Tag Archive for Jerusalem

| March 10, 2016
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Movement seeks continuing anti-terror wall to separate Palestinian towns from Jerusalem

 

In the midst of the current Palestinian terror attacks, the Save Jewish Jerusalem movement, a collection of ex-MKs, Police & IDF officers, are proposing a plan that would annex about 200,000 Palestinians into areas B and C.

By Elior Levy

 

The current escalation in Palestinian-Israeli violence, which began in East Jerusalem, has led to the establishment of the Save Jewish Jerusalem (SJJ) movement, whose founders – former high-ranking politicians and military leaders – are calling for a partial separation from Palestinian villages in East Jerusalem. They conducted a tour of Palestinian villages on Wednesday, which began in Qalandia and concluded in Jabel Mukaber. Continue Reading »

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| March 2, 2016
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Tenth Roman Legion bathhouse and nearby winery found in Jerusalem

Ahead of construction on a new housing project, ancient finds were unearthed including a large winery from the Roman or Byzantine period and a bathhouse dating back around 1,600 years ago.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

Ancient 1,600-year-old finds were recently unearthed during archaeological excavations on the Schneller Compound in Jerusalem, prior to the construction of residential buildings for the capital’s haredi population.

The winery – Photo: Guy Fitoussi, 

The excavations, financed by the Merom Yerushalayim Company and conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), focus on the site of the Schneller Orphanage, which operated in Jerusalem from 1860 until the Second World War. Continue Reading »

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| February 19, 2016
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7,000 yr-old settlement discovered in northern Jerusalem by Israeli archaeologists

 

Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority described finding the 2 homes, with floors containing pottery vessels, flint tools & a basalt bowl, as the oldest discovery of its kind in the area.

By Associated Press and Israel Hayom Staff

 

 

Israeli archaeologists said Wednesday they have unearthed a 7,000-year-old settlement in northern Jerusalem, describing it as the oldest discovery of its kind in the area.

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The site in northern Jerusalem where remains of an ancient settlement were found – Photo: COURTESY OF ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

The Israel Antiquities Authority said the excavation exposed two houses with well-preserved remains and floors containing pottery vessels, flint tools and a basalt bowl.

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| December 28, 2015
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Ostrich nabbed for strolling Jerusalem streets

 

Jerusalem residents found the unaccompanied avian’s stroll highly amusing, with several of them taking pictures of, and with the ostrich, after she escaped from her owner’s home.

By Yael Freidson & Roi Yanovsky

 

Employees of Jerusalem’s veterinary service caught an ostrich that was walking freely through the Israeli capital’s Gilo neighborhood on Sunday afternoon. The Jerusalem Biblical Zoo checked and found that no ostriches were missing, meaning the bird must have escaped from a person who was privately raising it without reporting the fact to city authorities.

 

The ostrich in the streets of Jerusalem. – Photo: Shlomi Hazut

Jerusalem residents found the incident highly amusing, with several of them taking pictures of, and with, the ostrich. Continue Reading »

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| December 27, 2015
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2 Palestinian terrorists killed after stabbing 2 IDF soldiers

 

2 IDF soldiers were hurt in Judea & Samaria, one moderately wounded, & the other lightly wounded.
• Earlier a soldier that was stabbed and lightly wounded near Jerusalem’s Central Bus Terminal, fought off his attacker, as a security guard there neutralized the Palestinian terrorist.

By Roi Yanovsky & Elisha Ben Kimon

 

Two soldiers were wounded on Sunday afternoon in a stabbing attack at Hawara checkpoint in the West Bank, hours after another soldier as lightly wounded in a stabbing attack in Jerusalem.

Scene of stabbing attack at Hawara Junction – Photo: Zacharia Sada

Givati Brigade soldiers were in the middle of a routine operation on Highway 60 near the town of Hawara, south of Nablus. Continue Reading »

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| December 23, 2015
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Palestinian Shot Dead, 2nd Died Later, by Female Border Police After Terrorists Stab 3 Israelis

view videoWatch 1st response to stabbing attack in Jerusalem as 2 Border Police officers are seen moving quickly to both neutralize the Arab terrorists and treat the victims.

