Jerusalem Controversy

Mordecai Chertoff moved from the United States to Palestine in 1947 as a young man, writing evocative letters to his family back home and capturing the drama of Israel’s birth. These letters were collected and annotated by his son, Daniel Chertoff, in a newly…

Archaeologists today petitioned the Supreme Court against the cable car plan for the Old City of Jerusalem.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has had a hell of a year, in which he lost two elections but has defiantly remained in office, and got indicted in three criminal cases that could bring Israel's political system down with him. The 70-year-old politi…

Candy Chang and James A. Reeves, “Light the Barricades” (2019), installation view (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic unless otherwise noted)  LOS ANGELES Governments worldwide, including the United States, Saudi Arabia, Austria, and Israel, are co…

In a pre-recorded video address to the Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference in Jerusalem, Gordon Robertson, CEO of the Christian Broadcasting Network, explained the origins of his love for the land of Israel and its people.  He recalled the impact of his firs…

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Monday that the United States had reversed a Carter administration-era State Department legal opinion calling Israeli settlements in the West Bank "inconsistent with international law." The decision, apparently long in…

Rabbi Prof. Dov Fischer The writer is adjunct professor of law at two prominent Southern California law schools, Senior Rabbinic Fellow at the Coalition for Jewish Values, congregational rabbi of Young Israel of Orange County, California, and has held promi…

1995, Ken Shamrock vs Royce Gracie | Photo by Evan Hurd/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images Royce Gracie spoke with BloodyElbow.com ahead of Bellator 234 about everything but: Kazushi Sakuraba and catch-wrestling, Judo and Jiu-Jitsu on the mat, the cage and out on t…

Along the ancient cobbles of Jerusalems St George Street, just inside the forbidding bulk of the Jaffa Gate, there is a family business that has been making its mark on visitors for 700 years. The Razzouk family have been tattooing Christian pilgrims since t…

Gaza ‘Sickening hypocrisy’: Critics slam Israeli army Twitter postAl Jazeera 9 Nov — Social media users have called out the Israeli army for a Twitter post celebrating two female soldiers for cutting off their hair for a good cause. The Israeli army said the…