Posts Tagged ‘ jerusalem ’

Dear Rahm and David, I’m writing this as I sit and watch, via live internet, the ceremony marking the rededication of the Hurva synagogue in Jerusalem, in the area you would classify “east Jerusalem”, disputed territory, or perhaps, ‘occupied territory’ over the ‘green line’ adjacent to 'Temple Mount.' Isn’t it time you left the White House...
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The veteran United States-based Young Israel movement condemned U.S. Vice President Biden on Thursday, telling Biden to leave Jerusalem alone. The American vice president had condemned Israel's decision to allow Jews to build in historic Jerusalem, in an area that has been annexed by Israel but is claimed by the Palestinian Authority.
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Abbas satisfied with EU's support as Ashton plans Mideast trip Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas expressed his satisfaction at the European Union (EU)'s support for Jerusalem as the future capital of both the Israeli and the Palestinian state when he met European Council President Herman Van Rompuy on Wednesday. Abbas said the idea marked "the start...
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Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Wednesday reiterated his view that Jerusalem must enter peace talks with Damascus in the near future, prefacing his message with a warning to Syria not to make a military gamble against Israel. "I've heard some statements about Syria. I do not recommend to any neighboring country, including Syria, to put...
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A nuclear Tehran with the present regime is a threat of survival scale' Israel does not need American permission to strike Iran, said Shabtai Shavit, former chief of Israel's Mossad intelligence agency, in an exclusive interview with Aaron Klein, WND's Jerusalem bureau chief.
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With the help of an ancient mosaic map, Israeli archaeologists said Wednesday they have unearthed a section of an old flagstone street in Jerusalem that provides important new evidence about the city's commercial life 1,500 years ago. The 20-foot (6-meter) section of the street passes from the west into the center of Jerusalem's Old City,...
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The United States-based Time Magazine complained this week that the archaeological activities of the City of David Foundation, also known as “Ir David” or “Elad,” are making life difficult for President Barack Obama.
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The City of David site attracts archaeology students from across the globe "I like to travel and when I travel, I like to have a guide book. Here in Jerusalem, that guide book is the Tanah, the Bible." This is how guide Asher Altshul likes to start his tours at the expansive City of David archaeological...
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US President Barack Obama on Thursday indirectly laid blame for the lack of peace in the Middle East on conservative, right-wing Israelis who handed their representatives a majority in the Knesset and the current government in last year's election. Speaking at a town hall meeting in Tampa, Florida, Obama said his administration had been unable...
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Al-Gomhuria newspaper reveals main principles of Egyptian initiative for permanent agreement negotiations, which will start off with Israeli recognition of 1967 borders, east Jerusalem as Palestine's capital. Palestinians, in return, to agree to thousands of new housing units in settlements Roee Nahmias
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