Jerusalem Controversy

Pilgrims: Nigerian Christian Pilgrims and others from Other countries praying at Western Wall ( Wailing Wall) in Jerusalem, Israel . Nigerian Christian pilgrims on a pilgrimage to Israel on Sunday prayed collectively for Gods blessings upon their country. T…

Gaza ‘Blinding the truth’: Israeli snipers target Gaza protesters in their eyesThe New Arab 20 Dec by Tareq Hajjaj & Pam Bailey — Media coverage and social media posts went wild when Palestinian photojournalist Muath Amarneh was blinded in his left eye a…

ROME — Lapo Elkann, one of the heirs of Italy’s Agnelli family which founded auto giant Fiat, said Friday he was recovering in Switzerland following a serious car accident in Jerusalem. The 42-year-old grandson of legendary former Fiat boss and jet setter Gi…

Prince Charles is scheduled to visit the occupied Palestinian territories and Israel for the first time in January, Clarence House announced in a statement yesterday. On behalf of the British government, the Prince of Wales will meet Palestinian President Ma…

Reading a piece of literature that has been translated from Hebrew, Amos Oz said in a 1990 lecture at the University of Wisconsin, is like making love through a blanket.  I swooned.  Oz wasnt just talking to me, though it sure felt like it.  I was twenty year…

The Jerusalem Development Authority and the National Infrastructure Committee has offered to pay the Jewish Karaite community to move its graves so construction of the cable car to the Western Wall, which passes over them, can proceed. The Karaites have reje…

(ANSAmed) - TEL AVIV, DECEMBER 18 - The project for a cable car connecting west Jerusalem to Mount Zion and Dung Gate, or the southern access to the Old City near the Western Wall, which was approved last month by the government, has sparked a fresh contr…

Image copyrightGetty Images The Eritrean-American comedian Tiffany Haddish has celebrated her Bat Mitzvah. The Jewish coming-of-age ceremony - normally marked when a girl turns 12 - signifies a stepping into religious maturity, and a commitment to keep the …

JERUSALEM - Former Soviet dissident Natan Sharansky has been awarded Israels prestigious 2020 Genesis Prize for a lifetime of work promoting political and religious freedoms, organizers announced Tuesday. The $1 million award is granted each year to a person…

JERUSALEM (AP) Former Soviet dissident Natan Sharansky has been awarded Israel's prestigious 2020 Genesis Prize for a lifetime of work promoting political and religious freedoms, organizers announced Tuesday. The $1 million award is granted each year to a pe…