IDF soldiers thwarted a terror attack in east Jerusalem near Abu Dis on Friday evening, when they opened fire at three Palestinian terrorists who lit a firebomb with the intent to throw it at them, an IDF spokesperson reported. Read full article here
Peretz will serve as minister of Jerusalem affairs and heritage, the post that was sought by two Likud ministers. Peretz will be responsible for religious Zionist education. Peretz will also join the Likud faction in the Knesset. Read full article here
Israeli Public Security Minister Gilad Erden extended for six more months an earlier decision to close Palestine TV’s office in East Jerusalem and ban the station’s activities in the Holy City and in Israel. Read full article here
Top officials in the administration of US President Donald Trump in Israel and elsewhere took to social media on Thursday to celebrate the two-year anniversary of the US Embassy in Israel’s relocation to Jerusalem, the capital. Read full article here
600 homes, hotels, office space and commercial stores and more have been approved on land stretching south from the city’s historic railway station. Read full article here
Proper education of the young and the mature citizens is crucial.
Understanding the story of the on-going struggle for a real peace in the Holy Land mandates learning the legal issues involved.
So how’s Yerushalayim faring during these harrowing Corona days?
At these times, it doesn’t take much to see that Jerusalem continues to live up to its reputation as a city of kindness.
In Jerusalem, as in Haifa and Be’er Sheva, Magen David Adom has established drive-in testing centers that can process “hundreds to thousands” of people a day. With malls and markets, such as the famous Machaneh Yehuda shuk, closed down, Mayor Lyon announced that the municipality would establish a “virtual mall” for Jerusalem businesses. In addition, a loan fund for up to 100,000 NIS is being established. And more…
But it’s impossible, even now, to ignore the political front. When the Corona crisis began to get out of hand in eastern Jerusalem, the Palestinian Authority wished to show that it, and not Israel, was in charge. But it crossed a red line when it began distributing health instructions via buses sporting the PA logo – as the Oslo Accords forbid the PA from operating in Jerusalem. Israel arrested the Jerusalem Fatah leader who organized the campaign, and Israel Police began forcefully breaking up gatherings larger than the permitted size.
Until the world realizes that Jerusalem the Holy is the eternal capital of the Jewish People, our struggle continues: We must ensure that Yerushalayim remains united under Israeli sovereignty, with a large Jewish majority – as indicated by history, ethics, security and simple logic.
One of the main battles in the fight to prevent the narrow strip that makes up the State of Israel from being carved up to include yet another Arab state, is being fought in and around Jerusalem.
Just ten days before these last Israeli elections, Prime Minister Netanyahu made a bombastic announcement: “I’ve given instructions to immediately publish for deposit the plan to build 3,500 housing units in E-1.” What he meant was that the long-delayed implementation of the plan to build up an area between the cities of Jerusalem and Maaleh Adumim would finally begin. This would stop the creeping encroachment of illegal Palestinian Authority construction on the Maaleh Adumim area, and would all but prevent the formation of a contiguous Arab state in the area.
Netanyahu has basically recycled announcements of this type for many years.
Also regarding Givat HaMatos, Netanyahu recently said that the long-frozen plan for 3,000 Jewish homes and 1,000 Arab homes there would now be implemented. But this is something he has already said in the past – and the plan has not materialized.
It’s unpleasant for us to hit a man when he’s down, and Netanyahu is truly under attack from many quarters, despite his many great accomplishments. But – had he actually taken the steps he has so often verbalized, Israel would not now be under the gun not to take the steps so necessary to ensuring full Jewish sovereignty in the Holy Land.
The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process said, “All settlements are illegal under international law. ”This frontally contradicts a ruling by the Court of Appeal of Versailles in January 2017, that “West Bank settlements” and “occupation” of Judea and Samaria by Israel are unequivocally legal under international law.
We remind Binyamin Netanyahu that fulfilling his promises regarding the development of Jerusalem might be a good first step towards overcoming the hardships he now faces.
Casting a vote in political elections should be based upon reality and not upon deceptive wishful thinking. Opinion.