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Legislation recently passed by the Knesset is meant to dismantle the Palestinian education system in East Jerusalem.
News Israel » Jerusalem » Religion: Emergency Christianity summit held in Jerusalem to face global rise in antisemitism
JERUSALEM — The International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ) convened an emergency summit this week amid growing concern over the global rise in antisemitism following the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023.
News Israel » Jerusalem » Religion: Jerusalem Film Festival Founder Urges Palestinian Filmmakers To Join
The boss of Israel’s Jerusalem Film Festival, Roni Mahadav-Levin, has written an open letter urging Palestinian filmmakers to take part in next year's edition. "To artists around the world, and ...
News Israel » Jerusalem » Religion: From Israel to the US, Vice President JD Vance isn't shy about his religion
JERUSALEM – JD Vance lowered himself to kneel on a crimson cushion. Head bowed and eyes closed, he raised his right hand to his forehead, chest and left shoulder, before placing his palm on the ...
News Israel » Jerusalem » Religion: Jerusalem: More than 70 million Christians expected to join global prayer event for Israel
Jerusalem is set to host what organizers say will be the world's largest annual Christian gathering in support of Israel, with more than 70 million people across 175 countries expected to participate ...
News Israel » Jerusalem » Religion: Thousands of Israeli nationalists chant 'death to Arabs' during annual procession through Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (AP) — The march commemorates Jerusalem Day, which marks Israel’s capture of east Jerusalem, including the Old City and its holy sites sacred to Jews, Christians and Muslims, in the 1967 ...
News Israel » Jerusalem » Religion: Israel to allow Church leaders to celebrate Holy Week, Easter at holy sites, Latin patriarchate says
Herzog also reaffirmed Israel's "unwavering commitment to freedom of religion for all faiths and to upholding the status quo at the holy sites of Jerusalem." In its March 30 statement, the Latin ...
News Israel » Jerusalem » Religion: Israeli crews target UN facilities for Palestinian refugees in east Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (AP) — Crews began bulldozing the United Nations Relief and Works Agency‘s offices in Sheikh Jarrah and fired tear gas at a vocational school in Qalandia, marking Israel’s latest and most ...
News Israel » Jerusalem » Religion: A third temple in Jerusalem: Why three faiths - and the world - are on edge
An image plastered across dailies this Saturday morning showed thousands of Muslim devotees offering their prayers on the first Friday of Ramadan at the Al Aqsa Mosque on Jerusalem's Temple Mount.
News Israel » Jerusalem » Religion: The Café Destroying Jerusalem
The Café Destroying Jerusalem. There is something deeply unsettling about a society in which a person can be accused of “destroying Jerusalem” simply for wanting to drink a q ...