If you have been living under a rock, let me update you on a recent situation that has grown increasingly popular for debate in the news and political forums. While the highest ranking visit from a United States official since Obama became president, the Jerusalem municipality approved a plan to construct 1,600 new homes in [...]
Categories: Barack Obama, Construction, Jerusalem, United States of America |
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Over the course of the nearly 12 years that I have been living in Israel, and before that during numerous visits to Israel, I have had the privilege of visiting the holy city of Jerusalem many times. I spent a number of years working in the city, and commuted each day [...]
Categories: Jerusalem, Judaism |
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There has been an ongoing debate for years about a plot of land in downtown Jerusalem. Plans have been discussed to build a museum of tolerance on the site of an ancient Muslim cemetery. This might sound bad for the Israelis, but the history of the plot is not so cut and dry.
Categories: Islam, Jerusalem |
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This past week, Israel displayed an incredible amount of kindness in its response to the tragedy in Haiti. It would have been so easy for the embattled state to ignore pleas from the other side of the world, but Israel set itself apart as a shining example of what one small country can do for [...]
Categories: Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid, Jerusalem, Non-Profits and NGOs |
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Just a short while after announcing a settlement freeze in Judea and Samaria, Israel has approved new housing construction in three major Jewish neighborhoods in Jerusalem. Of course, the world is freaking out.
Categories: Arab Israelis, Jerusalem, United States of America |
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It seems that there is quite a bit of news coming out of Israel today. The New York Times has an article about more homes being built in East Jerusalem. As we know, the question of residents in unified Jerusalem is a major trigger issue surrounding another possible round of peace talks. Are these new [...]
Categories: Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu, Diplomacy, Iran, Jerusalem, Kadima, Knesset, Settlements, Tzipi Livni |
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Israel Defence Forces border guards arrested a Palestinian male carrying six high powered pipe bombs through the Qalandiya checkpoint. The 20 year old was stopped north of Jerusalem at 3:00pm local time.
There was a threat to Jerusalem last week when the European Union, led by Sweden, voted on whether or not to recognize Jerusalem as a joint capital city shared by the Palestinians and the Israelis. The vote was not optimal, but the agreed on resolution was not a worst case scenario.
Categories: Europe/European Union, Jerusalem, Palestinians |
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For a country that does not exist, it is quite a move to call Jerusalem both the capital of Israel and “Palestine.” Sweden’s government has made a proposal to the European Union to call Jerusalem a joint capital and recognize it as a joint capital for two nations.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and PA leaders are [...]
Categories: Europe/European Union, Jerusalem, Palestinian Authority, Palestinians |
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If you have never heard of a flash mob, they are a relatively new phenomenon where a group of strangers does something fairly extraordinary in unison in a public location. One of the most famous flash mobs took place in Grand Central Station in New York, where hundreds of people froze in place for a few minutes. See the video below.
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