Blog: Moving the US Embassy to Jerusalem: the good, the bad and the unpredictable
By Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) – President-elect Donald Trump said during his campaign he wants to move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem. His nominee for…
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Report: Trump transition team checking possible locations for Jerusalem embassy
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The transition team for President-elect Donald Trump is already checking into possible locations in Jerusalem for the U.S. Embassy, according to an…
How Jerusalem is coping with the attacks: Police and pepper spray
By Ben Sales JERUSALEM (JTA) — “No pepper spray, no tear gas, no nightsticks,” sighed Itzhak Mizrahi to three disappointed men, as if it were…
Violence has spiked in Jerusalem — here’s why
By Ben Sales Sept. 21, 2015 TEL AVIV (JTA) — For Israelis, the Ten Days of Repentance from Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur have turned…
Op-Ed: My message to the man who attacked me at the Kotel
By Alden Solovy JERUSALEM (JTA) – On a sunny morning last month, I was swept into the women’s section of the Western Wall in Jerusalem…