Police mobilize reinforcements from across the country to secure volatile JerusalemOctober 6th, 2009 Police increase presence in volatile JerusalemJERUSALEM — Israeli police have mobilized reinforcements from across the country to secure volatile Jerusalem after days of violent Palestinian protests. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said thousands of police were securing the city on Tuesday, including officers mobilized from other areas.
Palestinians riot after being barred from Jerusalem holy siteOctober 4th, 2009 Unrest erupts at Jerusalem shrineJERUSALEM — Police say Palestinian protesters are hurling rocks and bottles at Israeli police after being barred from one of the holiest shrines in Jerusalem. Jerusalem police spokesman Shmuel Ben-Ruby says police have dispersed about 150 demonstrators who had gathered near the disputed hilltop compound.
Most American Jews back military strike on IranOctober 1st, 2009 JERUSALEM - Fifty-six percent of American Jews support military action against Iran to prevent the Teheran regime from obtaining nuclear weapons, a new study has claimed. Thirty-six percent opposed such a move, according to the American Jewish Committee's 2009 Annual Survey of American Jewish Opinion.
Palestinian protesters, Israeli police clash at volatile Jerusalem holy siteSeptember 30th, 2009 Israeli police, protesters clash at holy siteJERUSALEM — Israeli police used stun grenades Sunday to disperse Palestinian rioters at a volatile Jerusalem site holy to Jews and Muslims, police said. The incident took place during a visit by a Jewish group to the compound in Jerusalem's Old City known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary.
Madonna lights Sabbath candles at Israeli leader Netanyahu's homeSeptember 4th, 2009 Madonna lights Sabbath candles with Israel PMJERUSALEM — Madonna joined the Israeli prime minister and his family Friday in the traditional ritual welcoming the Jewish Sabbath
A statement from from the prime minister's office says the singer spent two hours with Bejamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara at their home lighting candles and reciting a blessing together. Although not Jewish, the 51-year-old pop star claims a special bond with Israel and Jewish tradition.
Egypt says Israeli settlement freeze must include east JerusalemAugust 28th, 2009 Egypt: Israeli freeze must include east JerusalemSTOCKHOLM — Egypt's foreign minister says east Jerusalem must be included in a freeze of Israeli settlement activity before Middle East peace talks can restart. Ahmed Aboul-Gheit told reporters in Stockholm on Friday that Jerusalem is Arab "and it will continue to be so."
He said the Arab world expects the area to be included in a moratorium on Israeli settlements.
Palestine Islamic judge says Jews never lived in JerusalemAugust 27th, 2009 JERUSALEM - The Palestinian Authority's chief Islamic judge, Sheikh Tayseer Rajab Tamimi, has said there was no evidence to back up claims that Jews had ever lived in Jerusalem or that the temple ever existed. Tamimi claimed that Israeli archeologists had "admitted" that Jerusalem was never inhabited by Jews, the Jerusalem Post reports.
Jerusalem court and ultra-Orthodox Jewish leaders reach deal to end riotsJuly 17th, 2009 Jerusalem court and ultra-Orthodox reach dealJERUSALEM — A judge in Jerusalem and leaders of the city's ultra-Orthodox Jewish community agreed Friday to a compromise aimed at ending days of rioting by religious protesters, Israeli police said. The protesters have been enraged at the arrest of a mentally ill Hasidic woman who authorities say was starving her child.
Trashcans and tempers smoldering in Jerusalem after 3 nights of religious riotsJuly 17th, 2009 Jerusalem police fear more ultra-Orthodox riotsJERUSALEM — Smoldering trashcans and broken glass littered Jerusalem streets Friday as police prepared for a fourth day of rioting by ultra-Orthodox Jews enraged at the arrest of a mentally ill Hasidic woman who authorities say was starving her child. Security forces armed with water cannon and backed by mounted units battled through the night protesters hurling bricks and bottles and blocking main thoroughfares with piles of garbage.
Ultra-Orthodox Jews riot in Jerusalem over arrest of Hasidic woman charged with starving childJuly 16th, 2009 Ultra-Orthodox Jews riot in Jerusalem over arrestJERUSALEM — Ultra-Orthodox Jews throwing rocks and firecrackers clashed with police using horses and water cannon in Jerusalem on Thursday, in the third day of rioting over the arrest of a mentally ill Hasidic woman who authorities say was starving her child. Late in the day, the unrest spread to a city outside Jerusalem with a large ultra-Orthodox population, where dozens of protesters tried to block a road.
Police: Religious Jews stabbed and wounded after altercation with secular Jews in JerusalemJuly 11th, 2009 Police: Religious Jews stabbed in Jerusalem fightJERUSALEM — Two religious Jews were stabbed and another beaten in a Saturday altercation with secular Jewish residents of Jerusalem, said a police spokesman, in an incident that could worsen already tense relations between the city's residents. The three men were moderately wounded and hospitalized in the dawn incident which took place in a conservative Jerusalem neighborhood, said spokesman Shmuel Ben Ruby.
Religious Jews stabbed and wounded in altercation with secular Jews in JerusalemJuly 11th, 2009 Religious Jews stabbed in Jerusalem fightJERUSALEM — Two religious Jews were stabbed and another was beaten in a fight with secular Jews in Jerusalem on Saturday, a police spokesman said — an incident that could worsen tense relations between the city's observant and non-observant Jewish residents. Resentment has been simmering for years as the ultra-Orthodox community has grown in size and influence.
Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest in Jerusalem for second day over Sabbath violationsJune 27th, 2009 Israel: Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest for 2nd dayJERUSALEM — Police turned water cannons on a raucous demonstration by Ultra-Orthodox Jews Saturday, the second consecutive day of protests over the opening of a city parking lot on the Jewish Sabbath when religious Jews are forbidden to drive. Thousands of Ultra-Orthodox protesters were on the streets throughout the city Saturday, Jerusalem Police Spokesman Shmuel Ben-Ruby said.
Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest parking lot in Jerusalem for second day over Sabbath violationsJune 27th, 2009 Israel: Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest parking lotJERUSALEM — Police turned water cannons on a raucous demonstration by Ultra-Orthodox Jews Saturday, the second consecutive day of protests over the opening of a city parking lot on the Jewish Sabbath when religious Jews are forbidden to drive. Thousands of Ultra-Orthodox protesters were on the streets throughout the city Saturday, Jerusalem Police Spokesman Shmuel Ben-Ruby said.
14-year-old girl becomes Israel's youngest divorceeFebruary 27th, 2009 JERUSALEM - In what has been described as 'the most unusual divorce on record', the Jerusalem Rabbinic Court has expedited divorce proceedings for a 17-year-old groom and his 14-year-old bride who married recently in an unauthorised, makeshift ceremony. Israeli media reported Thursday that the court had to issue the divorce after it was found that the ceremony the couple held conformed to Jewish religious law, even though Israeli civil law forbids minors under the age of 18 from marrying.
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