Israeli police clash with worshippers at Jerusalem holy site
JerusalemAP Israeli police raided Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City early Wednesday and attacked Palestinian worshippers, Palestinian media reported, raising fears of wider tension as Islamic and Jewish holidays overlap. The incidents sparked a wave of Palestinian protests, condemnations and violence. The Israeli military said sirens warning of incoming rockets sounded in Israeli communities around […]
Flag-waving Israelis take to streets, skirmishes erupt in Al-Aqsa mosque
Jerusalem, IsraelReuters Tens of thousands of flag-waving Israeli nationalists, some chanting “Death to Arabs”, marched through the Muslim quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City on Sunday, defying threats of retaliation from Palestinian militants. The annual parade celebrates Israel’s capture of Jerusalem in the 1967 Middle East war, but has increasingly become a show of strength for […]
Archaeologists find more evidence of Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem
RNS Jug handles with the rosette seal used by the administrative system at the end of the Judean Kingdom. PICTURE: Eliyahu Yanai, courtesy of the City of David Archive Israeli archaeologists recently discovered 2,600-year-old artifacts they say offer further concrete evidence of the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem around 586 BC. The Israel Antiquities Authority announced […]