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| October 7, 2013
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Chief PLO negotiator dismayed by Czech president’s call to move embassy to Jerusalem

PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat sends letter to Arab League saying move would undermine peace process, wants meeting on the issue.

By GREER FAY CASHMAN

 

 

 

Czech President Milos Zeman’s proposal to move the Czech Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem prompted Saeb Erekat, chief negotiator in the peace talks with Israel, to send a letter of protest to Prague stating that such a move would undermine the peace process.
Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat at construction site for Route 4, March 14, 2013.

Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat at construction site for Route 4, March 14, 2013. – Photo: TOVAH LAZAROFF

Zeman publicly voiced his views on the subject at the opening of the annual Days for Israel forum in Hradec Kralove in East Bohemia last week.

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| October 4, 2013
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Jerusalem residents seek to quiet noisy mosques

 

Despite existing noise pollution laws, non-Muslim residents of Israel’s capital are forced to endure dozens of mosques blasting their electronic call to prayer.

By Israel Today Staff

 

Israel is home to some 1.5 million Arabs, many of them Muslims, so hearing the Muslim calls to pray blasted from the minarets of local mosques is not uncommon. But in some areas the noise pollution can be unbearable, and such is the case in the northern Jerusalem neighborhood of Pisgat Ze’ev.

Jerusalem looks to quiet noisy mosques

Bordered on two sides by densely-populated Arab neighborhoods, the residents of Pisgat Ze’ev are forced to hear these calls to prayer, the first coming at the crack of dawn, from not one, but dozens of mosques. Continue Reading »

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| September 27, 2013
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Arab stone-throwers target police in Jerusalem’s Old City

 

 

On 13th anniversary of 2nd Intifada, Arab youth throw stones at policemen near the Rockefeller Museum & Damascus Gate.

By Noam (Dabul) Dvir

Following Friday prayers, young Arabs threw stones at police forces near the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem‘s Old City. One officer sustained light injuries to his hand. Border Guard officers dispersed the rioters with stun grenades, among other crowd dispersal means, and arrested four people.

A Palestinian stone thrower bearing the Hamas flag, right, uses a sling shot to throw stones

A Palestinian stone thrower bearing the Hamas flag, right, uses a sling shot to throw stones with his comrade towards Israeli security forces. [Archives] – Photo: AFP

Police officers were also attacked with stones near the Rockefeller Museum in the capital. Continue Reading »

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| September 25, 2013
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Apple iOS 7 lists Jerusalem without country

Taipei & Vatican City are the 2 other cities listed in the World Clock without a country in Apple’s new operating system.

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Apple’s new iOS 7 operating system, like its predecessor, lists Jerusalem without a country.

The iPhone 5s

The iPhone 5s – Photo by AP

Jerusalem is one of only three cities to be listed in the World Clock without a country, The Blaze reported this week. The others are Vatican City and Taipei.

World Clock screenshot

The Blaze showed a screenshot of the World Clock in a post on Sept. 22.

On Tuesday, Jerusalem did not appear on the list. Continue Reading »

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| September 24, 2013
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Jewish Couple & Child, Narrowly Escape Arab Mob in Jerusalem

Young Jewish couple, with their 4 yr-old son, barely escape Arab lynch-mob; “if they’d had a gun, we would have left there dead.”

By Oranit Etzer

 

A young Jewish couple from the town of Beit El, along with their four year-old son, narrowly escaped death after an Arab lynch mob attacked their car near Jerusalem’s A-Tur neighborhood.

One of the rocks hurled by attackers – Photo: Asaf Bruchi

Asaf and Naama Bruchi were travelling through the largely Arab neighborhood when their car stopped in traffic. Suddenly, they were pelted by rocks and other missiles, and found their car surrounded by Arab thugs. Continue Reading »

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| September 23, 2013
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Bennett to Christian Leaders: ‘Stop the lies, Jerusalem isn’t occupied’

 

Bayit Yehudi leader tells visiting legislators, “Whoever thinks our capital of 3,000 years is occupied doesn’t understand anything.”

By LAHAV HARKOV

 

 

“Succot is a very Israeli holiday. When we sit in temporary huts, we can appreciate the fact that we have a permanent country,” Economy and Trade Minister Naftali Bennett told a group of Christian legislators on Sunday.

Naftali Bennett at a Bayit Yehudi faction meeting, February 18, 2013.

Naftali Bennett at a Bayit Yehudi faction meeting. – Photo: Marc Israel Sellem/The Jerusalem Post

The lawmakers, from the US, European Union, Canada, Brazil, Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Macedonia, Poland, South Africa, Guatemala, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia and Uruguay, are attending the Israel Allies Foundation Jerusalem Chairman’s Conference.

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| September 21, 2013
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View Jerusalem – Just Unbelievably Stunning

New ‘Jerusalem’ IMAX Movie By National Geographic Is Just Unbelievably Stunning

(EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS & VIDEO from The Huffington Post)

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Jerusalem is one of the world’s most important cities, held sacred by three religious traditions, and it’s now possible to virtually visit its holy places in an unprecedented way thanks to the vision and daring of the team behind “Jerusalem,” a new giant screen film presented by National Geographic Entertainment.

Producers Taran Davies, George Duffield, and Daniel Ferguson faced huge challenges to gain access to sacred spaces as well as the airspace above the holy city, which is usually a no-fly zone. Continue Reading »

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| September 8, 2013
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Jerusalem gets Iron Dome battery

 

Israel’s Iron Dome Missile defense battery was set up just outside the capital ‘in accordance with IDF ‘situation assessments’

By Yoav Zitu

The Air Force set up an Iron dome missile defense battery in the Jerusalem area on Sunday, as the United States lobbied for domestic and international support for military strikes against Syria. The decision was made after situation assessments by the IDF.

