Jerusalem

Israeli foreign minister slams Sanders ‘horrifying comment’

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s foreign minister denounced Democratic front-runner Bernie Sanders on Wednesday for what he cal...
9:47 26 February 2022

Michael Douglas, Zeta-Jones to co-host Jerusalem ceremony

JERUSALEM (AP) — Hollywood power couple Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones are set to return to Israel as co-hosts...
5:31 26 February 2022

Pope cautions against “unfair” Middle East peace plans

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has cautioned against “unfair” solutions aimed at ending the conflict between Israelis and Pale...
12:00 23 February 2022

Israeli troops hurt, 3 Palestinians killed in new violence

JERUSALEM — A spike in Israeli-Palestinian violence on Thursday left at least three Palestinians killed and a dozen Israeli troops wounded in a rash o...
11:12 6 February 2022

Muslim nations reject Trump’s Mideast plan in Saudi meeting

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Days after Gulf Arab states expressed their support for President Donald Trump's efforts at resolving the Israeli-Palest...
15:23 3 February 2022

Palestinians protest Trump plan, Gaza militants fire rockets

JERUSALEM — Palestinians held demonstrations across the region Friday to protest President Donald Trump's Middle East initiative, while militants in t...
16:10 31 January 2022

Israel postpones move to annex large parts of West Bank

JERUSALEM — Israel has postponed a move to annex large parts of the West Bank, a government minister said Wednesday, a day after Prime Minister Benjam...
18:27 29 January 2022

Prince Charles visits Jerusalem tomb of unique ancestor

JERUSALEM — Britain's Prince Charles on Friday paid a solemn visit to the tomb of his grandmother, who sheltered Jews during the Holocaust and whose t...
15:40 24 January 2022

Trump: Mideast peace plan likely rolled out in days

JERUSALEM — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he'll likely release the long-awaited White House Mideast peace plan before his meeting early ne...
23:11 23 January 2022

Key quotes from world leaders at Holocaust forum

JERUSALEM — The presidents of France and Germany warned of rising anti-Semitism. Israeli and American leaders lashed out at Iran. Russia's president t...
20:15 23 January 2022

Leaders vow to learn from Holocaust, offer competing lessons

JERUSALEM — Speaker by speaker, world leaders on Thursday denounced the rising threat of anti-Semitism and vowed never to forget the lessons of the Ho...
18:44 23 January 2022

Russia-Poland feud over history clouds Auschwitz anniversary

WARSAW, Poland — Over the next several days, world leaders will gather twice to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the...
12:28 22 January 2022

Survivor stories spotlight Auschwitz liberation anniversary

JERUSALEM — Shortly before they were rounded up by Nazi troops in Belgium and deported to Auschwitz in 1942, the parents of three-year-old Maurice Glu...
6:30 21 January 2022

Orthodox women seek bigger role as Jews end Talmud cycle

JERUSALEM — As Orthodox Jews worldwide conclude a grueling marathon of daily Talmud study, a growing number of Israeli women have joined the effort, s...
15:23 7 January 2022

On foreign policy, Trump flouts risks that gave others pause

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is not the first American leader to have Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani in his sights, but he was the first to pull...
15:00 4 January 2022

Israel’s Netanyahu shores up base but obstacles remain

JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shored up his base with a landslide primary victory announced early Friday, but he will need a b...
8:39 27 December 2022

Israel’s embattled Netanyahu wins landslide in primary

JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has won a landslide victory in a primary election for leadership of the ruling Likud party.
23:51 26 December 2022

From New York to Moscow, Holocaust survivors share memories

PARIS — Holocaust survivors in several cities around the world are lighting candles for Hanukkah together, as Jewish community leaders try to keep fir...
11:36 23 December 2021

Israel to grant holiday travel permits to Gaza Christians

JERUSALEM — Israel announced on Sunday that it will allow Christians in the Gaza Strip to travel to Jerusalem and the West Bank for Christmas.
21:19 22 December 2021

In Florida, Trump says he’s Israel’s best pal in White House

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — President Donald Trump said Saturday that Israel has never had a better friend in the White House than him because, unlike his prede...
2:56 8 December 2021

Case against Netanyahu includes billionaire witnesses

JERUSALEM — Israel’s attorney general on Monday officially submitted his indictment of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on corruption charges, laying...
19:08 2 December 2021

Rights researcher deported by Israel vows to continue work

JERUSALEM — A human rights researcher who is being deported from Israel over his alleged boycott advocacy said Sunday he will remain in his position a...
17:04 24 November 2021

Netanyahu’s woes mirror those of his ally Trump

JERUSALEM — He was accused of using his high office to advance his personal political interests. He derided the investigation as a “witch hunt” fueled...
0:02 23 November 2021

Israel to host largest event ever focused on anti-Semitism

JERUSALEM — Israeli officials announced Wednesday that dozens of world leaders will arrive in Jerusalem for the largest-ever gathering focused on comb...
11:22 20 November 2021

Google, Israel’s National Library team up to digitize books

JERUSALEM — The National Library of Israel is working with Google to digitize 120,000 books from its extensive collection of Jewish texts and upload t...
17:28 13 November 2021

France reopens contested Jewish tomb in east Jerusalem

JERUSALEM — French authorities reopened one of Jerusalem's most magnificent ancient tombs to the public for the first time in over a decade, despite a...
6:25 8 November 2021