Jerusalem Controversy

Dating back over two-thousand years, a massive complex has just been discovered, hidden beneath the lobby of the Western Wall. Jerusalem archeologistsFlash 90 top Read More

An enigmatic subterranean system of rooms has been discovered near the entrance to the tunnel system beneath the Western Wall Plaza, while peering beneath the mosaic floor of a newly discovered and mysterious Byzantine edifice. The system had been hewn into the bedrock during the early Roman period about 2,000…

Police and organizers came to an agreement Wednesday on holding a smaller, more coronavirus-friendly Jerusalem Day march on Thursday, to mark the anniversary of Israel taking control of the Temple Mount compound and the eastern parts of the city during the 1967 Six Day War. The day is usually marked…

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An enigmatic subterranean system of rooms has been discovered near the entrance to the tunnel system beneath the Western Wall Plaza, while peering beneath the mosaic floor of a newly discovered and mysterious Byzantine edifice. The system had been hewn into the bedrock during the early Roman period about 2,000…

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…