Most Clicked This Week
- I rarely post Al Jazeera, but this is worth a read: “Every aspect of Iran’s ability to project regional power is being successfully degraded”
- Ted Cruz: "I would not make fighting same-sex marriage a top priority"
- Roger Waters alternative headline: Man with an estimated worth of $245 million is being 'silenced' and 'marginalized' [VIDEO]
- "#AmericanStudiesAssociation boycotted the Jewish state. It wasn’t by popular demand"
- Memo to #UNRWA: Lebanon census says 174,422 Palestinians live among them, but you say 449,987. Which is it?
- "Bernie is that Jew who has taken his people’s suffering and offered it entirely outward, in the service of other causes"
- "Some 75% of the Baltimore area’s Jews - around 100,000 people - live in 21215 and four other contiguous ZIP Codes"
- Kurds edge towards statehood, with Turkish, Israeli help
Tag Archives: Jerusalem
US Supreme Court to consider Jerusalem status in Zivotofsky v. Kerry
THE HILL by Eliana Rudee October 26, 2014 In October 2002, Menachem Zivotofsky was born in Jerusalem to American parents – a birth that would result in a major U.S. Supreme Court case ruling on the legal separation of powers … Continue reading
US condemns ‘despicable’ Jerusalem terror attack
TIMES OF ISRAEL by AFP October 23, 2014 State Department still will not confirm that 3-month-old Chaya Zissel Braun was an American citizen. The United States on Wednesday condemned the terrorist attack by a Palestinian who rammed his car into pedestrians … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East
Tagged Chaya Zissel Braun, Jen Psaki, Jerusalem, terror, US State Department
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75% of Israeli Jews Oppose Palestinian State on ’67 Lines, withdrawal from Jordan Valley, division of Jerusalem [VIDEO]
JERUSALEM CENTER FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS by Staff October 19, 2014 Since 2005, the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs has conducted opinion polls on the peace process, Israeli withdrawal to the 1967 lines, continued Israeli control of the Jordan Valley, and … Continue reading
A shanda of monumental proportions : Jews buy 6 buildings in Silwan
ALGEMEINER by Jerold Auerbach October 14, 2014 Anyone who is unfamiliar with the rhetoric of the Israeli left might want to check out responses from Peace Now and Haaretz to the recent purchase of homes in Jerusalem – by Jews. … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Haaretz, Housing, Jerusalem, Peace Now
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The police spy who found his ‘brothers’ in Mea Shearim
TIMES OF ISRAEL by Abraham Rabinovich October 3, 2014 Veteran reporter Abraham Rabinovich’s new book ‘Jerusalem on Earth’ deals with the evolution of the city in the decades after the 1967 Six Day War. This exclusive excerpt tells the story … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish
Tagged Abraham Rabinovich, Hanan, Haredim, Jerusalem, Mea Shearim, ultra-Orthodox
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New heights for Jerusalem’s skyline
TIMES OF ISRAEL by Jessica Steinberg September 3, 2014 The city that doggedly preserved its views is now giving in to its urban needs Jerusalemites tend to kvetch about any visible changes in the city’s skyline. Consider Holyland, the six-building project that looms … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged David Kroyanker, Ehud Olmert, Jerusalem, Jerusalemites
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Jerusalem Municipality opens bomb shelters across city
JERUSALEM POST by Daniel Eisenbud July 8, 2014 Residents in capital instructed to take cover for 10 minutes if sirens sound; municipality events to continue as planned. The Jerusalem Municipality announced Tuesday evening that it will open public bomb shelters … Continue reading
Four Facts That Everyone Should Know About the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
ALGEMEINER by Lee S. Bender and Jerome R. Verlin June 26, 2014 Most Westerners, including many Jews, are unaware of four fundamental facts about the Jewish homeland of Israel that would greatly increase their support for the Jewish State. The burden is … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East
Tagged Israel History, Jerusalem, Palestine, Refugees
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PA to seek wider Arab reprisal against Australia. It’s on.
TIMES OF ISRAEL by Spencer Ho and Stuart Winer June 7, 2014 Erekat: Palestinians will urge Muslim states to review ties over Canberra’s decision to no longer refer to East Jerusalem as occupied territory The Palestinian Authority intends to lobby … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East
Tagged Australia, Canberra, Erekat, Jerusalem, Organization of Islamic Cooperation
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Israel’s Ambassador: Move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON by Adam Kredo June 5, 2014 Obama administration continues to say Jerusalem not part of Israel Israel’s ambassador to the United States has called on Congress to “finally” and “very soon” move the U.S. embassy in Israel … Continue reading