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Photo of the Day

Somewhere Under the Rainbow

By Photo of the Day

Rainbows after the first rainstorms in Israel.

US / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

State Dept. Condemns Jerusalem Housing Construction Amid Hints of Obama 'November Surprise'

By JNi.Media

The Netanyahu cabinet has been extra careful not to provoke the ire of the retiring emperor on the eve of that portion of his term when he no longer needs to worry about the Jewish vote.

US / Politics / Government / News Briefs / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Settlements / Israeli Arabs

Analysis: US Critical of Jewish Construction, Mum on Next Door Govt. Construction for Arabs

By JNi.Media

The State Dept. announcement completely ignores the Israeli government's effort on behalf of Israeli Arabs in Jerusalem

Government / News Briefs / Jerusalem

Israeli Officials Call for Prime Minister To Approve Jewish Construction in Israel’s Capital

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

“The goal of the world and the Palestinians is to create Palestinian territorial continuity through Givat Hamatos from Beit Jala to Malha,” continued Minister Bennett.

Police and Crime / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

Stone Thrower Caught Near Jerusalem's Gush Etzion Tunnel Road

By Jewish Press News Desk

Police caught an Arab minor in the act of throwing stones at buses driving along Rosemarine (Rosemary) street in Gilo.

News Briefs / Jerusalem

Second Light Rail Line Serving Eastern Jerusalem Approved

By JNi.Media

Connecting the entire city with a Light Rail physically unites the capital and establishes a de facto veto of any idea of dividing it wherever the trains are running.

Photo of the Day

Grave Watching

By Photo of the Day

Some fifty Hareidi men stand in protest at a construction site in Gilo where ancient grave were found while digging. They believe the bodies found are of Jews, and do not want them moved for the construction of new housing units that were planned for the site.

Video of the Day

Runaway Ostrich Roams Jerusalem Streets Attacking No One (Video)

By Video of the Day

An ostrich who was running free in the streets of Jerusalem was seized on Sunday afternoon after sowing panic in the Jewish neighborhood of Gilo in eastern Jerusalem.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs

Arab Terrorists Who Attacked IDF Post in August Arrested

By JNi.Media

Three were arrested for throwing the bomb that injured the soldier at teh "Panorama" checkpoint.

News Briefs / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

Jerusalem Arabs Attack Bus Passengers near Gilo

By Jewish Press News Desk

Jerusalem Arabs celebrated Ramadan Thursday night by pelting an Egged passenger bus with rocks. No injuries were reported after the rock-throwing assault on the No. 33 bus below the Gilo neighborhood n southern Jerusalem, according to The Muqata blog site.

Op-Eds

Obama Officials’ Insults Are Vulgar, But Their Policies Are Far Worse

By Moshe Phillips and Benyamin Korn

The WH&State Department deny reality. The '67 line is sacred; all beyond is illegal&to be forfeited

Op-Eds

Blaming Israel to Preserve a Theory

By Jonathan S. Tobin

The Clinton administration whitewashed Yasir Arafat and the PA then; Team Obama now whitewashes Abbas.

Keeping Jerusalem

The Elephant And The Sand Castle

By Hillel Fendel and Chaim Silberstein / KeepJerusalem.org

The Arab world is simply not built to accept the existence of Israel in its midst.

Keeping Jerusalem

Post-Election Construction: Will It Happen?

By Hillel Fendel and Chaim Silberstein / KeepJerusalem.org

Gilo, Har Homa and Ramat Shlomo – among the Jerusalem neighborhoods liberated from Jordanian control during the Six-Day War – are scheduled to gain hundreds of apartments.

News Briefs / Jerusalem

Police Looking for Two Jews Who Knifed Arab Cabbie

By Jewish Press News Desk

Two Jewish youth attacked an Arab cab driver after they asked him to take them from Gilo, in southern Jerusalem, to downtown Jerusalem, police said Monday. The driver, 50, is from the Beit Safafa neighborhood bordering Gilo. He escaped with light wounds after struggling with the attackers, who fled. Police are treating the attack as […]

Terrorism / US / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem / Settlements / Israeli Arabs

Kerry Hosts ‘Peace Process Partner' Livni to Advance PA Demands

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

John Kerry and Tzipi Livni have something in common. Both of them want to advance their political careers with the booby prize of an Israeli-Palestinian Authority peace agreement.

Jewish / US / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

Respected Poll: Large Majority Favor Sovereignty in West Bank

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The idea of Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samaria once seemed a pipe dream or nightmare, depending on your view. Now, a respected poll delivers a thunderbolt: 80 percent say it will happen.

Photo of the Day

Turning the Public into Private

By Jewish Press Staff

A Haredi man stands on a ladder to hang the Eruv wire, near the Gilo neighborhood in south Jerusalem, on a Friday. An Eruv Techumim (mixing of boundaries) is a legal fiction that transforms areas from public into private, depending on some prerequisite conditions. Once the Eruv is up, it is permissible for Jews to […]

Israel / Jewish / News Briefs

Jewish Birthrate Exceeds Arab in Jerusalem

By Malkah Fleisher

The Jewish birthrate per capita of Jewish mothers in Jerusalem is now higher than that of Arab women in Israel’s capital city.

Serials

Getzlight - Chapter I

By Ruchama Feuerman

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