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| May 19, 2013
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Arabs Sneak Through Jerusalem Security Wall

Arab protesters break huge hole in Israel’s security barrier, cross into Jerusalem & are welcomed with rubber bullets by Israel Border Guard.

By Maayana Miskin

 

Dozens of Arab men held a protest Friday against the security barrier that runs between Abu Dis and Jerusalem.

'Returning' from Israel after being fired at with rubber bullets - Screenshot

‘Returning’ from Israel after being fired at with rubber bullets – Screenshot

As part of the protest, the men took large hammers and created a gaping hole in the wall. Several men used the hole to enter Jerusalem without going through a security checkpoint.

The protest was part of the “Nakba Day” events in which Arabs mourn the creation of the state of Israel. Continue Reading »

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| May 17, 2013
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8 policemen injured in mass Haredi protest against draft

The demonstration was not backed by Shteinman and the mainstream Haredi leadership, although they are vigorously opposed to the enlistment of yeshiva students.

By JEREMY SHARON


 

 

A demonstration staged by the radical Eda Haredit organization turned violent Thursday night, with haredi protestors throwing rocks, glass bottles and other objects at police, injuring at least eight officers, two of whom were taken to hospital in moderate condition.

Haredi demonstration against IDF enlistment legislation in Jerusalem, May 16, 2013

Haredi demonstration against IDF enlistment legislation in Jerusalem, May 16, 2013 Photo: Marc Israel Sellem/The Jerusalem Post

The police made at least ten arrests and fired a water cannon to disperse violent protesters.

Between 25 to 30 thousand haredi men protested against government plans to draft ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students.

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| May 12, 2013
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Mistaken utterance, or did EU’s Ashton give Jews equal rights to pray in Jerusalem

Statement by EU high representative Ashton called for full religious freedom in Jerusalem while defending non-Jews.

Jews wonder if that also means allowing Jews the right to pray at their Most Holy site, the Temple Mount.

By Ryan Jones

 

Israel might have just scored European Union support for finally allowing Jews the right to pray atop Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, the holiest site in the world for Jews and many Christians.

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton with Salam Fayyad - Reuters

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton with Salam Fayyad – Reuters

Whether or not it was her intent, EU High Representative Catherine Ashton on Friday issued a call for religious freedom in Jerusalem that by definition must also include Jewish access to the Temple Mount. Continue Reading »

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| May 8, 2013
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Jews attacked on Jerusalem Day at the Temple Mount for praying

5 Jewish men faced Muslim mob for crime of praying on Temple Mount.

Knesset to review present law prohibiting non-Muslim worship at the Jews most holy site.

By Ryan Jones

 

Five Jewish men were arrested on Wednesday for quietly praying atop Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, an expression of faith that caused the many Muslims around them to explode in fury.

Police stationed at the sensitive holy site said a mob of Muslims gathered around the Jewish men, hurling insults and nearly coming to blows before Islamic officials stepped in to restore calm on the condition the Jewish worshipers be arrested.

Jews and Christians are forbidden to pray atop the Temple Mount for fear of upsetting the Muslims that currently control the complex. Continue Reading »

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| May 7, 2013
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Israeli MK seeks new law addressing freedom of prayer at Kotel

Israel’s Attorney General decides not to appeal Jerusalem court’s ruling that essentially enables women to pray as they choose at Western Wall.

Women of the Wall to continue their monthly service as usual on Friday, but Minister Naftali Bennett plans to set new regulations by next month.

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Israel’s Minister of Religious Affairs Naftali Bennett plans to present new regulations for Jewish holy places that could restrict the right of Women of the Wall to pray as they see fit in the future, though he promised to formulate the new rules with input from the women’s group.

Young women wrap themselves in Israeli flags at the Western Wall

Young women wrap themselves in Israeli flags at the Western Wall.

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| May 6, 2013
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Statistics: Jews Far More Happy to be Living in Jerusalem Than Arabs

Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics just released a mountain of Jerusalem-related statistics, just in time for Jerusalem Day.

By David Lev

 

Jerusalem is Israel’s biggest city, the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) announced Monday. In a slew of Jerusalem-related statistics, released in honor of Jerusalem Day, to be celebrated later this week, the CBS announced that at the end of 2011, there were 804,400 people living in the city, 499,400 (62%) of them Jewish. Of the rest, 281,000 (35%) were Muslim, 14,700 (2%) Christian, and 9,000 (1%) “other” or no declared religion. In addition, 200 Druze lived in the city. Continue Reading »

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| May 5, 2013
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Jerusalem residents protest for right to have movie theater opened on Saturdays

Jerusalem residents & activists rally against a municipality agreement which dictates that currently under construction Cinema City, will be closed on Shabbat.


‘Logic says that we should win,’ one protester says. Jerusalem Deputy mayor says that’s highly unlikely.

By Noam (Dabul) Dvir

Dozens of Jerusalem residents joined a protest at Safra Square on Saturday, calling on the municipality to open a new compound containing restaurants and a movie theater on Saturdays and holidays.

According to the agreement between the Finance Ministry, the property developer and the municipality, the Cinema City compound which is located at Jerusalem’s International Convention Center parking lot and is scheduled to open in the coming months – will work only on weekdays. Continue Reading »

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| May 2, 2013
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BBC blocks documentary: Jewish exodus from Jerusalem is ‘myth’

Israeli-born filmmaker accuses BBC of bowing to ‘political naivete’ & succumbing to political pressure.

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An Israeli-born filmmaker is slamming the British Broadcasting Corp. for pulling his documentary on the Jewish exodus from Jerusalem in 70 A.D.

Destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem

“Destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem,” Francesco Hayez (1867).

