Thousands attend Jerusalem funeral
MOURNING THE VICTIMS:THOUSANDS OF mourners in Jerusalem yesterday took part in an emotional farewell to the four victims of Monday’s shooting at the Jewish school in Toulouse.
March 22, 2012
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Nathan Englander's humor pierces "What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank'
Nathan Englander is a master at putting remarks into the mouths of ordinary people that distill entire streams of politics and religion. Then he lets them face off in cheeky dialogue
March 21, 2012
Tags: a-deadly-one, a-living-right, argentina, deeply-literate, englander, into-the-mouths, israeli, Jerusalem, Jewish, mohamed-atta, opens-the-title, ordinary-people, south-florida, think-it-gives Posted in: Anne Frank Comments Closed
Former Palestinian PM calls for one state
Published: March. 18, 2012 at 7:38 AM RAMALLAH, West Bank, March 18 (UPI) — Former Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia is urging consideration of a one-state solution with Israel despite “endless problems” it will raise. A “one-state solution, despite the endless problems it embraces, is one of the solutions that we should be contemplating through an internal dialogue,” Qureia, one of the architects of the Oslo Accords, wrote in the London-based al-Quds al-Arabi Saturday
March 18, 2012
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Holy Land Leaders: Muslims, Jews, Christians Link to Save the Planet
/sustainability/article/44139 Can mobilizing the world’s faithful save the planet where activists without faith have failed? Muslim, Jewish and Christian leaders will be speaking out on climate change next week, while conveying their shared visions on renewable energy at the Interfaith Climate and Energy Conference. It will be held in Jerusalem on Monday, March 19th and you the public are invited to attend
March 16, 2012
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Israeli court acquits 2 men accused of forging burial box of Jesus' brother
JERUSALEM – Is the purported burial box of Jesus’ brother James fake or authentic? Seven years of trial, testimony from dozens of experts and a 475-page verdict Wednesday failed to come up with an answer. A Jerusalem judge, citing reasonable doubt, acquitted Israeli collector Oded Golan, who was charged with forging the inscription on the box once hailed as the first physical link to Christ
March 15, 2012
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Jerusalem municipality promotes housing for young couples
The Jerusalem municipality last week published a tender for the construction of about 1,000 residential units for young families in the Kiryat Hayovel neighborhood, instead of 53 luxury villas that were supposed to be built there under a previous plan that was scrapped. The construction will form part of an urban renewal project in the Olswanger Street complex (on the slopes of Kiryat Hayovel in the direction of Ein Karem ), for which the municipality will soon publish an urban planning program
March 13, 2012
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West Bank: Jewish settlers agree to leave Migron settlement
Jewish settlers signed an agreement with the Israeli government on Sunday to leave an illegal settlement in the West Bank, according to Reuters. According to the AFP, the Migron settlement is the largest and oldest settler outpost
March 12, 2012
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Israel, settlers agree to disband oldest illegal outpost
The Israeli government struck a deal Sunday to disband the biggest and oldest settler outpost in the West Bank and relocate its residents to a nearby hill, public radio said. The agreement to relocate settlers from the Migron illegal outpost was negotiated by Benny Begin, a minister without portfolio in the government, the radio said. Migron settlers will be moved to a hill two kilometres (1.2 miles) away where new homes will be built for them and the current site will be turned over to the Israeli military administration, it said
March 11, 2012
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Israel pounds Gaza in pre-emptive strikes – Video
10-03-2012 19:40 Israel has attacked Gaza for a second day on Saturday, after defending its air strikes as a pre-emptive action which left at least 15 people dead. Al Jazeeras Paul Brennan reports from Jerusalem.
March 11, 2012
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Tel Aviv: Israel's Beachfront Gay Party Town
With a gay scene that compares favorably to gay capitals around the globe, an amazing beach, warm weather, great food and hot men, it’s no surprise the International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association’s most recent survey rated Tel Aviv the best gay destination in the world. But don’t take the pros’ word for it: Check out this Middle Eastern metropolis yourself – for playing and spectacular sightseeing. First of all, when you go anywhere in Israel, you’re not that far from anywhere else
March 8, 2012
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‘New Jerusalem: The Interrogation of Baruch De Spinoza’ returns to Theater J
New Jerusalem: The Interrogation of Baruch de Spinoza strides back into Theater J after its acclaimed 2010 run as an established hit, and the shows success is no mystery. The David Ives script is fierce, funny and up-to-the-minute in its moral investigations
March 7, 2012
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Jerusalem graffiti targets Arabs and Christians
AFP/Jerusalem Vandals scrawled anti-Arab and anti-Christian slogans in Hebrew on a monastery compound and a school in Jerusalem overnight, Israeli police said yesterday. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said unknown people sprayed graffiti reading death to Christians and price tag on the walls of the compound of the Greek Orthodox Monastery of the Cross in west Jerusalem overnight.
