Jerusalem Controversy

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…

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RAMALLAH: Palestinians have strongly condemned the Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Yair Lapid’s provocative visit to Damascus Gate in East Jerusalem. Violent clashes erupted after Lapid visited the area on Sunday evening, leading to the injury of 19 youths and the arrest of 11 Palestinians by Israeli police. Violent clashes occurred…

A polio outbreak centered in Jerusalem has prompted Israel’s return to the World Health Organization’s list of polio “outbreak countries.” Israel now appears along with 28 other countries on the WHO’s Global Polio Eradication Initiative’s list of countries with polio outbreaks, after being declared polio-free in 1988. Nations including Egypt,…

Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East, and the Jewish world, from Sunday through Thursday. Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman and Arab affairs correspondent Aaron Boxerman join host Amanda Borschel-Dan. Last night, Jerusalem’s Old City experienced a rocky…

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called President Isaac Herzog on Friday and “sharply condemned” the terror attacks that killed 11 Israelis over the last two weeks. “President Erdogan asked to send his condolences to the bereaved families who have lost their loved ones and wished a speedy recovery to the…

On Feb. 25, one day after Russia's war on Ukraine began, Valentyna Veretska crossed the border from Ukraine to Poland with her 11-year-old daughter, leaving behind her husband who returned to their city of Mykolaiv to help defend their country from attack. Last Friday, exactly one month later, Veretska, 31,…