Jerusalem's Planning and Building Committee rejected objections to the construction of the 40-story Epstein Tower, but ordered its height reduced by 30 meters. Opponents of its consturction will likely ask for another hearing or seek legal proceedings
The Palestinian security guards in malls and parking lots are the tip of the iceberg of what is really a vast phenomenon: the integration of Jerusalem's Palestinian residents into local Israeli society
For the first time, a public campaign has emerged within the ultra-Orthodox and national Haredi communities in Jerusalem against the harassment of Christian clergy and pilgrims. Ahrale Friedman, a resident of Jerusalem's Ramat Shlomo neighborhood, hung signs throughout the Old City on the eve of the Passover holiday calling on the public to avoid […]
A tense and apprehensive atmosphere can be felt these days at Damascus Gate and in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City ahead of the Holy Month of Ramadan, which begins in early March. Already at our meeting at the stairs in Damascus Gate plaza, two Border Police officers hurried towards us. One of […]