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Prague’s move is “a blatant attack on the Palestinian people and their rights,” says the P.A. Foreign Ministry • “East Jerusalem is occupied land under international law,” claims the Arab League secretary-general.
From a hidden desert lake and hot springs to an ancient fortress and a bright pink church, the Jewish state is full of surprises.
“To dig in such a sensitive area without any oversight, inspection or access to the public is insane,” said director of Regavim’s International Division Naomi Kahn. “They had no right to do so.”
Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas wants to make the first Palestinian elections in 15 years conditional on the participation of eastern Jerusalem residents. Everyone—from Israel to Hamas to the Biden administration to Saudi Arabia—has an opinion.
Construction in Jerusalem’s Givat Hamatos represents the first stage of a 2,600-unit housing project geared to young families to encourage them to remain in the Israeli capital.
Maj. Gen. Itai Veruv, who heads the Israel Defense Forces Military Colleges, is overseeing a team that includes an international-law expert.
From the Dome of the Rock to Yad Vashem, these iconic structures in the Israeli capital represent a myriad of styles and eras.
They come amid continued tensions within Israel over COVID restrictions and mass gatherings.
Alexander Ilichevsky, one Russia’s most renowned authors, lives in Jerusalem, works as a medical physicist at Hadassah Ein Karem and is completely unknown in the country he has called home for the last eight years.
A Waqf-run elementary school for girls has students explore and venerate the phenomenon of deadly terrorist attacks.
Dr. Miriam Adelson, his wife and partner in so many of his projects, eulogized him as someone who could not be replaced due to his sheer impact on so many levels.
Shlomo Madmoni was murdered in 1939 on his way to save a Torah scroll • Israeli Regional Cooperation Minister Ofir Akunis: “This is a historic day in a historic place.”