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Category Archives: JERUSALEM
UPDATED | What’s Going On at the Siloam Pool?
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT, on 27 DEC 2022 various Israeli government entities and settler organizations made a surprise announcement: Jerusalem’s lower Pool of Siloam is to be excavated and exposed in its entirety in the coming months, and ultimately … Continue reading
Lifting the Veil on the “Four Quarters” of Jerusalem (and a lot more)
A recent book on Jerusalem, focusing on the walled Old City, seeks to not only demythologize the place but shed light on many of its untold stories, both old and new. It is by British journalist, travel writer and broadcaster … Continue reading
Posted in JERUSALEM, Jerusalem People, Jerusalem Places
Tagged Books, Matthew Teller, Old City
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PHOTOS | Surprising Finds Exposed on Franciscans’ Gethsemane Property
Across the busy street running in front of the Church of All Nations, a popular pilgrim site (in normal times, that is), a recent salvage excavation is providing yet another window into Jerusalem’s past. Not surprising, really, in a city … Continue reading
“Jerusalem Is Not Disneyland”– Despite serious objections, cable car crisscrossing Historic Basin forges ahead
UPDATED | Jerusalem cable car project passes over objections from many quarters Political interests drive tourism plan that would blight historic city’s skyline and bypass Palestinians by JONATHAN COOK / 13 May 2019 A proposed cable car project through occupied … Continue reading
U.S. closes its 175-year-old consular mission in Jerusalem, further downgrading relations with Palestinians
An article published today by NPR correspondent Daniel Estrin notes the closing of the U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem, a mission which represented the United States’ sole diplomatic outreach to the Oslo-created Palestinian Authority, and thus to the state-less Palestinian people. … Continue reading
Temple Discourse Within Present-day Israeli Society: A Reflection on Tisha B’Av
Here’s a thought provoking offering from Yudith Oppenheimer, Executive Director of the Jerusalem-based Ir-Amim organization, on the occasion of Tisha B’Av, when Jews worldwide remember the loss of their historic temples. She writes in part: Post-Temple Judaism managed, for the … Continue reading
Posted in Haram/ Temple Mount, Holidays, Israel-Palestine Scene, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, JERUSALEM, Temple
Tagged Temple, Tisha B'Av, Zionism
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“May Your Home Be Destroyed”
Those were the words hurled at the US president by Mahmoud Abbas (aka Abu Mazen) in a rambling, defiant speech before the PLO Central Council on January 14th. It is said to be one of the milder curses in the … Continue reading
Tom Powers -- VIEW FROM JERUSALEM 