Mayor Barkat’s Partition Plan Must Be Repudiated

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, elected three years ago on a strong "Jerusalem will never be divided!" platform, has changed colors.

Preserving The Past, Ensuring The Future

In Jerusalem, there is a need for over 4,000 new apartments each year; some 2,000 are actually built

The Greater Jerusalem Law Saga

The objective of the Greater Jerusalem Law was to bolster the weakening demographic status of Israel's capital city and to "restore Jerusalem as the symbol and heart of the Jewish nation."

What Rabbi Benny Elon Did For Jerusalem

Recollections and reminiscences of Rav Benny Elon, (ZT"l)

Faith Rewarded – Are We Taking Advantage?

Considering the news, it's not for nothing the Midrash calls Jerusalem the world's umbilical center

The Foiling Of Another Islamic Attempt To Claim Jerusalem

The Islamic Waqf rests not in its efforts to rub out all Jewish connections to Jerusalem - so how can we even consider relaxing our efforts to keep the Holy City Jewish?

Caution! PA Education In Jerusalem

Should Arab schools in Jerusalem use Israel’s syllabus or that of the Palestinian Authority? At present, only a small minority of schools in eastern Jerusalem are under the auspices of Israel's Education Ministry – to the detriment of all peace efforts.

PA Sheds Crocodile Tears

Arabs who live in eastern Jerusalem will not be allowed to set the stage for a PA state that includes Israel's capital.

Jerusalem Landfill Plan Shelved

A zoning plan that would have enabled the creation of critical Arab facts-on-the-ground in a strategically vital area of Jerusalem has been shelved thanks to efforts by several Zionist organizations.

Behind The Facade: Muhammed El-Kurd’s Fake News

The Arabs who refuse to leave or to pay rent for the Jewish properties parrot the idea that the area in which they illegally reside is the Arab neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah. Untrue: the neighborhood in which they have squatted is the 150-year-old Jewish neighborhood of Shimon HaTzaddik.

Givat HaUlpena And Jerusalem

Just 15 miles to the north of Jerusalem, the Jewish effort to return to the biblical heartland of Judea and Samaria (Yesha) suffered a severe blow this week – or did it?

Protecting Jerusalem From Within

The Greek Orthodox Church found another way to circumvent its own rules against selling the land. In 2011, it sold the future leasing rights on most of its Jerusalem holdings to a private group of Jewish investors. It is the uncertainty of the future that creates unease

Jerusalem’s Division At Atarot Airport?

Practically the primary front in the Arab war against Israel is Jerusalem. The Palestinian Authority and its Arab allies have made no secret of their intention to turn the Jewish nation's eternal holy city into the capital of yet another Arab state - as merely the first step of their plan to render the entire area Jew-free.

The Jerusalem Law: More Relevant Than Ever

Negotiations with the PA raises fears that some of Jerusalem will be handed over to foreign control

From Kidnapped Yemenite Children To Renewed Yemenite Village In Jerusalem

Arabs claim Silwan as a historically Palestinian Arab neighborhood, yet it was practically empty when the first Yemenite Jews arrived in the 1880s; the Turks and British themselves recognized it as a Jewish neighborhood.

What Does The Trump Plan Say About Jerusalem?

The removal of the neighborhoods outside the security barrier from Jerusalem could be acceptable if they were to become separate Israeli municipalities.

Why Not Just Divide Jerusalem?

Why do we need Arab neighborhoods of Jerusalem? Why not divide the city and make a peace agreement?

Our Journey Home Won’t Be Stopped

There is a slowly growing trend of Jews returning to their historic homes in presently Arab-majority neighborhoods. Let the trend grow

Whose Jerusalem?

Nearly eighty percent of Americans believe the Bible is either absolutely accurate or at least the "inspired word of God," surveys have shown. Around the world, Christianity and Islam comprise an estimated eighty-four percent of the world's population – demonstrating that the Bible clearly has an extraordinary influence over humanity. It is puzzling, then, that the concept of "exclusive Jewish rights" to Jerusalem has not yet caught on internationally.

Islam’s Bonds Of Expediency With Jerusalem

It's a well-known cliche that Jerusalem is "holy to the three main religions" - and in truth, it is not surprising. After all, the city was first holy to the Jews - and so it was inevitable that the rest of the world would ultimately jump on the bandwagon.

Post-Paris Musings From Jerusalem

Festivities are planned for laying a foundation-stone symbolizing a physical dividing of Jerusalem

How To Keep Jerusalem United And Jewish

All Zionist parties must demonstrate that a united Jewish Yerushalayim is an absolute imperative

Response To Terror Wave

Islam's sudden "return" to Jerusalem is rooted only in the desire to rid the Middle East of Israel.

The Facts Are On Our Side

We lost biblical Jerusalem for 19 years, between 1948 and 1967. Are we now facing the same danger again?

U.S.-PA Upgrade Threatens Israeli Sovereignty In Jerusalem

The dangerous upgrade of Washington's relations with the PA, and the outrageous claims against Israeli law – present potentially great challenges to Israeli sovereignty in its united and historic capital.

A Tale Of Two Countries: America And Australia

It is critical to note the solid legal basis for the position that no part of Jerusalem is actually "occupied."

Banish UNRWA From Jerusalem

Today, UNRWA maintains extensive office facilities in Jerusalem, including its local headquarters as well as the UNRWA Microfinance Department on Shlomo Zalman Shragai Street between Ramat Eshkol and Maalot Dafna, even as UNWRA does not recognize this area as Israeli Jerusalem.

Fire In Jerusalem

Many unanswered questions remain surrounding the fire that broke out in the Jerusalem Forest on Sunday, burning 40 acres and sending four people to the hospital.

New Mall Exposes Fatah’s True Colors

The mall, however, has already drawn Fatah boycott calls as well as several Arab-hurled firebombs.

Jerusalem Fifty Years Later

We, today's Jewish people, in two weeks, will be privileged to share in an historic milestone: The 50th anniversary of the liberation and reunification of Yerushalayim under Israeli sovereignty.

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