Jerusalem Controversy

Israel Memorial Day, Western WallHadas Parush/Flash90 Yom Hazikaron, Israel's Memorial Day to honor fallen soldiers and victims of hostilities opens with a ceremony at the Western Wall. At 8 p.m., a one-minute siren will be heard in Israel, and the state ceremony at the Western Wall marking the opening of…

Ryan EwingAn empty O’Hare International Airport in Chicago. Enticing flight deals for the fall are tempting quarantined travellers to consider life beyond the pandemic despite the lingering uncertainty of the global situation. Airlines, in their attempt to re-inspire confidence, have implemented numerous passenger-friendly strategies to get consumers back on planes…

Defense Minister Naftali Bennett on Wednesday defended the government’s plan to shutter the country’s military cemeteries for next week’s Memorial Day out of concerns that people would visit them en masse and potentially spread the coronavirus. “This was a very, very difficult decision, but it was necessary as every year…

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…