OPINION - A post on the Twitter page of CNN's Cairo correspondent raises serious questions about his objectivity. But in this case, the journalist's contributions to CNN seem to answer those questions in a way that should deeply trouble the network, as they suggest that his biases excessively influence...
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CNN bias more than a mere tweet
Abbas: ‘It was agreed east Jerusalem would have its own municipality’
West Jerusalem would be the capital of Israel while east Jerusalem would be the capital of a Palestinian state Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas recently told reporters in Jordan.
According to a report two weeks ago in Palestinian Authority daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, “Abbas said that...
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9/11 memorial unveiled in Arazim Valley
In the burning Jerusalem early summer sun, friends, guests and representatives of KKL-JNF and JNF USA assembled in late June at the foot of the 9/11 memorial in Arazim Valley for a ceremony honoring the donor, Ed Blank, whose contribution made this site possible.
Ed...
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Old City walls dimmed as Pollard marks 9,000 days behind bars
Jerusalem city hall dimmed the lights that illuminate the walls surrounding the Old City last night as a gesture of solidarity with Jonathan Pollard, who has been imprisoned at the federal prison in Butner, North Carolina for almost a quarter century.
During the event...
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Netanyahu: Half of all young Jews should visit Israel
Israel will work to increase the number of young Diaspora Jews who visit Israel through the 10-day Taglit-Birthright program to 50,000 by 2013, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced at this week's cabinet meeting.
The goal is for one of every two young Jews to visit...
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Israel Navy contacts Libyan ship
BREAKING NEWS - Despite IDF warnings to Libyan ship al-Amal to sail to the Egyptian port of al-Arish rather than attempt to break the Israeli naval blockade of Gaza, the crew and passengers are refusing to change course, said Jamal al-Khodari, head of the...
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Jerusalem voted best city in Africa and Middle East
Jerusalem has been voted the best city in Africa and the Middle East by the readers of Travel+Leisure, widely considered America's leading travel magazine.
Cape Town took second place, with Tel Aviv in third. The last time Jerusalem won was in 2000. This year was...
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3,350-year-old document found in Jerusalem
A tiny clay fragment – dating from the 14th century B.C.E. – that was found in excavations outside Jerusalem’s Old City walls contains the oldest written document ever found in Jerusalem, say researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The find, believed to be...
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Hezbollah amasses troops, arms on northern border
Hezbollah’s commander in southern Lebanon, Sheikh Nabil Qaouq, warned Sunday that the organization has already identified a list of military targets inside Israel they could attack in the event of war. His remarks came in response to Israel's release last week of previously classified...
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Is Jerusalem ready for peace?
OPINION - With all eyes focused on the political future of Jerusalem, the social and economic reality is largely neglected, argues Hagai Agmon Snir of the Jerusalem Intercultural Center, who also explains why working now to save Jerusalem from its decline is crucial for...
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8 feature films vie for prize at Jerusalem Film Festival
The 27th Jerusalem International Film Festival, which starts Thursday, will showcase an eclectic mix of feature, documentary, short, avant-garde and animated films at various locations around the city.
The festival will open at the Sultan's Pool with Roselyne Bosch's The Precipice, a film about the...
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