Iron Dome near Jerusalem, Sunday

Iron Dome near Jerusalem, Sunday – Courtesy

A military spokeswoman would not comment on the deployment, saying only that “defense systems are deployed in accordance with situation assessments.”

Late last month, Iran’s army chief of staff General Hassan Firouzabadi warned: “Any military action against Syria will drive the Zionists to the edge of fire.” Continue Reading »

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| September 6, 2013
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At least 15 Arab stone-throwers arrested as Palestinians & police clash on Temple Mount

Israel Police use stun grenades to disperse crowd of youths throwing stones at them.

Similar Arab violence took place only days earlier.

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At least 15 arrests were made at the Temple Mount on Friday, as Palestinian youths and police clashed at the sacred site only days after similar clashes took place there.

Video still of clashes at the Temple Mount on Wednesday.

Palestinian stone throwers at the Temple Mount on Wednesday. – Screenshot

The youths threw stones at the police officers, who were at Mughrabi Gate entrance to the site in the Old City of Jerusalem. Police entered the Temple Mount and used stun grenades to disperse the crowd. Continue Reading »

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| August 26, 2013
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Video: 3 Arabs Killed in Kalandiya Riot against IDF

IDF: After security forces entered neighborhood to carry out an arrest, they were attacked with “extreme violence” by hundreds of Arabs and forced to take defensive measures.

By Kochava Rozenbaum & Gil Ronen

 

Arab sources said Monday morning that three Arabs were shot dead in Kalandiya, north of Jerusalem, in a clash with the IDF, and 19 were wounded.

An initial IDF inquiry shows that Border Police were attacked with fire bombs, rocks and bottles, and had to resort to live fire.

The IDF said Monday that the incident took place during nighttime activity by security forces for the arrest of a wanted man in Kalandiya. Continue Reading »

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| August 20, 2013
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Arab Slaps Random Jew in Attack on Jerusalem’s Light Rail

Jewish man in Jerusalem becomes target to random attack in what seems to be anti-Jewish motivated incident.

By Arutz Sheva staff

 

A Jewish man from the Binyamin region was assaulted Monday in a random attack on the light rail train in Jerusalem. The young man told Arutz Sheva that he was targeted by a group of Arab youths, apparently due to his recognizably Jewish appearance.

The Jerusalem Light Rail – Photo IsraelandStuff/PP

He was part of a group traveling to a birthday party in Jerusalem, he recalled. The group sat toward the front of the train.

As the train passed by the Beit Hanina neighborhood, three Arab youths approached their group, he said. Continue Reading »

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| August 13, 2013
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Jerusalem Construction ‘ is Merely a Drop in the Ocean’

Jerusalem city representative enthusiastically welcomes the 200 new housing units, but remarks, ‘I would be happier if it were 8,000.’

By Maayana Miskin

 

The decision to allow construction projects in Jerusalem neighborhoods east and south of the 1949 armistice line is a good one, says Attorney Herzl Yehezkel, a city representative from the neighborhood of Homat Shmuel.

However, he told Arutz Sheva, Jerusalem’s fast-growing population needs far more housing than the few hundred units that will be built.

“I would be happy if they were building 8,000 units instead of 800,” he said. “The little bit that they are marketing is merely a drop in the ocean.” Continue Reading »

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| August 10, 2013
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J’lem Mayor: If peace fails to materialize because of Jerusalem, so be it

 

Nir Barkat, running for re-election as Jerusalem’s Mayor has big plans for Jerusalem, & none of them has anything to do with dividing it.

Barket says mayoral challenger, Moshe Lion, is supported by backroom wheeler-dealers & doesn’t even reside in the capital.

By Shlomo Cesana

 

When Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat was asked in private conversations why he believed that after five successful years on the job, two wily, veteran politicians — Yisrael Beytenu Chairman Avigdor Lieberman and Shas Chairman Aryeh Deri — had decided to challenge his position as mayor with their candidate, Moshe Lion, he replied: “There were political wheeler-dealers who tried to find out from me whether they could get what they wanted in exchange for their support for me.

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| August 7, 2013
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Israeli scientists & ministers to PM: Don’t cut ties with EU

Academics & Ministers voice concern over Naftali Bennett’s suggestion of ending cooperation with the EU because of their new settlement guidelines.

‘Israel works in the global arena. The problems we are working on are relevant for the entire world. So is our industry, it’s int’l & it’s the engine of our economy.’

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Israeli scientists warn that cutting ties with the European Union could cause irreparable harm to Israeli research. The researchers were reacting to Economy Ministry Naftali Bennett‘s call for the Israeli government to end all cooperation with the EU in response to new guidelines banning funding to Israeli entities with ties to West Bank settlements, East Jerusalem or the Golan Heights. Continue Reading »

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| August 4, 2013
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Congressmen circulated bill to move US Embassy to Jerusalem

 

New Bipartisan bill now being circulated highlights cost savings to U.S. Gov’t

Congressman ‘committed to unity of Jerusalem as Israel’s undivided capital for historical, biblical & moral reasons’

By Ynetnews

 

Members of Congress have introduced legislation that would transfer the US Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, sending a message of commitment and resolve to Israel and also presenting the US government with a cost-saving measure at a time of major budget cuts.

 

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U.S. Embassy building on Hayarkon Street in Tel Aviv, – Photo: Ariel Schalit

The bipartisan bill, known as the Recognition of Jerusalem as the Capital of the State of Israel Act (H.R. Continue Reading »

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