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  • Firefighters battle to extinguish massive fires across Jerusalem area

    04/30/2025 3:21:36 PM PDT · by rottweiller_inc · 13 replies
    JERUSALEM POST ^ | 4-30-24 | JERUSALEM POST STAFF
    Around 50 fire crews and 10 firefighting planes and a helicopter have been deployed to extinguish the blaze.
  • Israel hit Gaza hospital on Palm Sunday, kills 21

    04/14/2025 9:14:46 PM PDT · by Jyotishi · 41 replies
    The Pioneer ^ | Tuesday, April 15, 2025 | Deir Al-Balah, Press Trust of India
    A wave of Israeli strikes across Gaza on Sunday hit a hospital and other sites, killing at least 21 people, including children, as Israel vowed to expand its security presence in the small coastal strip. The predawn strike on Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City was the latest of several attacks on northern Gaza’s last major hospital providing critical health care. Hospital director Dr. Fadel Naim said the emergency room, pharmacy and surrounding buildings were severely damaged, affecting over 100 patients and dozens of staff. One patient, a girl, died during the evacuation following an Israeli warning because staff were unable...
  • Excavation near site where Jesus was crucified and buried results in ancient discovery

    04/04/2025 7:01:22 AM PDT · by bitt · 9 replies
    https://www.foxnews.com/t ^ | April 4, 2025 | Andrea Margolis
    Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre is the holiest site in Christianity Proof of an ancient garden, consistent with biblical scripture, has emerged at the holiest site in Christianity — and an archaeologist says "many surprises" from the site are in the works. Archaeologists excavating the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the ancient church in Jerusalem situated where Jesus Christ was crucified and buried, recently found evidence of ancient olive trees and grapevines. The specimens date back roughly 2,000 years. The discovery echoes the New Testament verse John 19:41, "Now in the place where he was crucified there was a...
  • Secret CIA files claim Ark of the Covenant has been found

    03/26/2025 7:37:18 PM PDT · by Words Matter · 10 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 3.26.25
    The location of a chest believed to contain the Ten Commandments has long been a mystery, but CIA documents claims the Ark of the Covenant has been found.
  • Kenyan National Indicted for Conspiring to Hijack Aircraft on Behalf of the Al Qaeda-Affiliated Terrorist Organization Al Shabaab

    12/16/2020 2:32:34 PM PST · by ransomnote · 3 replies
    justice.gov ^ | December 16, 2020 | Department of Justice
    Cholo Abdi Abdullah Obtained Pilot Training and Researched How to Hijack Aircraft in Order to Conduct a 9/11-Style Attack at the Direction of al ShabaabThe Department of Justice announced the unsealing of an indictment charging Cholo Abdi Abdullah with six counts of terrorism-related offenses arising from his activities as an operative of the foreign terrorist organization al Shabaab, including conspiring to hijack aircraft in order to conduct a 9/11-style attack in the United States. Abdullah was arrested in July 2019 in the Philippines on local charges, and was subsequently transferred on Dec. 15, 2020 in connection with his deportation from...
  • Byzantine Ascetic Monk Buried with Chains in Jerusalem Discovered to Be a Woman

    02/20/2025 5:57:32 PM PST · by SunkenCiv · 37 replies
    labrujulaverde.com ^ | February 14, 2025 | Guillermo Carvajal
    During excavations at the Khirbat el-Masani site, a Byzantine monastery dated between the 4th and 7th centuries, several tombs were uncovered. Among them, one stood out in particular: a burial where the individual had been wrapped in chains, an ascetic practice symbolizing the sacrifice of the body and detachment from the material world. Traditionally, this type of penance has been associated with male anchorites, leading archaeologists to assume that the remains belonged to a man. However, the poor preservation of the bones prevented a conclusive osteological determination of the individual's sex.Faced with the inability to rely on traditional osteological methods,...
  • Danon tells UNSC: UNRWA has 48 hours to cease all operations in Jerusalem

    01/28/2025 9:19:57 AM PST · by Eleutheria5 · 20 replies
    Arutz Sheva ^ | 28/1/25 | Gary Willig
    Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon officially informed the members of the UN Security Council today (Tuesday) that UNRWA has 48 hours to end all operations in Jerusalem and leave Israel's capital. “Within 48 hours, the State of Israel will cease its cooperation with UNRWA. UNRWA must cease its activities and evacuate all its facilities in Jerusalem," he said. Ambassador Danon elaborated, "The legislation prohibits UNRWA from operating within the sovereign territory of the State of Israel and prohibits any contact between Israeli authorities and UNRWA. In addition, the organization is prohibited from maintaining any representative office, service...
  • Century-old pilgrim medallion found by child in Jerusalem's Ein Karem

