Jerusalem Controversy

On a rainy evening in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis delivered a special blessing, asking God for help against the coronavirus. The square in Vatican City would normally be packed with onlookers, but no one was standing on the glistening cobblestones in March as he implored God to "not leave…

“I think our community needs to hold a true cheshbon nefesh ,” said Interior Minister Arye Dery, who is also the leader of the Sephardi ultra-Orthodox Shas party, with breathtaking candor this weekend. “Because to my regret, 70 percent of the patients in Israel are Haredim – and not just in…

A bronze coin minted by Jews associated with the Bar Kochba revolt against the Roman regime in Israel during the second century has been found in the Old City of Jerusalem. While thousands of coins minted by the Bar Kochba rebels have been found over the decades – most ending…

Each time a Trump White House official comes to Israel, the rituals are predictable: Photos show top ministers and officials lined up to greet the visitor at the airport; there are warm embraces and cozy dinners with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara; glad-handing at the Knesset; perhaps…

The Israel Antiquities Authority on Monday revealed a coin minted during the Bar Kochba revolt that was unearthed near the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City. The announcement of the coin’s discovery was timed to coincide with the Lag B’Omer holiday, which begins Monday evening and marks the death of…

Home   >   Israel News Once the effects of the coronavirus lockdown become clear, preparations for a possible second wave in the fall will start ■ In the meantime, Netanyahu will go back to annexation, Syria and U.S.-China tensions ■ Army chief of staff wants to resume his pre-pandemic…

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Home   >   Israel News Who says you can’t see the Old City, visit the Church of the Holy Sepulchre or ‘taste’ food in Jerusalem’s market during a pandemic? These tour guides are refusing to sit idly by while COVID-19 keeps everyone at home Just as he does on…

Prayer at Western Wall in the age of coronavirusNati Shohat/Flash90 The Western Wall Plaza in the Old City of Jerusalem has been reopened to public prayer, the Western Wall Heritage Foundation announced Tuesday afternoon. “Due to the government’s decision to cancel the restriction of prayer only at a distance of…

LONDON — One of Britain’s most successful playwrights, Steve Waters, has taken on the thorny topic of Middle East politics with an ambitious 10-part drama about the birth of the State of Israel for the BBC World Service radio network. “Miriam and Youssef” is about two young and idealistic people…