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Dozens of rockets flew into Israel from Gaza on Monday. According to reporting from the Jerusalem Post, the rockets are believed to have originated from Hamas. At least 70 rockets were reported to have flown over the border, during which sirens rang out nearby to warn residents about their approach. As of this reporting, there […]

Former White House intern and anti-bullying activist Monica Lewinsky walked out of an interview in Jerusalem on Monday night after she was reportedly asked a sensitive question about her affair with then-President Bill Clinton. According to the Jerusalem Post, the interview took place after Lewinsky spoke at a Channel 2 News conference, discussing the aftermath […]

During his first year in office, Donald J. Trump broke with tradition and decided against hosting a Ramadan dinner at the White House. The move, along with multiple attempts to ban Muslim travel, caused an outcry of intolerance and bigotry from lawmakers and the general public. But on Wednesday, Trump will return to patterns of […]

As many feared, the opening of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem has been met with continued riots and violence. On Monday, NBC News reported that at least 43 Palestinians were killed and 1,960 were wounded during clashes with Israeli forces. There were about 40,000 people at the riots at 13 different locations along the 40-mile […]

Donald Trump fulfilled a Bible prophecy by moving the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Fox News host Jeanine Pirro said this weekend. In an op-ed piece on Fox News’ website, Pirro said that Trump is “sending a message” with the embassy move, which officially happens today. “The U.S. is back as […]

Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to invite Donald Trump to Jerusalem for the inauguration of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem for Israel’s Independence Day celebrations. May 14 will be the 70-year anniversary of the establishment of the nation of Israel. In January 2018, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence visited Israel and iterated that the U.S. would […]

Bill Maher is perhaps U.S. President Donald Trump’s fiercest critic in the media. But as his HBO Real Time show came back from hiatus, he admitted that he agreed with Trump on one important foreign policy issue. Maher acknowledged that he approved of the president’s decision last month to formally recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital […]

Just one day after President Donald Trump celebrated the first legislative victory of his presidency, his administration has been dealt a huge blow in the United Nations. As reported by the Evening Standard, 128 nations backed a United Nations resolution declaring U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Just nine nations, including Israel, […]

One week after President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. Embassy in Israel would be moving from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, leaders of the Muslim world who gathered at a summit in Turkey have lashed out at the controversial decision. The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) was founded in 1969 as a body that represents […]

The United States “will never be the same” now that Donald Trump is the Commander in Chief, according to Sigmar Gabriel. Germany’s highest-ranking diplomat was addressing foreign policy experts at the Berlin Foreign Policy Forum when he issued a stern warning to the global community to be wary of America’s new approach to international affairs. […]

The United States will recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. President Donald Trump is going to announce the recognition in his formal speech at the White House on Wednesday. The President will also move the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem that might take place in the coming years. This decision of the President has alarmed some of […]

Fulfilling another campaign promise, President Donald Trump reportedly plans to authorize a move of the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv, the country’s financial and technology hub, to west Jerusalem (where America already maintains a consulate). The president plans to make an official announcement tomorrow about his decision apparently selected from a range of […]

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is arguably the most sacred site in the Christian religion. It is, after all, believed to be the final resting place of Jesus Christ. If you believe what is written in the Bible, then Jesus was buried in the Holy Sepulchre after his crucifixion and resurrection. Of […]

Clashes between Palestinians and Israelis over the Temple Mount and the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem have put the Middle East region on edge. The latest round of tensions began with the murder of Israeli police officers, Advanced Staff Sgt. Maj. Hael Sathawi and Advanced Staff Sgt. Maj. Kamil Shanan. Sathawi and Shanan were gunned […]

Last month, President Donald Trump signed an order to keep the American Embassy in Tel Aviv despite his campaign promise to move the embassy to Jerusalem, but today Vice President Mike Pence confirmed the POTUS pledge to move the embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. VP Mike Pence gave a speech in the last week […]

The story of Jesus Christ and how he died has been among the most narrated in the world for centuries, with the Christian religion being based on his teachings and workings. But what do other recordings aside from the Bible reveal about Jesus Christ, the man who could walk on water, heal the sick, and […]

During his campaign for the presidency of the United States, then Republican candidate Donald Trump promised that, if elected, he would move the U.S. embassy in Israel from its current location in Tel Aviv to the actual Israeli capital city. More recently and since he won the election, Trump has gone about making the transition […]

