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“The Iftar is a time for reflection, piety and growing closer to God. Every year, this event is a special opportunity for people of many faiths to grow together,” said Austin Mayor Steve Adler.
For the first time in 30 years, the national holiday marking the reunification of Jerusalem after the Six Day War falls during the final days of Ramadan, when the Temple Mount is usually closed to Jews.
Palestinian cleric Nidhal Siam says Russia, Britain and the United States have deployed their forces in the region not to fight Iran, but to prevent the rise of an Islamic state.
Some 72,109 citizens from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Morocco, Malaysia, Algeria, Indonesia, Oman, Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates visited—a 15 percent increase from 2017.
Forty-two percent of American Jews say the president is favoring Israelis more than the Palestinians, with 26 percent of American Christians believing the same.
“We know the tragic history of Israel, we thought that is not God wants. We came here to bless the Jewish people to show our true love for Israel,” said a member of the Korean delegation.
Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt: Only 180,000 Palestinian refugees remained in Lebanon; Shebaa Farms is not Lebanese land.
Bishop Rafal Markowski of the Polish Catholic Church said the church “will never tolerate signs of contempt for members of any nation, including the Jewish people.”
Amit Kabalana, who has been living and working in the country for two years, says anti-Muslim sentiment has been increasing.
The cathedral’s irreplaceable artworks depicting the history of the Jews in France can teach a great deal about fortitude in France and beyond.
Kristine Luken was killed in the Jerusalem forest in 2010 by Palestinian Arabs who believed that she was Jewish. Her identical twin sister, Kathleen, recently spoke with World Israel News about the impact of that tragedy.
Al-Aqsa mosque address by Palestinian political researcher Sheikh Ahmad Al-Khatwani: “The job of Muslims is to bring ‘hateful infidels’ to Islam through jihad; Rome will be conquered.”
