Posts Tagged: Temple Mount
Netanyahu: World Leaders Who Wished Us Happy Hanukkah After Backing ‘Shameful’ UN Resolution Don’t Understand Holiday’s Meaning
World leaders who issued Hanukkah greetings after backing the "shameful" anti-settlement UN Security Council resolution last week do not understand the holiday’s meaning, Israeli Prime Minister...
The Hostility and Hypocrisy of Left-Wing Israeli NGOs
Israeli human rights group B'Tselem recently appeared before a special session of the United Nations Security Council, excoriating Israel and pleading with the body to act against...
Post-UNESCO Resolution Blues
During the festival of Sukkot, UNESCO passed a resolution disconnecting Jews from their holiest site, the Temple Mount. Despite the resolution, some 70,000 Jews thronged...
No Sense Denying the Jewish Connection to Jerusalem
JNS.org - Archaeologists have uncovered even more evidence of the ancient Jewish connection to Jerusalem -- this right after UNESCO and the Palestinian Authority (PA) declared that Jews have no...
Jews and Christians Rejoicing Over the Sukkot Holiday Drowned Out the Foolish, Futile UNESCO Resolution
UNESCO chose a rather odd time to ratify its resolution against Israel’s “occupation of Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram Al-Sharif” and Jerusalem’s Old City. The declaration, which was initially...
Muslims, Christians and Jews Must Oppose the UNESCO Decision
Some years ago, while browsing in a dusty second-hand bookstore in London, I came across a pamphlet titled A Brief Guide to Al-Haram Al-Sharif. The document...
Petition Calling on UNESCO to Recognize Jewish Ties to Jerusalem Garners Tens of Thousands of Signatures
Outrage over UNESCO’s approval on Thursday of a resolution that omitted the Jewish people’s ties with Jerusalem continued to grow over the weekend. As of...
Former Israeli UNESCO Envoy: New Resolution Ignoring Jewish Ties to Jerusalem ‘Truly Scandalous,’ but Will Have ‘No Real-World Impact’
UNESCO’s approval of a resolution that ignored the Jewish people’s ties with Jerusalem holy sites was “truly scandalous” but will have “absolutely no real-world impact,”...
UNESCO’s Jerusalem Disgrace
Like the Roman Colosseum, the UN has become an outlet for outlandish escapism and diversion from real problems facing the world. The UN should take...
American Jewish Groups, Israeli Politicians React With Outrage to New UNESCO Resolution Ignoring Jewish People’s Ties With Jerusalem
Major American Jewish groups and top Israeli politicians reacted with outrage on Thursday after the UN’s cultural body approved a resolution that ignores the Jewish...
Major UK Paper Calls Temple Mount Part of ‘Palestine’
An article published earlier this month at Indy100 (The Independent’s BuzzFeed-style website featuring "click bait" and viral content) highlighted photos from around the world of Muslims celebrating the festival of Eid...
Jordan’s King at UN: Jews ‘Attacking’ Jerusalem Holy Sites
King Abdullah of Jordan said this in his speech to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday: Safeguarding Jerusalem is a key concern...the Holy City; a strategic linchpin not...
Netanyahu on 87th Anniversary of Hebron Massacre: Gone Are Days of Jewish Defenselessness in Face of Arab Terrorism
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a defiant statement to mark the somber anniversary of the 1929 Hebron Massacre. On his Facebook page on Thursday, he wrote (in Hebrew): This...
Will Temple Mount Tensions Yet Again Strain Israeli-Jordanian Relations?
JNS.org - Jordan’s King Abdullah II vowed to fight against repeated violations and attacks carried out by Israel and extremist groups on the Temple Mount complex,...
