JERUSALEM: Jewish settlers on Friday demanded West Bank construction restart in September when a 10-month moratorium expires, urging Israel's premier not to cave in to pressure at White House talks next week.
The Yesha Council, the main settler (...)
JERUSALEM: The Rachel Corrie activist ship kept its course for a Saturday arrival in Gaza – or confrontation – as world anger simmered over Israel's deadly raid on an earlier blockade-busting bid.
"We are around 150 miles from Gaza, continuing at (...)
JERUSALEM: An Arab-Israeli shopkeeper is locked in a Byzantine battle with the Coptic Church over an ancient Jerusalem cellar, in a saga involving Christianity s holiest site and a 12th century Muslim general.
Lawyers on both sides expect (...)
In the tiny synagogue of Masada, a ruined desert fortress steeped in myth, symbolism and controversy, a Torah scribe sits motionless but for the slow, deliberate strokes of his right hand.
A master in the art of writing Hebrew Bible scrolls, Shai (...)
JERUSALEM: The United States wants Israel to sign up to a one-year freeze on settlement activity, arguing it would pave the way for Arab concessions in the peace process, the Haaretz daily reported on Thursday.
The proposal was made by US Middle (...)
