On the outskirts west of Jerusalem, a burial chamber was disturbed long before scientists reached it, its contents partly scattered and partly preserved by chance. What remained did not look remarkable at first glance: broken pottery, mixed human remains, and soil already altered by construction and looting. Yet within that disorder lay material that would […]
WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum is behind the largest single donation ever made to an Israeli hospital. Co-founder and former CEO of WhatsApp Jan Koum has created a ripple as he donated $200 million to Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, the largest single donation ever made to an Israeli hospital. While Koum is known for […]
Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Second from the left, walks in a procession during the Palm Sunday Mass in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed by many to be the site of the crucifixion and burial of Jesus Christ, in Jerusalem’s Old City, Sunday, March 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg) For […]
Video of the moment when Iranian strike struck Jerusalem An Iranian missile struck Jerusalem during Eid al-Fitr, landing just a few hundred metres from the holiest sites in the world for Muslims, Christians and Jews.Footage shows the moment a fragment from an Iranian ballistic missile fell into Jerusalem’s Old City, with plumes of smoke rising […]
Iran’s hard-line former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (File photo) Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a hardline figure known for his confrontational rhetoric and role in Tehran’s nuclear defiance, was reportedly killed during Israeli airstrikes inside Iran on Saturday. According to media reports like Israeli outlet Ma’ariv quoted by NY Post, Ahmadinejad was under house arrest at […]
Israel seizes UNRWA compound in Jerusalem (Image credit: X) Israeli forces demolished buildings inside a United Nations Palestinian refugee agency compound in East Jerusalem on Tuesday, after seizing the site last year. The demolition, which UNRWA has called illegal, included several large structures previously used for storing aid. Israel claims the compound doesn’t have immunity […]
Photo credit: AP, X/@i24NEWS_EN A 14-year-old boy was killed and at least three other teenagers were injured Tuesday night when a bus struck ultra-Orthodox protesters during a mass anti-conscription demonstration in Jerusalem, reported The Times of Israel.The fatal incident reportedly occurred in the Romema neighborhood, where tens of thousands of Haredim had gathered to protest […]
Georgia GOP Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene said that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was critical of Israel while his principal opponent, Maria Corina Machado, was a major supporter of the country. Greene wrote on X: “Venezuela is a predominantly Catholic country with very strong laws against abortion with the exception being the life of the mother,” […]
After Israel and Hamas agreed on the phase one of the peace deal, US President Donald Trump is expected to visit Jerusalem on Sunday.According to a statement from office of Israel’s President Isaac Herzog, events schedule on Sunday were cancelled “in light of the expected release of the hostages, and… the upcoming visit of President […]
The United States will shut its embassy in Jerusalem from Wednesday through Friday as the conflict between Israel and Iran intensifies, the State Department announced on Tuesday.“Given the security situation and in compliance with Israel Home Front Command guidance, the US Embassy in Jerusalem will be closed tomorrow (Wednesday, June 18) through Friday (June 20). […]
