Jerusalem Controversy

In a statement, Israeli police said they arrested six people for allegedly violating public order and attacking officers. Police accused “hundreds of rioters” of disrupting public order before and during the funeral by chanting nationalist slogans and throwing stones at them. Police had to “disperse and repel” the crowds as…

Veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh will be buried alongside her parents in a cemetery near Jerusalem's Old City on Friday, two days after she was shot dead in an Israeli army raid. The Palestinian American's body has been transferred from the occupied West Bank, and her funeral will…

The Israel Police reportedly summoned the brother of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh to a police station in Jerusalem on Thursday ahead of her funeral in the capital on Friday, which is fueling fears of unrest. Abu Akleh, 51, was shot dead early Wednesday morning amid clashes between Israeli…

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(RNS) — It is unusual for a world Muslim leader visiting the United States to request to meet with local Christian leaders. But King Abdullah II of Jordan has his responsibilities: The Hashemite king, whose lineage goes back to the Prophet Muhammad, is also the custodian of Muslim holy places…

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Talks between Israeli and Palestinian officials over setting up long-awaited Palestinian 4G cellular networks have stalled over Israeli “delaying tactics,” even as the Israeli government advances more bandwidth for West Bank settlements, officials told The Times of Israel. Israeli officials tentatively greenlight 4G cellular service for Palestinian cellular companies back…

ANKARA: Turkey captured the new leader of the militant group Daesh in a raid in Istanbul, local media claimed on Thursday. Turkish dissident news website Oda TV claimed Abu Al-Hasan Al-Hashimi Al-Qurayshi was caught in an operation directed by Istanbul’s police chief, Zafer Aktas, after days of surveillance and preparation,…

Mozart Group, a string quartet from Poland that offers a humorous take on familiar classical works, will perform May 19-21 in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Haifa. The performers in “Mozart Comes to Town” are violinists Filip Jaslar and Michal Sikorski, Pawel Kowaluk on viola and Bolek Blaszczyk on cello. Over…

According to a team of scientists, cognitive impairment as a result of severe COVID-19 is similar to that sustained from the 20 years of aging between 50 and 70 and is the equivalent of losing 10 IQ points. Cognitive impairment as a result of severe COVID-19 is similar to that…