The Latest Breaking News from Jerusalem

Israel kills second Islamic Jihad leader, Gaza death toll mounts

An Israeli airstrike killed a second senior commander in the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad, the fighters said Sunday as the death toll from violence in Gaza rose to 31, including six children, according to Palestinian health officials. As Israel pressed on with its assault, Palestinian militants retaliated with barrages…

France 24 · Aug 7, 2022

Israel and Palestinian militants declare Gaza truce

Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group declared a truce late on Sunday, raising hopes of an end to the most serious flare-up on the Gaza frontier in more than a year.

Reuters · Aug 7, 2022

Rocket sirens, explosions sound in western outskirts of Jerusalem

Rocket sirens sounded and explosions were heard in Israeli communities west of Jerusalem on Sunday, witnesses said.

Reuters · Aug 7, 2022

New York polio patient left paralysed has same strain found in UK and Jerusalem

A New York man who has been left paralysed has suffered the same polio strain as found in London and Jerusalem it has been confirmed by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Daily Mirror · Aug 2, 2022

Why do England athletes sing ‘Jerusalem’ and not ‘God Save The King’ at Commonwealth Games?

Team England will not sing the UK's national anthem in Glasgow

The Independent UK · Jul 29, 2022

Palestinian PM Calls for Opening Quds Airport Instead of Ramon for Palestinians

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh called on the Israeli authorities to open al-Quds Airport in Jerusalem to the Palestinians in direct rejection of the authority’s proposal to open the remote Ramon Airport. Speaking at the weekly cabinet session on Monday in Ramallah, Shtayyeh said that the Israeli authorities are fully…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 26, 2022

Israel Warns Russia Against Shutting Down Jewish Agency

Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid warned Russia on Sunday against shutting down the Jewish agency in charge of organizing the emigration of Jews to Israel. In remarks at the beginning of the cabinet session, Lapid said such step would be a “grave event” that would negatively affect diplomatic ties between…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 25, 2022

Lebanon’s Rahi: Al-Hajj’s Arrest Insults the Patriarchate

The Maronite Patriarchate’s summer residence in Lebanon’s northern town of Diman on Sunday witnessed crowds gathering in support of the Maronite Patriarch, Beshara Al-Rahi, who had stepped up his rejection of the arrest of a senior Lebanese Maronite religious leader. Bishop Mousa Al-Hajj, archbishop of the Maronite archdiocese of Haifa…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 25, 2022

Lebanon Judiciary Accuses Rahi’s Deputy of ‘Violating Israel Boycott Law’

A new political dilemma has been added to Lebanon’s complicated political file over the controversial detention of Archbishop of the Archeparchy of Haifa and the Holy Land and Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Palestine Moussa Al-Hajj earlier this week. The Archbishop was detained and interrogated over reported “violation of the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 22, 2022

Ukrainian experts turn to Israel for mental trauma training

A group of Ukrainian mental health professionals has spent the last two weeks in a special course in Jerusalem aimed at giving them tools to treat victims of psychological trauma back home

The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2022