Every Chanukah I head off with my camera to the (almost) all-pedestrian neighborhood of Nachlaot and Zichron Moshe to take in the beautiful sight of the dozens of outside chanukiot shining with light outside fancy, remodeled single-family homes (mostly owned by English-speakers) and the modest hovels nearby occupied largely by Haredi families and y…
Jerusalem Diaries:In Tense Times
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s government broke all its settlement-building records in 2011, diminishing prospects for establishing a viable Palestinian state in the occupied West Bank, Israel’s anti-settlement activist group “Peace Now” said Tuesday. The group’s annual report on building in Arab East Jerusalem and the West Bank – land the Palestinians want for a future state along with the Gaza …
JERUSALEM (Reuters) — An Israel Football Association court docked Premier League strugglers Beitar Jerusalem two points on Wednesday for racist chanting by some of their fans against an opposing team player last month.
Monday night, Jan. 2, Al Qaeda claimed to have established its first Jerusalem operational cell calling it the “Sunni Youth Movement Cell in Greater Jerusalem.” Bulletin No. 1 with details of the organization and its targets was promised in the next few days. debkafile’s counter-terror sources report Israeli security services are taking the development very seriously. They tie it in with Palestinian plans for a West Bank uprising and the jihadist trend spreading through Palestinian centers in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip.
Video: Palestinian lawyer Kamal Nawash presents his plan for peace to ‘Jerusalem Post’ editors and reporters.
Blonde-haired Naama Margolese told a television news show she was terrified of walking to her school in Beit Shemesh, near Jerusalem, because she feared passers-by might hurt her.
RAMALLAH, December 26, 2011 (WAFA) ‘
HaaretzIsrael Tries Tougher Stance Against Right-Wing Jewish Violence
Voice of America
December 22, 2011 Israel Tries Tougher Stance Against Right-Wing Jewish Violence Scott Bobb | Jerusalem The Israeli government says it will take tough action against those who attack religious institutions or military installations. …
Israel’s ChoicesJewish Times of Southern New Jersey
Israel has 101 different types of permits governing Palestinian movementHaaretz
Will Jerusalem Cause a Third Intifada?Huffington Post (blog)
MiamiHerald.com
Germany urged Israel Monday to refrain from publishing tenders for the building of new settlement housing in east Jerusalem and the West Bank saying it sent a “devastating message” for peace efforts.
A non-Jewish Canadian producer has launched an epic IMAX documentary on Jerusalem
AFPHamas demands Palestinian elections be held in East Jerusalem
Haaretz
Senior Palestinian source accuses Hamas of trying to torpedo election since Israel expected to object to May presidential, parliamentary elections in East Jerusalem. By Avi Issacharoff Tags: Hamas Jerusalem Gaza West Bank Hamas will only agree to hold …
Israel OKs settler homes in Jerusalem Arab area: TVAFP
LGBT Rights Lecture by Ex-Israeli Army Member Draws ControversyThe Sophian
Israel sinking in mounting isolationPress TV
StandardNet
Israel has approved construction of a new Jewish enclave in the heart of a Palestinian neighbourhood of annexed east Jerusalem, state-owned Channel One TV reported Wednesday.
Sometimes I love my city. It’s Design Week in Jerusalem, courtesy of The Jerusalem Development Authority and the Jerusalem Center of Design, and there are all kinds of funky events going on this week, having to do with design. And given that this is a city with many creative types, there’s what to be seen. [...]
JERUSALEM, December 5, 2011 (WAFA) – Ahmed Qurei, head of the Jerusalem affairs department in the PLO, Monday warned of what he described as Israel’
JERUSALEM, December 1, 2011 (WAFA) – The commander of the internal front in the Israeli army, Thursday issued an order, in which he prohibited Director of the Al-Aqsa Association Ali Abu Sheikha from entering the city of Jerusalem until the end of 2011.
Boston.comFearing unrest, Israel delays work at holy site
Boston.com
An Israeli official says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has postponed renovations next to a sensitive Jerusalem holy site to avoid inflaming opinion in the Arab world. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner) By Matti Friedman Associated Press / November 28, …
Fearing unrest, Israel delays work at holy siteCBS News
Building bridgesJerusalem Post
Israeli PM Stalls Demolition of Controversial Jerusalem BridgeCRIENGLISH.com
Ha'aretz
The new immigrants and those who were here celebrated together, for the first time, the Sigd holiday in Jerusalem.
Israel’s government said Tuesday it will invite tenders for the construction of more than 800 new homes in east Jerusalem, in a move to punish the Palestinians for joining UNESCO.
JERUSALEM, November 14, 2011 (WAFA) ‘