    01/27/2025 9:31:50 PM PST · by SunkenCiv · 4 replies
    The Tablet ^ | January 2, 2025 | Tabitha Smith
    A ten-year-old schoolboy accidentally discovered a 100-year-old cross medallion during a school trip to the birthplace of John the Baptist.Nehorai Nir, a student at Jerusalem's Argentina Experimental High School in Kiryat Hoyovel, said that when he was picking edible plants, "I suddenly saw a colourful object shining in the dirt. I pulled it out and was immediately very excited...According to Dr Amrit Re'em, the Jerusalem District Archaeologist of the Israel Antiquities Authority, the cross medallion was made with a micro-mosaic technique."This cross medallion is not considered an antiquity by law as it is 'only' 100-200 years old or so, but...
  • Inventing the ‘West Bank’: Its very existence of proves that the “Palestinian” people have no connection to the land

    01/06/2025 8:13:43 AM PST · by SeekAndFind · 16 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 01/06/2025 | Sha'i ben-Tekoa
    On December 6, 2024, Senator Tom Cotton (Republican of Arkansas) introduced a bill in the Senate to replace “West Bank” in all federal documents with “Judea and Samaria,” noting, “The Jewish people’s legal and historic rights to Judea and Samaria go back thousands of years. The US should stop using the politically charged term West Bank to refer to the biblical heartland of Israel.” His bill matches a House bill introduced earlier this year by Representatives Claudia Tenney, Randy Weber, and Anthony D’Esposito. Yes, they are the Jewish names but also the world’s. In 1947, the United Nations General Assembly...
  • Rare Trove of Ancient Coins Found in Israel: "Archaeological Hanukkah Miracle"

    01/02/2025 7:40:23 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 14 replies
    CBS News ^ | December 31, 2024 | Emily Mae Czachor
    A rare collection of ancient coins was discovered last week by Israeli researchers, who called the find an "archaeological Hanukkah miracle." The coins are more than 2,000 years old and believed to belong to King Alexander Jannaeus, the second ruler of the Hasmonean dynasty that presided over Judea in the final centuries leading up to the common era, according to the University of Haifa in Israel. Archaeologists found the hoard of about 160 of the coins during ongoing excavations in the Jordan Valley, which runs between the Israeli-occupied West Bank and the eastern border of Jordan. The project is headed...
  • 1920 Pogrom: “Mohammad’s religion was born with the sword”, "nashrab dam al-yahud" ("we will drink the blood of the Jews") - Arab mob attacked, murdered, and wounded Jews in the Holy Land. (Nebi Musa)

    01/25/2025 7:58:18 PM PST · by Freeleesy · 17 replies
    Various | 2011, 2013 & 2024
    That's how it all started. The "opening shot" of the Jewish-Arab blood battle for this land was heard on Passover 93 years ago, in the forgotten events of the 19th century - the first significant defining event in the national and religious struggle between the two peoples. Nadav Shragai. Israel Hayom. 24/3/2013. [...]. The time was approximately 11:30 a.m., April 4, 1920 (15 Nisan 5680), the first day of the Chol HaMoed of Passover holiday in Jerusalem. The death of a threatening crowd was heard from afar. The Arabs in the nearby markets of the old city rushed to close...
  • Shrine from the Bible sealed up by Jesus' ancestor is OPENED for the first time in 3,000 years

    01/17/2025 11:03:06 AM PST · by Red Badger · 30 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | January 16, 2025 | MICHAEL HAVIS
    A place of worship sealed up by the ancestors of Jesus has been discovered in the ancient heart of Jerusalem, frozen in time for nearly 3,000 years. Carved into the rock near Temple Mount, the structure comprises eight rooms, containing an altar, a sacred standing stone, and presses for olive oil and wine. And experts believe its destruction may have featured in the Bible, which describes how Hezekiah – one of Jesus' ancestors – smashed idolatrous places of worship. This was one such place, according to Eli Shukron, exacavation director for the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), who dated it to...
  • Security Cabinet recommends hostage deal be ratified

    01/17/2025 5:17:55 AM PST · by Eleutheria5 · 12 replies
    Arutz Sheva ^ | 17/1/25 | Orly Harari
    Arutz Sheva has learned that some of the terrorists who will be released will be sent to Judea and Samaria, as well as eastern Jerusalem.
  • Rare ancient engraving of Menorah found in Judean hills

