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| November 7, 2012
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Border Guard Stabbed with 7 more Cops Injured in Jerusalem Riot

A Border Guard officer was stabbed Tuesday night when rock-throwers in the Arab Shuafat neighborhood of Jerusalem rioted.

By David Lev

 

A Border Guards officer was wounded Tuesday night when Arabs in the Shuafat area of Jerusalem rioted. The officer was stabbed by one of the rioters. At least seven other officers were injured by rocks thrown by the rioters.

Three of the officers, including the stabbing victim, were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment, as was the attacker who allegedly stabbed the officer.

Police and Border Guards were attempting to quell the riot. Police arrested a 17-year-old Arab rioter in connection with the stabbing. Continue Reading »

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| November 6, 2012
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Israel Issues Tenders for 1,200 New Homes in Metro-Jerusalem Area

Peace Now reports that Israel has formally issued new tenders for an additional 1,213 homes in areas of Jerusalem returned to the country after the 6-Day War.

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

 

Israel has issued tenders for additional 1,213 homes in areas of Jerusalem restored to the country after the Six-Day War, according to the anti-nationalist Peace Now organization, quoted by AFP.

Maaleh Zeitim area in eastern Jerusalem

Maaleh Zeitim area in eastern Jerusalem
Israel News Photo: JCDF

The report was based on Peace Now’s citing tenders published by the Israeli Housing Ministry, for 607 units in the northern Jerusalem area of Pisgat Ze’ev and 606 units in Ramot, located near the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway. Continue Reading »

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| November 4, 2012
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Jerusalem honors Churchill with bronze statue

MK Isaac Herzog: “It is important to preserve Churchill’s legacy, having led the world to victory against the Nazi tyrant, in Jerusalem, the city of peace of freedom.”

Bronze statue of wartime British PM, created by the late Jewish sculptor Oscar Nemon, to be unveiled in Jerusalem city garden.

By Yori Yalon

 

MK Isaac Herzog (Labor) and the Jerusalem Foundation will inaugurate a large statue of former British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill at the Yael Garden near Jerusalem’s Old City on Sunday.

The bronze statue of Sir Winston Churchilll will be placed in the Yael Garden, near Jerusalem’s Old City.

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| November 2, 2012
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Jerusalem Mayor Barkat: Let My People Pray!

Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat calls for end of Jewish discrimination, Jews should be allowed to pray on the Temple Mount.

By Maayana Miskin

 

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat has come out against the ongoing discrimination against Jews on the Temple Mount. Jews are prohibited to pray on the Mount, which is the holiest place in the world according to Judaism, and many have even been arrested for moving their lips at the site.

The matter is ultimately in the government’s hands, Barkat said, and not in the hands of Jerusalem leaders. His own opinion is “to let every person pray on the Temple Mount,” he said. Continue Reading »

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| October 30, 2012
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Yair Lapid says in Ariel address, he won’t join cabinet that stalls peace talks with PA

Yesh Atid party head Yair Lapid, attacks Netanyahu for saying Palestinians were not a ‘partner’ for peace & says Israel must retain control of an undivided Jerusalem.

By Revital Hovel

 

The Yesh Atid party won’t join a government that continues to avoid resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, party head Yair Lapid said in a speech at the Ariel University Center of Samaria on Tuesday.

Yair Lapid speaking in Beit Shemesh

Yair Lapid speaking in Beit Shemesh, Oct. 28, 2012. – Photo by Olivier Fitoussi

Lapid’s comments and criticism of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s policies came a day after Netanyahu’s Likud party voted to approve a merger with Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman’s Yisrael Beiteinu, finalizing the move first announced by the two party leaders last week. Continue Reading »

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| October 29, 2012
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Next Step Approved in Jerusalem for Homes for Retired IDF & Police

Peace Now says Israel has taken the next step in building new homes for retired police & IDF troops in Jerusalem neighborhoods.

By Chana Ya’ar

 

Israel has taken the next step in the process of building new homes for retired police and IDF troops in parts of Jerusalem restored to the city in the 1967 Six Day War. A plan to build the new neighborhood is being marketed to potential developers, according to the leftist Peace Now organization.

Construction in Gilo

Construction in Gilo – Reuters

A spokeswoman for the group, Hagit Ofran told the AFP news agency the Israel Land Administration released 180 units for development last week.  Continue Reading »

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| October 10, 2012
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Jerusalem Will Host 2015 Int’l Space Convention

 

Int’l Astronautic Federation to hold 2015 convention in Jerusalem; ‘Israel is an int’l power in the field,’ says Science & Technology Ministry

By Ynet

 

The International Astronautical Federation announced over the weekend, that Israel was chosen to host the 2015 annual Astronautic convention, during its congress meeting in Napoli, Italy.

Israeli communication satellite (Photo: Space Communications)

Israeli communication satellite – Photo: Space Communications

The Israeli Space Agency’s proposal was favored by more than half of the federation member-nations, beating the Thai and Mexican proposals.

“The Israeli proposal emphasized its uniqueness and Jerusalem‘s special character, as well as the government support in hosting the convention,” said a statement by the Science and Technology Ministry. Continue Reading »

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| September 27, 2012
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Jerusalem not Listed as Israel’s Capital, According to Map of Apple’s new iOS6 System

According to report in The Algemeiner, Apple’s operating system lists Jerusalem without an affiliated country.

By JTA and Haaretz

 

The map included in Apple’s new iOS6 operating system reportedly does not show Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

Every other country on the map has its capital listed, The Algemeiner reported Tuesday.

