Jewish history crowds out Jerusalem Arabs
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Widad Sha'abani is living history -- and not liking it much.
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Israeli archaeologists protest about Muslim excavations being dug at Jerusalem's holiest religious shrine.
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Israel Friday stepped up security measures in Jerusalem in anticipation of possible riots on the first day of the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
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The well-publicized landing of 40 Iranian Jews in Israel on Tuesday spurred glee among some Israelis and the immigrants themselves and drew public scorn from a surprising quarter in Iran -- two officials from its centuries-old Jewish community.
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The Palestinians have taken a double hit this week with the news that Washington has quietly softened its opposition to growth in Jewish settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and Israel&#39;s announcement of plans to build 530 new settler homes in the
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Tens of thousands of Israelis rallied in opposition to Ariel Sharon&#39;s withdrawal plan. Settler leaders at Sunday night&#39;s rally in Jerusalem repeatedly denounced any use of violence, but also urged the prime minister to call for new elections.
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The prime minister, Tony Blair, right, with his Israeli counterpart, Ariel Sharon, at a Jerusalem press conference. Photograph: Oded Balilty/AP.
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Italian Jews have a proud 2,000-year history. They were there when the Second Temple still stood and Rome ruled the Mediterranean.
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Hundreds of thousands of Shiites thronged a Baghdad slum Friday to show support for Hezbollah as Arab anger toward Israel mounted on the Muslim holy day. Such protests have even reached Saudi Arabia, where public discontent is rare.
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Rubber bullets flew on the Temple Mount, or Noble Sanctuary, as Muslims protested a nearby excavation&#8212;only one of several projects spurring Jewish-Muslim conflict.
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JERUSALEM, Feb. 9 -- Palestinians clashed with Israeli police Friday at one of this city's holiest sites and demonstrated across the West Bank to protest a construction project Israel has begun here near a pair of venerated mosques.
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Tens of thousands of Israeli settlers and their supporters yesterday took part in a right-wing demonstration in Jerusalem&#39;s Zion Square.
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When the Dodgers face the San Francisco Giants this weekend in a three-game series beginning in San Francisco this weekend, most Jews will be in synagogue for the holiest day of the year.
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JERUSALEM Tens of thousands of Jewish settlers and their backers essentially shut down much of Jerusalem today. They took to the streets to protest a plan to evacuate settlements in Gaza and the West Bank.
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A narrow strip of antiquity in a Palestinian neighborhood in north Jerusalem shows that the area once housed a mixed population of Romans and Jews.
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JERUSALEM â-here has been increased security here in Jerusalem and throughout Israel, but so far, it has been quiet. The entire Middle East is getting ready for a new era, a Middle East without Yasser Arafat.
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There were mixed feelings in Israel yesterday as the Holy Land awaited the arrival of the world&#39;s most celebrated kabbalist to share Jewish New Year.