By Yoni Kempinski

 

Footage has emerged of two brave Border Police officers neutralizing the terrorists outside Jerusalem’s Old City Wednesday, then immediately working to treat the victims.

Two Arab terrorists stabbed three Israelis in their thirties Wednesday afternoon at Jerusalem’s Jaffa Gate.

Border Policewomen stationed in the area opened fire on both of them, killing one and wounding the other, who was then promptly taken into custody; the footage shows the two moving quickly to both help neutralize the attacker and help security forces and bystanders treat victims.

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| December 15, 2015
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After continued vehicular terror-attacks on crowds by Arabs, bus stops in Jerusalem to be fortified

 

After the initiative proved effective in the West Bank, PM Netanyahu instructs officials to fortify 300 bus-stops in the Jewish capital with concrete barriers, following latest vehicular terror-attack that left 11 Jewish Israelis wounded in Jerusalem.
* Arab driver was shot dead before exiting car with meat-cleaver.

By Itamar Eichner

 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday decided to fortify 300 bus stations in Jerusalem after a terrorist from East Jerusalem rammed his car into people waiting at a bus stop at the western entrance to the capital, wounding 11 people.

The prime minister held a consultation with Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz, Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan, and Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat in the wake of the attack, in which he instructed them to place concrete barriers in front of hundreds of Jerusalem bus stations.

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| November 30, 2015
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Egyptian Coptic Pope makes first visit to Jerusalem since 1967 travel ban on Israel

 

Coptic Church says Pope Tawadros II did not obtain Israeli visa to visit Jerusalem since there’s no official travel restrictions for Egyptian citizens travelling to Israel.

By Reuters & Israel Hayom Staff

 

The Egyptian head of the Coptic Church, Pope Tawadros II, made a rare visit to Jerusalem to preside over the funeral on Saturday of a Coptic bishop.

The leader of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Tawadros II walks outside the Church of Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, Saturday – Photo: AP

The previous Coptic pope, Shenouda III, banned worshipers from traveling to Jerusalem more than three decades ago, despite a 1979 peace treaty between Egypt and Israel. Continue Reading »

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| November 23, 2015
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WATCH CC security camera captures police neutralizing attackers outside Jerusalem market

 

view videoTwo teenage female Arabs attack a Jewish and Palestinian man with scissors outside Jerusalem market before security shoots one dead and leaving other terrorist in serious condition.

By DANIEL K. EISENBUD

 

The footage shows the two Palestinian teenage assailants attempting to stab passersby before being shot by security forces.

Security camera footage emerged Monday of the earlier terror attack near the Jerusalem outdoor market in which two people were injured.

The footage captures the two Palestinian teenage assailants attempting to stab passersby before being shot by security forces.

One female teenaged Palestinian terrorist was killed, and her female teen accomplice is in critical condition, after attacking a Jewish and Palestinian man with scissors outside the Mahane Yehuda Market Monday morning, in the heart of downtown Jerusalem. Continue Reading »

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| November 11, 2015
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Pipe Bombs & Rifles Found Across the Jerusalem Courthouse

 

Arab father & son arrested after Israel Police & K-9 unit discover rifles with ammo and explosives, concealed in their home adjacent to the Jerusalem District Court.

By Oranit Etzer

 

Two Arab terrorists, father and son, were arrested on Tuesday afternoon after explosives and weapons were discovered in their home in Jerusalem.

Their home is located adjacent to the Jerusalem District Court on Salah al-Din Road not far from Hebrew University’s Mount Scopus Campus; just last Monday a firebomb was thrown at the court in an attempt to burn it down.

Police detectives searched the home aided by Border Patrol officers and a canine unit, and found hidden in the house explosives, improvised rifles and ammunition.

