Israel security forces raided offices of the PLO last night which were operating illegally in the Jerusalem suburb El-Azaria. The special Border Police unit confiscated documents and sealed off the entrance to the buildings. Officials in Jerusalem say that the existence of the offices undermines Israel’s sovereignty in its capital. In another initiated operation, the […]

The Knesset Education Committee held a comprehensive hearing today on the damage that the Moslem Waqf continues to cause to precious Jewish antiquities on and under the Temple Mount. The Waqf is working to build a new mosque in underground chambers of the Mount, and antiquities found in ancient water cisterns there are destroyed in […]

The Committee to Prevent the Destruction of Temple Mount Antiquities laments yet again that despite police reports, the Moslem Waqf continues with its excavation and construction work on the Mount, causing damage to 2,000-year-old Jewish artifacts. The committee sent off an urgent letter to Prime Minister Sharon, saying that the Moslems are in the process […]

It took the Palestinians a few hours to grasp to the full the dimensions of Sharon’s bloodless coup in Jerusalem in retaliation for the one of their most horrendous terrorist outrages since the onset of the Intifada las October. Before even 15 victims of the Sbarro’s pizza parlor suicide bombing were buried Friday, among them […]

Professor Jean Rappaport, an Israeli pediatrician from Nazareth Illit, has been recognized by the United States Congress as one of the 500 most influential medical leaders of the 21st Century. The US Congress recognized Professor Rappaport for his development of innovative treatments for many childhood diseases, as well as for his prolific written work in […]

Like most months, April was up-and-down for the Jewish residents of Hebron. They got no further in their struggle to convince the Israeli government to take back the surrounding Abu Sneineh hills from where, Palestinian snipers catch Jews in the cross hairs, and their struggle with the left-wing police assigned to their city seemed to […]

(JPFS) At Israel’s request, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is sending a special envoy to Jerusalem to investigate the reports of Islamic Wakf construction work on the Temple Mount, a UNESCO official confirmed this week. The envoy, Prof Oleg Grabar of the Institute for Advanced Studies at Princeton University, said he […]

To take certain steps toward recognition by the United States of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Ontroduced in the House) HR 598 IH 107th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 598 To take certain steps toward recognition by the United States of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 13, […]

(syndicated by the Boston Globe) In proposing that eastern Jerusalem become part of a sovereign Arab state, President Clinton is urging not just a bad idea, but one that has already been tried — with disastrous results. Jerusalem was always one city before May of 1948, the month British rule in Palestine came to an […]

Jerusalem Mayor Ehud Olmert has temporarily moved his offices to the Old City in Jerusalem to emphasize the fact that he is the Mayor of All of Jerusalem, a united City since 1967.