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 during his talks with Olmert, ‘it was agreed that east...
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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 a special message calling on US President Barack Obama to...
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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 the country.
According to data presented to the Government, Birthright Israel...
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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 the first time Tel Aviv appeared in the top three.
Arie...
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Hundreds of Gilad Shalit supporters joined the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations on the “True Freedom Flotilla” to raise awareness that Gilad Shalit remains in captivity, demand that his rights are respected and call for his immediate release.
Two large boats and eight smaller boats participated...
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Despite the Gaza flotilla incident, both Israelis and Palestinians are showing a greater willingness to compromise, though on both sides two-thirds remain pessimistic about the future of the peace process, according to a joint Israeli-Palestinian poll.
Following the Gaza flotilla incident, 63% of Palestinians believe they came out the winners and...
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Mayor Nir Barkat sent a stiff letter in response to a statement by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calling the Jerusalem Municipality's plans for an archeological part in the neighborhood of Silwan illegal. Jerusalem Dispatch presents the full text of Mayor Barkat's letter to Ki-moon.
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The OECD Tourism Committee has announced it will hold its 86th annual conference in Jerusalem for the first time ever, October 20-22. The 31-country economic group of developed nations voted unanimously on May 10 to include Israel as a member.
The OECD (Organization for Co-operative Development) Tourism Conference will bring...
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“Israel is fighting for us," states Geert Wilder's right-wing party, which tripled its power in the recent elections. "If Jerusalem falls, Athens and Rome are next. This is why Israel is the central front in the defence of the West. It is not a territorial conflict, but an ideological one; a conflict between the...
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A recent poll conducted by the Palestinian Center For Public Opinion in the West Bank, east Jerusalem and Gaza in March 2010 found that if new legislative elections were held, Hamas would likely lose with Fatah receiving 42 per cent of the vote while Hamas would get just 28 percent. Hamas would also lose...
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