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I just caught a lecture by Shmuel Rosner, former chief of news at Ha'aretz , as well as their Washington correspondent, and now a high...

BY CARMIA In Bat Galim, Haifa: "At this location, the Ruth Children's Hospital will be established." In Talpiyot, Jerusalem: ...

Construction in Maaleh Hazeitim (Photo: cnn.com ) BY NOAH K. This may seem like utter trivia, pure kishkushim just one day after Bibi met O...

Map of Jerusalem ( ArcIMS ), Qiryat Moshe in orange According to Ha'aretz , Hizbullah flagship station Al Manar reported that the "...

Shas MK Nissim Ze'ev (Photo: Knesset ) Earlier today, two bills were presented for first reading by the Israeli parliament, both of whic...

Two of the posters (" pashkavilim ") shown above are part of the campaign against the gay pride parade in Jerusalem. The one on th...

The sign reads "Welcome to the Valley of the Gazelles, a municipal and communal nature site" (Photo: Wikipedia ) Wildlife is not t...

UNESCO's HQ in Paris The report of UNESCO's investigation of Israeli excavations in the Old City of Jerusalem was published Wednesda...

For the past few days, the authors of this blog have been involved in a low-intensity dispute over one of the Old City of Jerusalem's ma...

The course of politically sensitive excavations in the City of David. I think that I have finally arrived at a clear picture of the politico...

The Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa (July 2006) The Israel Antiquities Authority now has a live web camera on its website which broadcasts vie...

Al Aqsa from behind the wall (Summer 2006) ADDENDUM: I wrote the post below before the riots that erupted on the Temple Mount on Friday. P...

A group of soldiers protecting worshippers at the Western Wall in Jerusalem (July 2006) Be lenient with me as I return to a subject about wh...