Jerusalem Old City

The Old City as it appears today. – Photo by Michal Fattal

In addition, the world clock included in the operating system lists Jerusalem without an affiliated country — the only city to be included that way, the paper said.

Apple did not respond to JTA requests for comment. Continue Reading »

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| September 15, 2012
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Dore Gold on Jerusalem and US politics

Jerusalem had a profound influence on Carter’s re-election campaign: On March 1, 1980, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 465, which also called for dismantling Jewish neighborhoods that had been built in Jerusalem. Carter lost the Jewish vote.

One of the strangest episodes at the Democratic Party convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, was the controversy that erupted over how Jerusalem would appear in the party’s platform. Unlike the Democratic party platform in the last three presidential elections, the platform initially this year dropped any reference to Jerusalem being the capital of Israel. New York Senator Charles Schumer said that it was a mistake to take Jerusalem out of the platform.

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| September 14, 2012
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Only Islamic State Can Calm the Rage Chant Arab Protesters in Northern Israel

Arab protesters in the northern Israeli city of Akko say that “only a large and strong Muslim state can calm the rage.”

By Elad Benari, Canada

 

A group of Arab protesters in the northern Israeli city of Akko had one message for the world on Friday, Channel 2 News reported.

Burnt pick-up truck during clashes between protesters and riot police in Cairo

Burnt pick-up truck during clashes between protesters and riot police in Cairo- AFP/Khaled Desouki

“Only a large and strong Muslim state can calm the rage,” the report quoted several dozen Arab demonstrators in the city as having said.

The Arabs were part of a group who demonstrated after Friday prayers in Akko against an anti-Islam film that has sparked outrage in the Muslim world. Continue Reading »

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| September 11, 2012
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Rupert Murdoch: King David Was Right, Jerusalem is Israel’s Capital

At an investment meeting in NYC, media mogul Rupert Murdoch said, “What was right for King David is right for me. Jerusalem is the capital.”

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

 

Media mogul and investor Rudolph Murdoch, who is not Jewish, told an “Innovate, Invest Israel’ conference in New York City, “What was right for King David is right for me. Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.”

The conference is jointly sponsored by The Wall Street Journal.

Murdoch also said, “Twenty years ago my company invested in a small company in a small Jerusalem apartment, and what I gained from this company in terms of capital returns and technologically was critical to my company in the last few years.” Continue Reading »

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| August 23, 2012
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Once AGAIN, Abbas apparently denies Jewish link to Jerusalem

Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas said that unabated attacks “under the nose of the Israeli occupation authorities” seek to “rob Muslims & Christians of their holy shrines, destroy Al-Aqsa mosque and build the alleged Jewish Temple.”

By Israel Hayom Staff

 

A “series” of attacks on the Temple Mount “under the nose of the Israeli occupation authorities” seek “to rob Muslims and Christians of their holy shrines, destroy Al-Aqsa mosque and build the alleged Jewish Temple,” according to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.

Al-Aqsa mosque – Photo: Phillip Pasmanick

Al-Aqsa mosque – Photo: Phillip Pasmanick

In a statement issued to mark the 43rd anniversary of an arson attack on Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, Abbas said that the third holiest shrine in Islam is still under threat.

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| August 19, 2012
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Ya’alon: Jerusalem, Judea & Samaria attacks against Arabs are terrorism

Jerusalem Mayor Barkat condemns violence and calls for co-existence. Vice premier attributes 2 incidents to a moral & educational failure. Ya’alon calls on elected officials to ensure “heinous” acts are not repeated.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

Vice Premier Moshe Ya’alon Sunday described two violent attacks against Arabs over the weekend in Judea and Samaria and Jerusalem as “hate crimes” and “terrorist acts.” He called the attacks “totally unacceptable and outrageous” and ascribed their incidence to a moral and educational failure that goes against Jewish ethics and values.

Ya’alon wrote on his Twitter account that Israel cannot afford such phenomena and that it is the duty of elected officials to use all the tools at their disposal to fight an all-out war to ensure these “heinous acts” are not repeated.

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| August 16, 2012
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Jerusalem hosts the ‘Genius Conference’, the Asian Science Camp

 

About 300 of Asian & Pacific countries’ sharpest scientific minds will gather in Jerusalem for the prestigious summit; as Israel will present the largest delegation

By Itamar Eichner

Jerusalem will be hosting this year’s Asian Science Camp – one of the world’s most important summits to promote young scientists from Asia and Pacific countries. Participants will not engage in competitions but will have the opportunity to show the world what Israel is made of.

Albert Einstein - on the logo Photo: Getty Images

Albert Einstein , on the logo – Photo: Getty Images

The ASC (Asian Science Camp) is held every six years, each year in a different country from among the participants. Continue Reading »

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| August 14, 2012
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Residents not Worried that Jerusalem Lacks Bomb Shelters

Survey shows older neighborhoods of Jerusalem haven’t enough bomb shelters, but the residents are nonchalant.

 

Jerusalem does not have enough public bomb shelters in older neighborhoods, but that doesn’t really bother residents of those neighborhoods, The Jerusalem Post found on Tuesday during an informal survey judging the city’s readiness for emergency situations.

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Israelis sit in a bomb shelter – Photo: Amir Cohen / Reuters

According to a municipality spokeswoman, there are approximately 200 public bomb shelters concentrated in the city center and south of the city. Newer neighborhoods, including Ramot, Gilo, Pisgat Zeev, and Ramat Eshkol, are better prepared because later zoning laws required contractors to build bomb shelters within new buildings.

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