A “terrorist” attack took place in Jerusalem killing four Israeli soldiers. A truck plowed into a group of soldiers on a popular meeting area, which also injured 15 others. Benjamin Netanyahu was quick to label this as a terrorist attack even though an investigation is ongoing. There are many elements at play in regards to […]

The tomb that sits at the center of history and has brought visitors from all over the world, a tomb believed to be the that of Jesus Christ, has only been viewed as a shrine and the burning candles that sat above where it was thought to be. Over the ages, for centuries, no one […]

Archaeologists and restorationists working at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Jerusalem have uncovered not only the chamber traditionally referred to as the tomb of Jesus Christ, the Christian messiah, but also the burial slab upon which he is said to have been laid to rest following his crucifixion. It […]

The tomb of Jesus Christ has been discovered by researchers where he was laid to rest after his crucifixion, Science Alert is reporting. The innermost chamber of Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulcher has long since been regarded at the tomb of Jesus Christ. However, many historians believed that the particular cave had been destroyed […]

Rumors making the rounds in the conspiracy theory blogosphere claim that Pope Francis would make UFO and alien disclosure, declare a one-world religion, and then proclaim the Antichrist as leader of the satanic New World Order (NWO) at an ecumenical gathering of the world’s three monotheist faiths that will take place September 4-23, 2016, in […]

In Jerusalem, work has been initiated to save the most holy place in the Christian faith – the tomb of Christ. The job will not be a simple one either but a major restoration project that will involve repairing the tomb of Jesus with titanium bolts. Workers will soon enter the tomb of Jesus – […]

On Friday, the Israeli military laid out plans for a three-day West Bank closure of crossings aimed to last through the duration of the Jewish holiday of Shavuot. The decision comes after a shooting in Tel Aviv on Wednesday in which four Israeli civilians were killed by two Palestinians, who are cousins, disguised as Hasidic […]

Artist Patricia Solveson recently completed a mural that took several years to complete – a mural called the “Wall of Life” in a cemetery in Jerusalem. In a CBN News article, the Jerusalem Wall of Life mural of the Bible was recently unveiled and the mural is “longer than a football field.” The massive mural […]

The youngest son of the late Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has recently called all jihadists to unite and fight in an audio message posted online, according to US terrorist-tracking organization Search for International Terrorist Entities (SITE). In the audio recording, Hamza bin Laden named Syria as the place to unite the mujahideen. “The […]

Rosh Hashanah, one of the holiest days on the Jewish calendar, began with Arabs attacking Israeli police on the Temple Mount with rocks and firebombs. The Temple Mount is the holiest site in Judaism, and is cited as the location of the first and second temples mentioned in the Bible. Observant Jews also believe that […]

Six people were stabbed by a Jewish religious extremist at the annual Gay Pride Parade held in Jerusalem this Thursday. The Magen David Adom reported two of the victims were severely injured and are now in critical condition. According to the Washington Post, the man has been identified as Yishai Shlissel, a Jewish extremist who […]

Professor Sydney Engelberg, a lecturer at Jerusalem’s Hebrew University, created an online firestorm this week after a picture of him holding a student’s baby while lecturing went viral and was viewed over a million times. However, it is the story behind this simple picture that many find incredibly moving. Engelberg, a 45-year teaching vet, was […]

A women sets a gas pump on fire at a Jerusalem gas station after a man pumping gas into his car refused to give her a cigarette, NBC News reported last night. After being refused a cigarette, the woman lit the pump on fire with a lighter. Police report that no one sustained any injuries […]

Kim Kardashian and husband Kayne West had lunch with the mayor of Jerusalem this week, but in a surprising twist for the reality star, her face was blocked out of a photo. Apparently, Kardashian’s “porn symbol” image doesn’t sit well with a Jerusalem website editor. USA Today reports that one of the editors of the […]

It’s less than a month since Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a standing ovation-filled speech in Congress; today, House Speaker John Boehner arrived in Israel and was welcomed to Jerusalem by the Israeli Prime Minister. Netanyahu, who is known to be an accomplished orator, began by welcoming Boehner and his delegation to the Jewish State. “Today it’s […]

Today is a day of decision in Israel. The citizens of the Jewish state will either re-elect Prime Minister Netanyahu, who despite his faults, refuses to bow to Obama’s demands and will not give the Palestinians half of Jerusalem or they will replace him with Issac Herzog, a Leftist politician who is willing to divide […]

Archaeologists believe that they have indeed uncovered the site of the trial of Jesus Christ, located in the Old City of Jerusalem. It is believed that this location was where Jesus may have been tried before his crucifixion, and now it’s open for all of the public to see. The Huffington Post reports that the […]