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| November 4, 2015
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Beneath a once paved parking lot archaeologists uncover Greek King Antiochus’ fortress in Jerusalem

 

After a century of searching, archaeologists in Israel say they have found the remnants of the ancient Greek fortress used to fight the rebellion led by Judah Maccabee, that’s celebrated in the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.

BY Reuters & Israel Hayom Staff

 

Researchers have long debated the location of the Acra, built more than 2,000 years ago by Greek king Antiochus Epiphanes. Many asserted it stood in what is now the walled Old City, at spots like the Church of the Holy Sepulchre or by the hilltop where the two Jewish temples once towered.

The site in Jerusalem where the remnants of Acra have been found – Photo: AFP

After a century of searching, archaeologists say they have found the remnants of an ancient Greek fortress once a center of power in Jerusalem and a stronghold used to fight the rebellion celebrated in the Jewish holiday Hanukkah. Continue Reading »

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| October 25, 2015
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Morgan Freeman Visits Judaism’s Western Wall

 

Morgan Freeman did some soul searching at the Kotel while in Israel filming for National Geographic’s upcoming series “The Story of God,” which investigates mankind’s quest to understand the divine.

By JPOST.COM STAFF, REUTERS

 

Hollywood heavyweight Morgan Freeman took time out to visit the Western Wall on Sunday, while visiting the Holy Land to shoot scenes for the upcoming National Geographic series The Story of God, which looks at mankind’s quest to understand the divine.

Morgan Freeman and Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz at the Western Wall. – Photo: RAVHAKOTEL

While at the Western Wall, Freeman met with the rabbi of the Western Wall, Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, and visited several holy sites. Continue Reading »

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| October 24, 2015
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Bedouin Leaders Call on Jordan’s King to Declare War on Israel

 

Bedouin leaders published a letter sent to Jordan’s King Abdullah, urging the Kingdom to create special military brigades that will attack and liberate Jerusalem from the Zionists.

By Dalit Halevy

 

More than 50 Bedouin leaders have published a joint statement in which they call on Jordanian King Abdullah to create a military unit tasked with “liberating” Jerusalem.

“Arab regimes in general, and the Jordanian regime in particular have shirked their religious, national, and ethical responsibility towards the most important Arab and Muslim problem, the Palestinian problem,” the statement read, according to the Arabi 21 news site.

“The events in the occupied land and at the al-Aqsa Mosque would not have happened if ti wasn’t for the incompetence of governments and their actions in the service of the Zionists, Americans, and national enemies.” Continue Reading »

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| October 13, 2015
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Jerusalem: Death Toll Rises to 3 On Tuesday As Arabs Continue Attacking Jews

 

Palestinian barbarism continues as 2nd victim of bus shooting & stabbing attack succumbs to wounds, bringing death toll on Tuesday alone to 3, after car attack on Malchei Yisrael St.

By Ari Soffer

 

Three people have been killed and as many as 17 others injured – some of them seriously – in two near-simultaneous terrorist attacks in Jerusalem.

 

In the first incident, a 60-year-old man was killed and 15 others wounded, eight seriously, in a shooting attack on a Number 78 bus traveling along Gallows Street in Armon Hanatziv.

Magen David Adom and United Hatzalah paramedics at the scene described chaos and multiple severe casualties. Continue Reading »

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| October 13, 2015
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Arab Shot Dead in Terror Attack At Entrance to Jerusalem – 2 Wounded

 

After wounding 2 Israelis, security personal shot another Arab terrorist dead, when he tried to snatch an IDF soldier’s gun.

By Tova Dvorin

 

An Arab terrorist attempted to snatch an IDF soldier’s gun near Chords Bridge in Jerusalem on Monday evening, before being neutralized by security forces.

Initial reports suggest the terrorist got on the 185 Superbus bus, then attempted to snatch the gun from a 20 year-old soldier there after attempting first to strangle him. He was also brandishing a knife.

Seeing the commotion, the bus driver stopped immediately; the soldier and another passenger managed to overcome the terrorist, removing him from the bus. Continue Reading »

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