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The Temple Mount in Jerusalem is more than merely a point of contention. It has been a major flashpoint that has initiated major conflicts and mass killings of Muslims and Jews for decades: -Over a ...

JERUSALEM - Israel’s new right-wing National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir managed to upset the U.S., France, the Palestinians and Sunni Arab countries on Tuesday due to his 15-minute visit to the ...

In this photo from December 2020, Rabbi Adam Stock Spilker lights a menorah during a social distance Hanukkah celebration at Mount Zion Temple in St. Paul. Participants watched the candle lighting ...

JERUSALEM — After the recent deadly spate of suicide attacks, citizens of Jerusalem fear for their lives. But Christians and Jews in the area say they also fear attacks on their holy places.

Among the thousands of Jewish worshipers bustling throughout Jerusalem’s Old City last Wednesday morning to celebrate the holiday of Sukkot, many could be seen carrying large blue flags emblazoned ...

An Assyrian inscription dating to around 2,700 years ago was unearthed in an archaeological excavation near the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City — the first time written evidence of the relations ...

Generally, Israeli archeologists shy away from the media. Accustomed to spending months and years on end excavating dusty, sun-baked sites, they will go to almost any length to keep journalists and ...

that Jews’ claims were completely true. An article published by the Jerusalem Center for Public Policy, “Ancient Muslim Texts Confirm the Jewish Temple in ...

A small gold disc pulled from the soil just outside Jerusalem’s Temple Mount is reshaping how scholars picture Jewish life in the city more than a millennium ago. The rare 1,300-year-old menorah ...