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Obama makes surprise visit to Jerusalem's Western Wall
Jerusalem :: Israel | Jul 24, 5:35 AM
Posted by
Muhammad 
Barack Obama ended his trip to Israel this morning with a surprise visit to Jerusalem's Western Wall, before heading to Berlin. Wearing a yarmulke, the Democratic candidate placed a prayer in the wall. But his bid to shore up the Jewish vote was tarnished...
Tags: Obama, Surprise visit, Jerusalem
Palestinian construction worker attacks Jerusalem with bulldozer
Jerusalem :: Israel | Jul 02, 1:52 PM
Posted by
mediapirate
A Palestinian man plowed his bulldozer into a busy traffic intersection in Jerusalem today, killing 3 people before being shot by Israeli police. Israeli officials are labeling the incident a terrorist attack, though the perpetrator has no known affiliation...
Tags: bulldozer, Palestinian attack, Israel, Jerusalem, terrorism
Bookworms
New York :: NY :: USA | May 23, 11:51 AM
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According to Nextbook, the Jerusalem Post reports Friday on the city's International Writers Festival. Jonathan Safran Foer called his first two books —about the Holocaust and September 11th "not choices but necessities," while Etgar Keret lamented that...
Tags: Etgar Keret, Franz Kafka, Jerusalem, Jonathan Safran-Foer
Bush Addresses Israeli Parliament
Jerusalem :: Israel | May 15, 7:48 AM
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U.S. President George W. Bush denounced anti-Semitism today in a speech to Israeli legislators, taking issue especially with those who want to wipe the Jewish state off the map. Bush told the Knesset that religious liberty is fundamental to civilized...
Tags: George Bush, Ehud Olmert, Israel, Jerusalem, Knesset
The Last in Line
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | May 14, 8:27 PM
Posted by
Joel
Three quarters of the way through his speech, the President's mouth seized up, as though he were about to say something important that he just could not figure out how to put into words. Alas, this moment would be forever frozen in time, as the video...
Tags: George Bush, Ehud Olmert, Israel, Jerusalem
Jerusalem Writers Festival: Translating Jerusalem and the World
Jerusalem :: Israel | May 13, 6:46 PM
Posted by
IlanaJS
Prominent writers from around the world are gathering in Jerusalem this week, including Nadine Gordimer, David Grossman, Ingo Schulze, Sayed Kashua, Lidia Jorge, and dozens of others. Discussion topics include writing and translating in times of crisis,...
Tags: Jerusalem, Literature, Translation
Jerusalem Writers Festival: Translating Jerusalem and the World
Jerusalem :: Israel | May 13, 6:42 PM
Posted by
JerusalemTold
Prominent writers from around the world are gathering in Jerusalem this week, including Nadine Gordimer, David Grossman, Ingo Schulze, Sayed Kashua, Lidia Jorge, and dozens of others. Discussion topics include writing and translating in times of crisis,...
Tags: Jerusalem, Literature, Translation
Jerusalem Writers Festival: Translating Jerusalem and the World
Jerusalem :: Israel | May 13, 6:31 PM
Posted by
JerusalemTold
Prominent writers from around the world are gathering in Jerusalem this week, including Nadine Gordimer, David Grossman, Ingo Schulze, Sayed Kashua, Lidia Jorge, and dozens of others. Discussion topics include writing and translating in times of crisis,...
Tags: Jerusalem, Literature
Israel celebrates and suppresses at 60
Ramallah :: Palestine | May 13, 4:52 AM
Posted by
Jesse
Over the past few weeks Israel has become a sea of emblems to mark the 60th anniversary of its creation, with blue and white flags cloaking the state's cities, towns and settlements. The celebrations are patriotic bravado, making America's fourth of July...
Tags: Israel, Palestine, Jaffa, 60, nationalism, settlements, Jerusalem
Taking Out The Trash, Unilaterally
Jerusalem :: Israel | May 05, 10:37 AM
Posted by
IlanaJS
Recent Israeli municipal construction projects in the sensitive E-1 area of East Jerusalem present missed opportunities for cooperative actions, trust-building, and precendent-setting projects for a lasting peace in Jerusalem.
Tags: Jerusalem, Palestine, Israel, Trash Dump, Al-Azriya, Abu Dis, Maaleh Adumim
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