Jesus Christ is making the news in the New Year, with evidence supporting his trial location in the Old City district of Jerusalem. While most news stories about Jesus Christ have been focused around the abuse of Christians by Islamic State, this one has received relatively few headlines. Expanding on a JPost article, Ruth Eglash, […]

Alien and UFO circles are abuzz with claims of remarkable ancient Egyptian artifacts discovered in the former Jerusalem home of the famous Egyptologist Sir William Petrie, items that “could rewrite ancient Egyptian history” and indeed the history of the world. A YouTube video released by the website Paranormal Crucible purports to show ancient Egyptian sculpture […]

Just days after four worshippers in a Jerusalem Synagogue were massacred by two Israeli-Arabs as they prayed in the early hours of the morning, the Jordanian parliament recited prayers for the two terrorists who were eventually killed by police. They referred to the terrorists as “martyrs” and praised their heinous act. It is now known […]

In an unprompted and bloody terror attack this morning, at least two Arab-Israeli residents from East Jerusalem entered a synagogue during morning prayers wielding axes, knives and guns and began killing people while they prayed. The attacks took place at a large synagogue on Harav Shimon Agasi Street in the Har Nof area in the […]

The Israeli government approved new legislation on Sunday morning, amending the penal code in an effort to deter rock-throwers by stiffening the punishment against them for ambushing motor vehicles. As of today, a number of new articles are to be added to the penal code, to allow for prison sentences of up to 20 years […]

The security situation in the capital of Israel, Jerusalem, is a dire one, as Israeli and Palestinian Arabs intensify their “Intifada” in the city, against the Jewish Jerusalemites who live there. While the Israeli authorities have been more in denial than anything else about the recent wave of sporadic violence gripping the “Holy” city, the […]

Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama probably don’t agree on much, but when it comes to stopping the Israelis building in their own capital city, Jerusalem, the two world leaders see precisely eye-to-eye on the matter. In an amazing moment of candor mixed with the ultimate in hypocrisy, Putin said in a speech on Sunday at […]

Even the professional beggar has found a way to make it in the digital age. In a recent piece for the Magazine section of the New York Times, writer Mark Oppenheimer shed light on one Elimelech Ehrlich, a professional beggar from Jerusalem who makes a pilgrimage once per year to Lakewood, New Jersey. Ehrlich stays […]

Ethnic purification in Jerusalem? That term was used by Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in responding to reporters after the Obama White House slammed the idea of new housing construction in Jerusalem, the capital of the Jewish state. The Obama Administration refuses to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, and Obama insists on locating the U.S. […]

16-year-old Mohammed Abu Sankara passed away two weeks ago, following an injury he sustained while participating in a violent riot in a Jerusalem suburb. The riot took place in East Jerusalem, far away from the Gaza Strip and the Hamas terrorist group it was supporting. According to Israeli police. Sankara, whose name is sometimes spelled […]

The uproar which greeted Israel’s announcement that it was planning to transfer territory in Judea and Samaria to state ownership was predictable. An area of around 1000 acres in Gush Etzion between Hebron and Jerusalem has been earmarked for development at some unspecified time in the future. Most of the world regards this action as […]

The United States and the Middle East have a very unique relationship. One one hand, the Middle East are quick to call for our assistance when a problem should arise, but on the other hand, the majority of their people hate us (or the news shows it that they hate us). One such act of […]

ISIS, the Islamic extremist group making rapid military gains in its quest to topple the government of Iraq, mocks American soldiers in a new English-language video, taunting U.S. troops who, the ISIS fighter in the video says, will need diapers if they try to fight against ISIS in the Middle East. The radical jihadist force […]

Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones are not just happy with a posh Los Angeles party. The Hollywood mega stars were spotted in Jerusalem this morning for the Bar Mitzvah of their son, Dylan Michael Douglas. Israeli papers are camped outside the posh King David Hotel where Douglas and Zeta-Jones are reportedly staying in the Presidential […]

Justin Timberlake was the center of Instagram controversy last week after posting a picture of himself praying at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. The image itself was not really controversial. Many Hollywood A-listers like Sharon Stone and Bob Dylan have been seen and pictured visiting the holy site. What sparked the online furor was the […]

The riot in the Jerusalem, as The Inquisitr reported on, may not have been a very ugly one, but it has nonetheless provoked a lot of thoughts regarding the way the Islam’s holy site is managed or controlled for visitation. The riot police on Wednesday were called in to disperse a mob of angry Palestinian […]