JERUSALEM, Israel – Child sex abuse is a worldwide problem, and the city of Jerusalem is addressing this issue with a unique program called “Dare to Share” – “Letet Pe” in Hebrew. Shneor Walker and Ran Yehoshua founded Dare to Share seven years ago and are working to get the program in all Jerusalem schools…
A new LGBTQ+ clinic was opened at the Jerusalem Open House for Pride and Tolerance on Wednesday in honor of the five-year anniversary of the death of singer and activist Amir Fryszer Guttman. The opening ceremony of the clinic was held with Labor, Social Affairs and Social Services Minister Meir Cohen in attendance. “More than a year…
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL—The Associated Press reports that a first-century A.D. villa was discovered in Jerusalem during rescue excavations that preceded construction of an elevator that will increase access from the city’s Jewish Quarter to the Western Wall. Hebrew University of Jerusalem archaeologists Oren Gutfeld and Michal Haber unearthed fragments of mosaics and ornate wall paintings that adorned the…
The Mandate of the League of Nations for Palestine* turned 100 years old on July 24 2022 Hanspeter Beuchi *After suppressing Jewish uprisings in 135 AD, the Roman Emperor Hadrian had changed the name of the land from Judea to Palestine. The name Palestine remained until 1948, the founding year of the State of Israel…
A Palestinian high school has drawn outrage after video footage showed a school play that had students dressed up as gunmen pointing weapons at other students dressed up as religious Jews, blindfolded and on their knees. The incident took place at the Anata High School in East Jerusalem, according to a report Wednesday by Channel…
Israeli officials reportedly furious after Biden delegation refused to let them accompany tour of East Jerusalem.
A Palestinian official warns that unless US President Joe Biden gives Abbas assurances on several key issues, his visit will “only make things worse” between Israel and the PA.
The initiative to try and sway Biden not to make an unprecedented visit to the eastern part of the city was spearheaded by Rep. Beth Van Duyne of Texas.
‘The city of Jerusalem sends its condolences to the Japanese people and mourns the death of a friend of Israel, a great leader of his people and the entire world,’ mayor says
Israeli authorities are at loggerheads about the transfer of the property on which the Tel Aviv branch office sits back to the state, and Palestinian families are claiming ownership of the proposed site in the capital.