Jerusalem Controversy

JERUSALEM — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken began a Middle East tour on Tuesday aimed at shoring up the cease-fire between Israel and Gaza's militant rulers, Hamas. He will face the same obstacles that have stifled a wider peace process for more than a decade, including a hawkish Israeli…

/ Middle East Issued on: 25/05/2021 - 05:05 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken waves as he departs to visit Israel and West Bank, at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, U.S. May 24, 2021. © Alex Brandon/Pool via REUTERS US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken arrived in Tel Aviv on…

Epix has released new photos and the official teaser trailer for “Chapelwaite,” an 1850s set series adaptation of Stephen King’s novella “Jerusalem’s Lot” which is in itself a prequel to his renowned early novel “Salem’s Lot”. The clip offers a first look at Oscar winner Adrien Brody as Captain Charles…

GAZA CITY—A cease-fire between Israel and militant group Hamas held on Friday despite clashes between Israeli police and Palestinians at a Jerusalem mosque that was the flashpoint for 11 days of fighting, with life slowly returning to normal. Israeli police tossed stun grenades near crowds of Palestinians who had gathered…

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…