Worshipers celebrate as violence escalates in tense Jerusalem
The airstrikes were followed by fresh rockets fired from the Gaza Strip, and at around 6:15 am (0415 GMT), Israeli jets carried out new strikes on the area, according to AFP reporters. No injuries were reported after the first series of raids. Earlier, dozens of protesters took to the streets in Gaza overnight and burned […]
scene in the synagogue Friday’s attack outside the synagogue was the deadliest in the Jerusalem area since 2008. It took place in the neighborhood on land that Israel occupied after capturing Jerusalem in the 1967 Middle East war, in a move that was not recognized internationally. The gunman, Khairy Alkam, was a 21-year-old Palestinian from […]
Seven people were killed and 10 others wounded in a shooting at a synagogue on the outskirts of Jerusalem on Friday. Israel’s Foreign Ministry gave this information. Israel’s ambulance service put the death toll at five, and said that another five people were injured and transported to hospitals, including a 70-year-old woman. Israeli police described […]
Netanyahu’s conservative Likud party now retains the defense and foreign ministries. But the optics around Ben-Gvir and Smotrich may still prove inflammable for him – for example, if one visits or prays at Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa Mosque compound, a symbol of Palestinian nationalism. It is also the holiest site for Judaism. Ancient Temple. Netanyahu’s last […]
Palestinians have long sought the east of the city, which Israel captured in the 1967 war and subsequently annexed as the capital of a future state not recognized internationally. Tensions can arise sporadically between Israelis and Palestinians, especially around the Al-Aqsa Mosque, one of the most volatile holy sites in the Middle East. A lesson […]