Jerusalem Controversy

BOSTON (AP) — A letter written by Albert Einstein in which he writes out his famous E = mc2 equation has sold at auction for more than $1.2 million, about three times more than it was expected to get, Boston-based RR Auction said Friday. Archivists at the Einstein Papers Project…

Published May 22, 2021 12:32am JERUSALEM - Israeli police fired stun grenades at Palestinian worshipers in Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound Friday, two weeks after similar unrest at the sensitive religious site triggered deadly hostilities in Gaza. AFP reporters said Israeli forces fired rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades at unarmed Palestinians,…

On April 13, the first day of Ramadan, Israeli police officers raided the Al-Aqsa Mosque and less than a month later, four Palestinian families were evicted from Sheikh Jarrah, a highly disputed area in East Jerusalem. © New Straits Times Press (M) BhdRead More

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The 11-day conflict between Israel and Hamas pushed the frustrations of Palestinian citizens of Israel and those in occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank to the breaking point, leading to unprecedented scenes of protest and communal violence beyond Gaza. Palestinian demonstrators in occupied West Bank raise their arms during…

A cease-fire in the Gaza Strip appeared to hold well into the morning Friday, hours after Israel and Hamas militants announced that they would comply with an Egyptian-brokered agreement to stop armed hostilities. The truce began 2 a.m. Friday. Skies that had continually been lit up by rocket fire from…

Three European foreign ministers are expected to visit Israel this week, after the EU Foreign Affairs Committee failed to agree upon a statement on the fighting between Israel and Hamas. Germany’s Heiko Maas, the Czech Republic’s Kulhánek and Slovakia’s Ivan Korcok plan to visit Israel on Thursday. They were invited…

The impending eviction of Palestinian families from their homes in East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood has prompted Palestinian rights activists to call for more scrutiny into how tax-exempt US-based charities – and the private firms that donate to them – are funding Israeli settlement activity that is widely seen to…

Palestinians in the West Bank mobilised massively on Tuesday in a call for unity with Palestinians in Gaza and Jerusalem as the week-long conflict between Gaza and Israel showed no sign of abating. “For the very first time there is only one Palestinian people. From the North to the South,…

May 19, 2021 | 12:33am | Updated May 19, 2021 | 8:52am Enlarge Image Mike Evans, founder of the Facebook page, claims the shutdown was due in part to an "organized attempt by radical Islamic organizations." AFP via Getty Images Facebook shut down a pro-Israel page that reportedly had 77…