Jerusalem Controversy

JTA — This year is the first time since 1992 that Passover, Easter and Ramadan have all fallen in the same month. It should be among the busiest tourist months Jerusalem has seen in decades, if ever. But traveling as a tourist to Jerusalem right now is impossible. Even if…

Home   >   Israel News The thrice-daily prayers at the Western Wall, approved by the cabinet, are streamed on Facebook Live and get hundreds of thousands of views I ve lived in the Jewish Quarter for 40 years. I ve never seen the Western Wall like this. It s…

Home   >   Israel News Right now, Israel looks a lot safer than in New York, London or Paris. Does Israel have a moral duty to serve as a haven for Jews against the COVID-19 plague, and to welcome their bodies for burial here? It sounds like a brainteaser.…

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque compound will be closed to Muslim worshippers throughout the holy fasting month of Ramadan due to the coronavirus epidemic, Muslim clerics at Islam’s third-holiest site said on Thursday. Ramadan typically draws tens of thousands of Muslims daily to the mosque and the adjoining Dome…

Faith WorldTESTING THE FAITH Square was nearly empty due to pandemic(CBN NEWS) -- JERUSALEM, Israel – A group of ten Aaronic priests gathered at the Western Wall Plaza in Jerusalem on Sunday to administer the traditional priestly blessing and pray for the coronavirus-stricken world. For the past 50 years, thousands…

JERUSALEM – The traditional priestly blessing of the Passover holiday occurred at the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City on Sunday morning with only 10 worshipers present, including U.S. ambassador to Israel David Friedman, in keeping with the coronavirus restrictions.On the second intermediate day of the festivals of Passover and…

This article is no longer being updated. Follow our live updates here. As the highly contagious coronavirus spreads around the world, Israel and the Palestinians struggle to contain a local outbreak that has virtually halted daily life and led to tens of thousands of people entering quarantine. ■ 12,591 Israelis have…

Israel on Sunday tightened quarantine restrictions on several parts of Jerusalem as part of national efforts to stem the spread of the coronavirus.A government committee voted to restrict movement in and out of numerous largely ultra-Orthodox parts of the city, including Jerusalem’s historic Old City, The Associated Press reported. Numerous…

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli government approved a tight quarantine of several areas of Jerusalem on Sunday, including the historic Old City, in a bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus in the city’s most susceptible neighborhoods. A ministerial committee gave approved the shutting down of movement in and…

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Ten Jewish worshippers wearing face masks prayed at the Western Wall on Sunday at a special "Priestly Blessing" during the holiday of Passover, an event usually attended by thousands.Because of coronavirus restrictions banning large public gatherings the group maintained social distancing at the holy site in Jerusalem's…