Updated: Israel-Gaza violence erupts for first time since end of last month’s fighting
Updated: 10am AESTGazaReuters Israel mounted air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the first since the end of 11 days of cross-border fighting last month, in response to incendiary balloons launched from the Palestinian territory. The flare-up, a first test for Israel’s new government, followed a march in East Jerusalem on Tuesday by Jewish […]
New players pose additional threats to Jerusalem tensions
Jerusalem, IsraelAP The holy city of Jerusalem, a tinderbox of competing religious and political claims, has repeatedly triggered bouts of Israeli-Palestinian violence. This time around, there have been some additional sparks, including Jewish extremists who, emboldened by their political patrons’ recent election to parliament, staged a provocative march to Jerusalem’s walled Old City chanting “death […]
Israeli police arrest dozens in night of chaos in Jerusalem
Jerusalem, IsraelAP Israeli police say 44 people were arrested and 20 officers were wounded in a night of chaos in Jerusalem, where security forces separately clashed with Palestinians angry about Ramadan restrictions and Jewish extremists who held an anti-Arab march nearby. Tensions have spiked in recent days in Jerusalem, which has long been a flashpoint […]
Israel arrests man who doused inside of church with fuel
Jerusalem, IsraelAP Israeli police said Friday they arrested a Jewish man after he poured out a “flammable liquid” inside a church near Jerusalem’s Old City, in what they described as a “criminal” incident. The police did not provide further details about the motive, but past attacks on churches in the Holy Land have been blamed […]
POSTCARDS: GLORIES OF OLD KABUL EMERGE FROM DECADES OF WAR – AND TRASH
RINA CHANDRAN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how Kabul’s Old City is being restored after years of conflict…