But Sheik Tamimi doesn’t need to take the Jews’ word for any of this, or that of legions of world-class scholars. For proof of the Jewish connection to Jerusalem, he need only look at writings from his own religious tradition.
The Koran, which references many biblical stories and claims figures like Abraham as Islamic prophets, also […]
“CAIRO — Egyptians generally do not make any distinction between Jewish people and Israelis. Israelis are seen as the enemy, so Jews are, too. Khalid Badr, 40, is pretty typical in that regard, living in a neighborhood of winding, rutted roads in Old Cairo, selling snacks from a kiosk while listening to the Koran on […]
“DEIR ABU MESHAL, West Bank (Reuters) - Of all the cottage industries you might expect to find in the Israeli- occupied West Bank, the crocheting of Jewish skullcaps by Palestinian hands seems one of the oddest. But creating the colourful cap, known in Hebrew as a “kippah”, keeps hundreds of women busy in villages like […]
n estimated 20,000 Jews made their way to Hebron Wednesday to participate in evening prayers to greet the new month of Elul, which begins with sunset. The group includes several Hasidic leaders and Jewish visitors from the United States and France, Arutz-7 (Hebrew) reported. “Jewish support for Hebron and the land of Israel always has […]
“The Hamas terrorist’s “Al Kassam” brigades had a unique reason to celebrate this week, as the one hundredth terrorist affiliated with the group earned an academic diploma at Israel’s expense. The occasion was publicized on Hamas’ PS Al-Kassam website. The milestone was reached by Mahmoud Abu-Sarur, of Bethlehem, who is serving a life sentence for […]
“As a result, a ring has been placed around East Jerusalem that is intended to impede partition of the Israeli capital — one of the political objectives of the American multimillionaire’s acts of charity. Moskowitz makes no secret of his motives. He has compared the Oslo Accords, which were intended to encourage accommodation between Israelis […]
“The Observer: When did you start rapping?
Rinat: I first started to write regular songs. I wrote my first song about eight years ago in response to the murder of my cousin, Elazar Leibowitz (may God avenge his blood), from the holy city of Hevron. He was a special person, and he returned his soul to […]
“KIFL, Iraq (AFP) — Nearly everyone who could read the Hebrew verses carved into the walls of Ezekiel’s tomb left Iraq almost 60 years ago, but their memory is preserved in what is today a revered Muslim shrine. Between 1948 and 1951 nearly all of Iraq’s 2,500-year-old Jewish community fled amid a region-wide outbreak of […]
“The Ministry of Transportation will be asked to appeal a recent decision by the German authorities not to allow Lufthansa flights to Israel to leave from a newly-built terminal, and have them take off from an old terminal instead. Lufthansa recently inaugurated a new private terminal at Munich’s airport. A spokesman for the German airline […]
“Rock attacks by Arabs have escalated over the past few days of Pesach. Today, Monday, rock attacks targeted Yidden as well as vehicles belonging to the Palestinian Authority. This morning, the fourth day of Chol Hamoed in Eretz Yisroel, large rocks and other unidentified items were hurled at a vehicle carrying Harav Moshe Shternbuch shlit”a, […]
