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Obama visits Bethlehem’s Nativity Church attributed to Jesus’ birth
US President Barack Obama on Friday visited Bethlehem’s Nativity Church built on the site where tradition says Jesus was born, at the end of a three-day trip to Israel and the West Bank. The visit took place later than expected because of an unexpected sandstorm which forced the president to…
Racism suspected in Jerusalem soccer club arson
Arsonists Friday torched the offices of Beitar Jerusalem football club, embroiled in conflict with some of its more racist supporters over the signing of two Muslim footballers from Chechnya, police said. The attack took place hours after prosecutors on Thursday filed charges against four Beitar supporters accused of racist chants…
EU ‘to propose’ peace plan after Israel vote
The European Union is drawing up a detailed new plan to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, and expects to present it after this month’s Israeli general election, Yediot Aharonot reported Sunday. Citing diplomatic sources in Jerusalem, Israel’s top-selling daily said the plan was intended to “bring about the establishment of a…
Unusual heavy snowfall hits Jerusalem
JERUSALEM — Jerusalem was transformed into a winter wonderland on Thursday after heavy overnight snowfall turned the Holy City and much of the region white, bringing hordes of excited children onto the streets. As temperatures plummeted, the bitter winds and rain that have battered the Middle East since Sunday turned…
Jerusalem sites sprayed with anti-Christian graffiti
Vandals sprayed anti-Christian graffiti on a monastery and a Christian cemetery in Jerusalem overnight, in two apparent “price-tag” attacks, police told AFP on Wednesday. “Overnight, graffiti was sprayed on the gates of the entrance of the Armenian cemetery reading ‘Jesus is a son of a bitch’ in Hebrew, and on…
Israel PM vows to continue building in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday pledged to continue unhindered construction in Jerusalem, including in its annexed eastern sector, despite criticism from the European Union. “We are not putting any limitations on building in Jerusalem, it is our capital,” he said at the start of the weekly…
Egypt’s Brotherhood head urges jihad for Jerusalem
CAIRO — The supreme guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, from which Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi emanated, called on Thursday for a jihad (holy war) to liberate Jerusalem from Israeli rule. “Jerusalem is Islamic … and nobody is entitled to make concessions” on the Holy City, said Sheikh Mohammed Badie in…
Clashes in east Jerusalem over anti-Islam film
JERUSALEM — Hundreds of Palestinians protesting against an anti-Islam film clashed with Israeli border police in east Jerusalem on Tuesday, hurling stones and firebombs at a checkpoint, the military and reporters said. The protesters marched from the Shuafat camp toward a crossing that connects east and west Jerusalem where they…
Obama orders God, Jerusalem back in platform
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — US President Barack Obama ordered Democrats Wednesday to reinsert references to God and Jerusalem in their party platform, quickly moving to snuff out a damaging political row. The controversy had threatened to detract from the party’s drive to draw a sharp contrast with Republican nominee Mitt…
Democrats add Jerusalem and God to 2012 platform
Democrats at their national convention on Wednesday amended their 2012 platform to include a reference to “God-given potential” and recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The change was proposed by former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland. “As an ordained United Methodist minister, I am here to attest and affirm that…
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