    01/03/2017 7:24:44 PM PST · by Lera · 12 replies
    Arutz Sheva ^ | 1/3/17 | Yoel Domb
    During the Hanukkah festival, hikers discovered a rare engraving of a menorah in a water cistern in the Judean Hills. The Israel Antiquities Authority reports that a rare and intriguing discovery was revealed over the Hanukkah weekend by hikers exploring a water cistern in the Judean hills: On the walls of the cistern, in chalk bedrock, were inscribed ancient engravings of a seven-branched menorah and a cross. Last weekend touring enthusiasts Mickey Barkal, Sefi Givoni, and Ido Meroz, who are members of the Israel Caving Club, went out to visit hidden caves in the Judean hills. According to hiker Ido...
  • Ancient [Israel] Map Sets [Arab] Middle East Ablaze

    01/08/2025 10:32:24 AM PST · by Words Matter · 26 replies
    Jfeed ^ | 1.8.25 | Gika Isaacson
    Ancient Map Sets Middle East Ablaze: Jordan Accuses Israel of 'Criminal[sic]' Territory Grab What started as an Israeli Foreign Ministry social media post about ancient Jewish kingdoms has erupted into a major diplomatic crisis, with Jordan and the Palestinian Authority accusing Israel of revealing "malicious[sic] territorial ambitions" by sharing a map of biblical borders that extend into modern Arab states. The map which enraged Jordan and the Palestinians. Photo: Screenshot from Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, X. A social media post by Israel's Foreign Ministry featuring an ancient biblical map has ignited fierce criticism from Arab nations, with Jordan's government...
  • Is Jordan Palestine?

    04/26/2009 6:29:30 PM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 4 replies · 1,087+ views
    China Confidential ^ | April 26, 2009
    Jordan's King Abdullah II on Sunday repeatedly blamed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for the Islamist threat--from Iran to Pakistan. It all comes back to the Palestinian issue and Jerusalem, he said several times in an interview on NBC-TV's Meet the Press program. His host, David Gregory, did not ask the Jordanian King the obvious questions: Assuming Israel were to return the disputed West Bank territories, including East Jerusalem, which Jordan lost when it attacked Israel in the Six-Day War of June 1967, to Jordan or to a new Palestinian state, would that stop the Taliban and Al Qaeda from continuing their...
  • Rare oil lamp with Temple menorah found from time when Romans barred Jews from Jerusalem

    12/26/2024 11:29:37 PM PST · by blueplum · 9 replies
    Times of Israel ^ | 26 Dec 2024 | Gavriel Fiske
    A rare, 4th-century CE ceramic oil lamp recently discovered during Israeli Antiquities Authorities excavations near the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem will be displayed to the public for the first time during the current Hanukkah holiday, the IAA said Thursday. The unusual lamp is decorated with imagery related to the services in the Jewish Second Temple in Jerusalem, including a Temple menorah (which had seven branches, unlike the nine-branched menorahs used during Hanukkah). Also depicted on the small lamp are an incense shovel, which Temple priests used when making offerings, and a lulav... The Second Temple was destroyed in 70...
  • Called 'Most Significant Item from Time of Christ,' Bone Box of Jesus's Brother Makes Its Way to US

    12/25/2024 4:56:58 PM PST · by blueplum · 30 replies
    Western Journal ^ | 24 Dec 2024 | Ole Braatelien
    A stone box believed to have once held the bones of Jesus’ brother James is now on display in Atlanta, Georgia. If authentic, “The James Ossuary” is the only archaeological find directly attributed to Jesus’ family, according to Pullman Yards, the event venue displaying the object. The box is “considered the most significant item ever discovered from the time of Christ,” ... Etched into the 2,000-year-old limestone relic are the words, “James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus” in ancient Aramaic, according to the U.K.’s Daily Mail.... “We’ve analyzed the likelihood of someone with this combination of names living in...
  • BREAKING: Turkey’s President, Erdogan, release a statement claiming “JERUSALEM IS OUR CITY.”

    12/20/2024 1:51:49 PM PST · by Vendome · 85 replies
    X ^ | December 20, 2024 | Erdogan?
  • LIVE: Syrian Islamists Prepare Invasion Of Israel

    12/09/2024 1:14:49 PM PST · by Eleutheria5 · 56 replies
    Mahyar Tousi TV ^ | 9/12/24 | Mahyar Tousi
    Title says it all, but Mahyar touches on returning refugees, Christians fleeing, Kurds defending themselves, Erdowan wanting to make Ottoman Empire 2.0, and other related issues. Transcript linked below video.