Jerusalem
Netanyahu says any peace deal with Palestinians at least a year away
World
March 9, 2014
Netanyahu says any peace deal with Palestinians at least a year away
Israeli Prime Benjamin Netanyahu said any peace deal with the Palestinians would take at least another year to negotiate should…
Moussa demands Eastern Jerusalem be international city or Palestine’s capital
Egypt
March 4, 2014
Moussa demands Eastern Jerusalem be international city or Palestine’s capital
Amr Moussa, chief of the 50-member constitutional panel and former Chief of Arab League, has called that Eastern Jerusalem become…
Pope announces May trip to Middle East
World
January 5, 2014
Pope announces May trip to Middle East
Pope Francis announced on Sunday that he will visit Holy Land sites in Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian Territories in…
Israel MPs in heated debate on prayers at Jerusalem site
World
November 4, 2013
Israel MPs in heated debate on prayers at Jerusalem site
An Israeli parliamentary committee held a heated debate Monday on whether to begin allowing Jews to pray on what they…
Auction of Egyptian antiquities halted in Jerusalem
Culture
September 24, 2013
Auction of Egyptian antiquities halted in Jerusalem
Minister of State for Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim has received a letter from the Egyptian Foreign Ministry stating that Israeli authorities…
Israeli soldier killed in Hebron shooting
World
September 23, 2013
Israeli soldier killed in Hebron shooting
An Israeli soldier died after being shot by a suspected Palestinian gunman in the southern West Bank city of Hebron,…
Egyptian FM: Israel’s storming Al-Aqsa could stoke religious unrest
Egypt
September 5, 2013
Egyptian FM: Israel’s storming Al-Aqsa could stoke religious unrest
Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy has denounced Israeli authorities' storming Al-Aqsa mosque, claiming the move could stoke religious tensions in…
Activists plan marches on Jerusalem Day
Egypt
August 2, 2013
Activists plan marches on Jerusalem Day
Egyptian, Palestinian, and Arab political forces are planning marches to the Journalists Syndicate starting out from Abdel Moneim Riad Square…
80,000 pray at Al-Aqsa on first Friday of Ramadan
Egypt
July 13, 2013
80,000 pray at Al-Aqsa on first Friday of Ramadan
About 80,000 Muslims attended prayers at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the first Friday of the Muslim fasting month of…
Israeli killed by guard at Jewish holy site in Jerusalem
Egypt
June 21, 2013
Israeli killed by guard at Jewish holy site in Jerusalem
A security guard shot and killed a Jewish Israeli man on Friday at one of Judaism's holiest sites in Jerusalem,…