Ilan Ziv said in a blog post on April 27 that the BBC exhibited “a mixture of incompetence, political naivete, conscious or subconscious political pressure and ultimately, I believe, a lack of courage of broadcasters when they are faced with the complexity of the Middle East issue and the intense emotions, fears and aggression it generates.” Continue Reading »

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| May 1, 2013
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Jerusalem Municipality to build 2-line cable car to Dung Gate & Kotel

Jerusalem Municipality to build 2-line cable car system to connect Dung Gate with points East & West, transporting 6,000 passengers per hour.

Mayor Barkat says it will be a unique tourist attraction & transportation solution for the city.

By Yori Yalon and Israel Hayom Staff

The Jerusalem Municipality is moving forward with a plan to build a cable car system that will bring visitors to and from the Western Wall.

An visual rendering of the planned cable car system in Jerusalem. – Photo: Mor Dagan

One line will connect Dung Gate (the Old City gate closest to the Western Wall) with the Mount of Olives to the east.

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| April 28, 2013
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French court renders verdict: Jerusalem light rail doesn’t violate int’l law

French court dismisses claim that French firms violated human rights by building the transit system  through “occupied territory”.

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A French court ruled that Israel did not violate international law by building a light rail line in eastern Jerusalem.

Jerusalem’s light rail – Photo: IsraelandStuff.com/PP

 

The ruling on March 22 by the Versailles Court of Appeals came in response to a lawsuit filed in 2007 by the Palestine Liberation Organization and the France-Palestine Solaridite association against three French firms that participated in the construction of the light rail network. The plaintiffs claimed that the firms were responsible for human rights and international law violations. Continue Reading »

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| April 26, 2013
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Mayor Barkat secures funding for Jerusalem ‘Formula 1’ racing

 

Funding approved despite opposition from ultra-Orthodox city council members, who saw the cost a waste of valuable funds.

By DANIEL K. EISENBUD


 

 
Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat’s much-touted June Formula One “Peace Road Show” was nearly disqualified for a false start Thursday, before being approved in a last-minute City Council meeting that night.
Ferrari Formula One driver Fernando Alonso of Spain

Ferrari Formula One driver Fernando Alonso of Spain – Photo: REUTERS

The road show made headlines when it was announced earlier this month, but the Finance Committee had yet to approve the transfer of NIS 2.5 million to fund the event, due to opposition within the committee and from religious groups, Ynet reported.

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| April 26, 2013
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Gaza Rulers Blasts PA for Postponing Anti-Israel Resolutions

Hamas condemns PA compromise which allows the PA to postpone anti-Israel resolutions in exchange for a UNESCO ‘investigation’ on Jerusalem.

By Elad Benari

 

Gaza’s Hamas terrorist rulers condemned on Thursday a decision by the Palestinian Authority to postpone five UNESCO resolutions against Israel.

David's Citadel - IsraelandStuff-PP

David’s Citadel, Jerusalem – Photo: IsraelandStuff/PP

“This step is like a reward to the occupation for its crimes and violations,” Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum said in a statement quoted by the Bethlehem-based Ma’an news agency.

“It is a contribution in erasing the Arabic and Islamic identity of Jerusalem, and it encourages the occupation to continue its Judaization program,” Barhoum said. Continue Reading »

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| April 24, 2013
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Jordan Reports: Israel to Allow UNESCO to ‘Investigate’ Old City

Jordan reports that Israel has agreed to allow the UN mission to “investigate & assess” heritage conservation site in Jerusalem’s Old City.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

 

Jordan said on Tuesday that Israel has agreed to allow a UN mission to “investigate and assess” heritage conservation in Jerusalem’s Old City for the first time since 2004.

The Temple Mount, Judaism's holiest site for well over 3,000 years.

The Temple Mount, Judaism’s holiest site for well over 3,000 years.

 

“Jordan and Palestine, supported by Arab states, succeeded in pressuring Israel, for the first time since 2004, to accept and facilitate a UNESCO experts’ mission to investigate and assess the status of heritage and conservation of the Old City of Jerusalem and its walls,” a palace statement said, according to a report in the AFP news agency. Continue Reading »

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| April 20, 2013
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EU Favors Labelling of ‘Settlement Products’

Report: EU foreign ministers support efforts to label products from Judea, Samaria & ‘East-Jerusalem’.

By Elad Benari, Canada

 

 

EU foreign ministers, among them Britain’s William Hague and Laurent Fabius of France, have said they will back EU efforts to label products from Israeli communities in Judea, Samaria and eastern Jerusalem, according to a letter obtained by AFP on Friday.

“We warmly welcome your commitment to work with fellow commissioners to prepare EU-wide guidelines on the labelling of settlement produce,” said the letter by 13 ministers, addressed to EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and dated April 12.

“This is an important step to ensure correct and coherent application of EU consumer protection and labelling legislation, which is in fulfillment of our previous commitments and is fully consistent with long-standing EU policy in relation to Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories,” the letter said, according to AFP. Continue Reading »

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| April 18, 2013
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Kerry: Palestinians & Israel have 2 years to make peace

U.S. secretary of state did not spell out to the House Foreign Affairs Committee, why he believes so little time is left for a 2-state solution saying, “I think we have some period of time a year to year-and-a-half to two years, or it’s over.”

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Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday underlined the difficulty he will face in trying to chart a path toward Mideast peace, urging patience on the details of any two-state plan while stressing that Israel and the Palestinians might only have two years left for a deal.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry testifies before the House Foreign Affairs Committee


U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry testifies before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on April 17, 2013 – Photo: AFP

He told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that he was committed to breaking a logjam that includes nearly no Israeli-Palestinian talks in the past 4 years and no solution in sight after more than six decades of conflict. Continue Reading »

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