Palestinian militants fire rockets at Jerusalem

Palestinian militants continued to fire rockets at the Jerusalem area for the first time since the current round of violence started on Tuesday, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed. Israeli emergency services reported no casualties in the latest barrage of…

Teenage Palestinian arrested in Jerusalem shooting of 2 Israelis

A teenage Palestinian suspected of shooting two Israeli men in Jerusalem on Tuesday has been arrested, the Israeli military said. Several Israeli media outlets reported that the suspect was a 15-year-old from the West Bank city of Nablus. The military…

Jerusalem shooter turns himself in after newborn dies, 8 wounded

Police on Sunday morning announced the arrest of the suspected terrorist who wounded seven people, including two seriously, in a shooting attack outside Jerusalem’s Old City overnight. Following an hours-long manhunt, police said in a statement that the suspect turned…

Mark Rylance’s brother dies in cycle crash aged 60

Mark Rylance’s brother Jonathan Waters has died in a cycling accident. He was 60. The Dunkirk star’s brother was cycling in Oakland last week, when he was reportedly hit by a car and suffered severe injuries to his head. Rylance,…

Going to Mecca and Jerusalem – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

Nigerians take so much pride in making pilgrimages to Mecca and Jerusalem in the name of religion.   The Muslims and Christians obviously can never have enough of acting holy through these pilgrimages even when they cannot afford it by paying…

70k Muslim worshipers flock to Jerusalem for 1st Friday prayers of Ramadan

Tens of thousands of Muslim worshipers attended the first Friday prayers of the holy month of Ramadan at Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, in the largest such gathering since the coronavirus pandemic began. Sheikh Azzam al-Khatib, head of the Waqf Islamic affairs…

Chad President makes historic visit to Israel (JPost)

Chad President Idriss Déby will meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Sunday, the first-ever visit of the president of that Muslim-majority African country with whom Israel has no relations. The visit was kept carefully under wraps for days,…

Joy in Jerusalem overshadowed by death in Gaza (Washingtonpost)

On Monday afternoon, a U.S. delegation that included President Trump’s daughter Ivanka and other White House officials celebrated the opening of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called it a “glorious day” that had “made history.”…

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