torah Judaism MK Yaakov Litzman had a pacemaker installed over the weekend after he felt unwell and was taken to Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center, the hospital said Saturday. The hospital said the operation was decided on after a series of tests. It said the procedure was successful and…