March 6, 2012
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"Free People of the world are coming towards you, Jerusalem"
“Free People of the world are coming towards you, Jerusalem” A new song describes the love feeling between Jerusalem and the Free people of the world The Global March to Jerusalem (GMJ) has announced the release of a song specially produced to promote the GMJ under the title: ” Free People of the world are coming towards you Jerusalem ” , The song lyrics is by: Yasser Hamad, performance by singer Mohammed Assaf from Gaza, edited and directed by the house art and media production in Gaza. The song describes the interaction of international solidarity and the free people of the world with Jerusalem, their love to the city of peace, and how Jerusalem is extend her hands to them, with a smile of love and hope.
March 6, 2012
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Nasrallah: Arabs closer than ever to liberating Jerusalem
BEIRUT: In a televised speech Sunday, Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah said that due to recent changes in the region, Arabs and Muslims are closer than ever before to the liberation of Jerusalem.
March 5, 2012
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Jerusalem String Quartet exhibits dazzling coordination
Political protests have dogged the Jerusalem String Quartet because of its association with the armed forces of its native Israel, including at a 2007 concert at the Library of Congress. Perhaps by going outside Washington, to the partially filled Barns at Wolf Trap on Friday night, the group avoided such trouble. Foreign policy grumblings, if there were any, vanished when the group played quartets by Beethoven, Debussy and Shostakovich
March 4, 2012
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Israel, Cyprus in underwater electricity cable deal
Israel and Cyprus signed an accord Sunday to lay an underwater electricity cable between the Mediterranean nations, the first stage in a bid to transfer power between the Jewish state and mainland Europe. The cable, which the sides hope to complete by 2016, will stretch over the 287 kilometres (178 miles) between Israel and Cyprus at a depth of around 2,000 metres (6,550 feet). The so-called “Euro-Asia Interconnect,” with a capacity to transfer 2,000 MW, is “a historic event — no more Israel as an economic island,” Israel Electric Corporation CEO Yiftach Ron Tal said at the signing
March 4, 2012
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Jerusalem Snow Storm 2012: Beautiful Pictures of First Snow In 4 Years [PHOTOS]
By Melanie Jones | Mar 02, 2012 05:27 PM EDT Israelis and Palestinians alike woke up March 2, 2012, in the Holy City to an unexpected sight: snow falling in Jerusalem. Snowflakes fell in Jerusalem, the Golan Heights, the Galilee, and the West Bank cities of Hebron and Bethlehem before turning to rain, sleet and hail, the fourth straight day of unusually cold weather this winter
March 2, 2012
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Jersusalem Snow Storm 2012: Twitter Reactions [VIDEO] [PHOTO]
Heavy snow fall covered Jerusalem on Friday, March 2 for the first time in four years. Three centimeters of snow were reported, turning parts of Israel’s capital white and also blanketing Ramot, Givat Ze’ev and Har Gilo. Snow also fell in the Golan Heights, a hilly region that borders with Syria
March 2, 2012
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Jordan Islamists want urgent Arab meet on Jerusalem
Jordan’s opposition Islamists urged King Abdullah II on Wednesday to call an emergency Arab summit in a bid to protect Jerusalem from “Judaisation.” “We urge you to lead Arab, Muslim and international efforts to protect Al-Aqsa mosque,” in Jerusalem’s Old City, Hamzeh Mansur, head of the Islamic Action Front (IAF), said in a letter to the king. “We suggest holding an emergency Arab summit to protect Islamic and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem,” Mansur said in the letter, posted on the IAF’s website. The Palestinians want east Jerusalem as the capital of their future state and adamantly reject Jewish settlement construction in the territory.
February 29, 2012
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Jerusalem Isn't Just for Arabs, Either
Peace Now Backer Angered by One-Sided Doha Conference youtube One City, Two States: Lara Friedman of Americans for Peace Now speaks on the television talk show ‘Viewpoint with James Zogby.’ By Lara Friedman Published February 27, 2012, issue of March 09, 2012.
February 27, 2012
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Israel's prime minister condemns Palestinian president for inciting with Jerusalem speech
JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for making an “inflammatory speech” about Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site on Sunday, saying his words undermine peace efforts.
February 26, 2012
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Israeli PM slams Palestinian leader's speech
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for making an “inflammatory speech” about Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site on Sunday, saying his words undermine peace efforts. Speaking during a visit to Qatar, Abbas charged that Israel was intending to destroy Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque, which sits atop the remains of the two biblical Jewish temples. It is the most sacred site in Judaism and the third holiest in Islam
February 26, 2012
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Netanyahu, Abbas trade barbs over Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas accused Israel Sunday of trying to erase any Arabic identity from Jerusalem, drawing a strong response from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who criticized the comments as inflammatory and contemptible.
February 26, 2012
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UN must probe 'Judaisation' of E. Jerusalem: Qatar
Qatar urged the United Nations on Sunday to investigate Jewish settlement expansion in annexed Arab east Jerusalem, warning that Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories was unacceptable.
February 26, 2012
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Qatar emir: Arab identity in Jerusalem at risk
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Qatar’s ruler says the Arab identity in Jerusalem is threatened by Israeli expansion around the city claimed as capital by both Israel and Palestinians.
February 26, 2012
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