Jerusalem Controversy

Clashes between Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli police wounded ten protesters on Sunday morning in and around Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, the site of major clashes two days earlier. Early on Sunday morning, “hundreds” of Palestinian demonstrators started gathering piles of stones, shortly before the arrival of Jewish visitors to…

Christians in Nigeria and across the world are celebrating Easter, commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. The celebrations represent the culmination of the Holy Week which starts with the observance of Palm Sunday to mark the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. To mark Easter, Christians thronged…

Jerusalem mosque violence: 152 injured after Palestinians clash with Israeli police at holy site At least 152 Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli riot police inside Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Friday, the latest outbreak in a recent upsurge of violence that has raised fears of a slide back…

Author of the article: JERUSALEM — At least 152 Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli riot police inside Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Friday, the latest outbreak in a recent upsurge of violence that has raised fears of a slide back to wider conflict. Most of the Palestinian injuries…

Pressed against a wall in a back corridor of Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a stone slab bore testimony only to the graffiti etched on it by multitudes of pilgrims through the ages. But the 2.5 x 1.5 meter stone turned out to be far more precious when its…

The leaders of Gaza terror groups convened in the Strip on Wednesday to issue a unified call for an escalation against Israel, as tensions spike surrounding the Temple Mount and Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. The Hamas terror group, which rules Gaza, had called for the meeting earlier Wednesday after it…

Jerusalem city hall announced plans to renew the city’s Wohl Rose Garden, a 19-acre park with a pond and the largest rose garden in Israel, to the tune of approximately NIS 60 million ($18.7million). Renovation work for the park, which lies between the Knesset and the Supreme Court, at the…

The conventional theory about the origin of the state is that the adoption of farming increased land productivity, which led to the production of food surplus; this surplus was a prerequisite for the emergence of tax-levying elites and, eventually, states. Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Professor Joram Mayshar and colleagues challenge…

JERUSALEM (AP) — A lawmaker quit Israel’s ruling coalition on Wednesday after a dispute over religious observance during the Passover holiday, throwing the fragile alliance into disarray without a majority in parliament and raising the prospect of a new round of elections. Backbencher Idit Silman had recently objected to the…

JERUSALEM, April 5 (Xinhua) -- Israel's rough diamond exports increased 35 percent year-on-year in the first quarter (Q1) of 2022, totaling 526.5 million U.S. dollars, the country's Ministry of Economy and Industry reported Tuesday. A rise of 11.1 percent in rough diamond exports was reported in March alone, from 157.9…