Jerusalem
Ayman al-Zawahiri, long rumored dead, blasts Arab “collaborators” with the U.S. as “Zionist Arabs”—but makes no mention of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Regarding the U.S. chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said, “It was probably the right decision maybe that wasn’t performed in the right manner.”
According to one source, Israeli Prime Minister Bennett wanted to demonstrate that he can be “prime ministerial” like his predecessor, while President Joe Biden needed to show that despite the Afghanistan crisis, the United States is still important in the Middle East.
Jerusalem Affairs Ministry director general calls the ceremony a “lesson for life about perseverance and devotion to the Jewish tradition.”
According to the first verse in Amos, the earthquake occurred during the time of the Kingdom of Judah in the eighth century BCE.
According to legal experts, the court has allowed outside pressure to influence its decision. What should be a strictly legal decision seems to have become emotional—a consideration that is supposed to remain outside the purview of the court.
The Museum for Islamic Art features ornately decorated cups without handles used for Turkish coffee on display next to larger china cups used by the French elite. One features a mustache-shaped bar in the cup opening designed to protect the facial hair of the drinker.
The organization, which arranges the annual Tisha B’Av walk around Jerusalem’s Old City, this year advocated to expand Jerusalem’s municipal borders as Israel faces threats to divide the city.
“I can’t betray Jerusalem,” said Beitar Jerusalem soccer-club owner Moshe Hogeg.
The mission was merged into the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem in 2019 by the Trump administration, becoming the Palestinian Affairs Unit.
Slovakia and Israel also signed a $180 million defense deal in January to purchase 17 radar systems produced by Israel Aerospace Industries.
Travel to Israel may have paused during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the country has been hard at work preparing for the moment when the border fully reopens.
