Jerusalem Controversy

While their music has always been written by the band members themselves, their lyrics are taken directly from the pages of the Talmud. Bar Papas (photo credit: Courtesy) The Bar Papas, a small Jerusalem-based rock band founded by American olim, released their debut self-titled album just this week. However, while…

Astronomers using twin 8.1-m telescopes at Gemini Observatory in Chile have captured the most detailed near-infrared image yet of the Carina Nebula’s western wall, the well-defined edge of the nebula. A 5-light-year-long section of the western wall in the Carina Nebula, as observed with adaptive optics on the Gemini South…

Following months of criticism over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, Boris Johnson has used the Conservative’s first virtual party conference to show that he has not lost his “mojo”.Delivering his closing speech to the four-day event, Johnson this morning outlined a string of planned reforms for the UK economy, which he…

Today a report delivered new HD images from the Gemini South telescope in Chile showing the birth of a star. These images were captured using a wide-field adaptive optics camera in combination with the telescope, producing near-infrared composite images of a 33 trillion-mile section of The Western Wall of the…

They were attending a ceremony, coinciding with the Sukkot festival, in which members of Judaism's priestly caste bless the public in a chant at the Western Wall. Birkat Kohanim at the Western Wall in the shadow of coronavirus (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM) The Western Wall plaza is traditionally jammed…

JERUSALEM: Israel’s tourism minister resigned on Friday in protest at a new law that curbed demonstrations against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying the measure left him without a “shred of trust” in the veteran leader. Azaf Zamir will be replaced by Orit Farkash Hacohen, a fellow member of the Blue…

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel will hold rare talks with Lebanon next month in an effort to resolve a longstanding maritime border dispute, an Israeli official said Saturday. The official said Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz will lead the Israeli delegation in talks mediated by the United States. Representatives from the three…

JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet decided on Thursday to tighten Israel's coronavirus lockdown after he said a surge in infections was pushing the nation to "the edge of the abyss."Israel went back into lockdown, its second during the pandemic, on Sept. 18. But over the past week, the…

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet decided on Thursday to tighten Israel’s coronavirus lockdown after he said a surge in infections was pushing the nation to “the edge of the abyss”.Israel went back into lockdown, its second during the pandemic, on Sept. 18. But over the past week,…

DUBAI: In the latest sign of increased UAE-Israeli business co-operation, Al Habtoor Group, the Dubai-based hotels and motor conglomerate, has teamed up with a Jerusalem-based company on plans to put “robo-taxis” on the roads of the emirate. Khalaf Al Habtoor, founding chairman of the group, signed a deal with Mobileye, the…