Even Muslim Scholars Agree: Jerusalem Is Jewish
A fine thread running through many of our columns is that the legitimacy of Islam's religious claims to Jerusalem is in inverse proportion to...
Trump, King Darius, And Jerusalem
President Trump has not yet given his "permission" to build the Third Temple, but he seems to have gone a fair ways towards taking his place in Jewish history.
Jerusalem’s Neve Yaakov: 90-Year-Old ‘Settlement’
Is it not ironic that the renewal of a decades-old Jewish town is considered an "illegal settlement" on "occupied territory"?
What Rabbi Benny Elon Did For Jerusalem
Recollections and reminiscences of Rav Benny Elon, (ZT"l)
Jerusalem Will House U.S. Embassy if Trump Does Nothing
Dear Mr. President, Please do NOTHING...
Revving Up For United Jerusalem’s 50th Anniversary
"The Jewish nation's bonds to Jerusalem are perhaps the deepest there have ever been in history between a people and a city."
The UNESCO Problem: What Can Be Done?
Why do the Jewish ties to Jerusalem, Hebron and Nablus (Shechem), all 3 duly purchased, draw the most vociferous objections? Because the enemy knows our holy sites are the key to the entire struggle
Whose Jerusalem?
Jacques Gauthier, a non-Jewish Canadian lawyer who spent 20 years researching the issue, has concluded: "Jerusalem belongs to the Jews, by international law." His doctoral dissertation on the legal history of Jerusalem, based on an un-broken series of international treaties and resolutions over the course of the past century, demonstrates that the League of Nations and the United Nations gave the Jewish people title to the city of Jerusalem.
Jerusalem’s New Vibrant Culture Center: Mt. Of Olives
Most importantly, the Jewish presence in the area of the Mt. of Olives, and throughout eastern Jerusalem, has grown significantly in recent years.
Recapturing Jerusalem One House At A Time
Keep in mind that the "Muslim Quarter" was never exclusively Muslim; Jews and Christians used to live there as well. However, the Jews were compelled to leave their homes there in the wake of the 1929 Muslim riots. Finally, we are reclaiming it, one house at a time
Is Jerusalem ‘Occupied’ Territory?
Arthur Goldberg, the U.S. ambassador to the UN in 1967 who helped draft the resolution, later testified: "I never described Jerusalem as occupied territory. Resolution 242 in no way refers to Jerusalem and this omission was deliberate."
Islam’s Convenient Claims To Jerusalem
The international community should relate to Palestinians’ claims to Jerusalem as nothing more than the desire to do away with Israel.
Atarot: The Future Of Jerusalem
Atarot's sister-settlement, N'vei Yaakov, has now become two flourishing Jewish neighborhoods – N'vei Yaakov and Pisgat Ze'ev – in which many tens of thousands of residents reside.
Keeping Jerusalem: Biden’s Stance On Jerusalem
According to Biden, the U.S. should have kept the Jerusalem carrot hanging just out of Israel's reach for as long as possible until America could squeeze out every possible Israeli concession.
Illegal Arab Construction Can No Longer Be Ignored
This trend spells disaster not only for the Jews in Jerusalem, but for the State of Israel, which is liable to face pressure to divide the city in order to maintain its Jewish majority. If the current rates continue, Jerusalem's Arab population could actually reach parity with the Jewish population within 10-15 years.
Holy Sites on the Chopping Block?
Much has been written about President Shimon Peres's promises to grant the Vatican official status in Jerusalem and control over its holy sites.
EU Again Rules To Delegitimize Israel Sovereignty
The Jewish people's inalienable right to the Land of Israel is not only biblical but is rooted in internationally recognized legal treaties and documents beginning a century ago.
Muslim Support For Jews In Shimon HaTzaddik
When the Israelis liberated all of Jerusalem in 1967, they kindly allowed the tenants to continue living there. The Arab squatters took advantage of the Israeli beneficence, and many of them either stopped paying the ridiculously low rent asked of them, or built on the land illegally-- or both
Behind The Facade: Muhammed El-Kurd’s Fake News
The Arabs who refuse to leave or to pay rent for the Jewish properties parrot the idea that the area in which they illegally reside is the Arab neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah. Untrue: the neighborhood in which they have squatted is the 150-year-old Jewish neighborhood of Shimon HaTzaddik.
Al Jazeera Says No To Iranian ‘Liberation’ Of Jerusalem
In June 2015, a survey carried out by the PA-based Palestinian Center for Public Opinion found that 52 percent of Arabs living in eastern Jerusalem said they would prefer to be citizens of Israel. Note that this counts only those who weren’t afraid to reply to the pollster.
Understanding Jerusalem Today
In actual fact, Palestinian Arabs have precisely zero national rights to Jerusalem. The nutshell story is that in 1922, the League of Nations issued a unanimously-approved Mandate for Palestine which stated that the entire area, including Judea and Samaria, belongs to the Jewish People. This document was never replaced or modified by any other decision
The Modern-Day Siege Of Jerusalem And How We Can Overcome It
Over the past 30-plus years, there has been a massive wave of illegal building in Arab neighborhoods of Jerusalem, for the express purpose of creating geographic contiguity from Ramallah in the north to Bethlehem in the south.
What Does The Trump Plan Say About Jerusalem?
The removal of the neighborhoods outside the security barrier from Jerusalem could be acceptable if they were to become separate Israeli municipalities.
Why Jerusalem Must Remain In Jewish Hands
For Islam, which was founded when Judaism was about 2,500 years old, Jerusalem is only its third holiest city, following Mecca and Medina.
What Will Happen To Jerusalem Under The Deal?
Are these Arab neighborhoods in East Jerusalem to b e given over to the Palestinians as part of the Trump Plan technically part of Jerusalem? The answer depends on how one looks at Jerusalem's complex and often fluctuating borders. The many changes in the city's borders over the past century have left several neighborhoods in a state of uncertainty.
Jerusalem’s Airplane Hill: Construction Flight Aborted
The monster called "American and European pressure" showed up – and shot down the Givat HaMatos building project, once again. Why is the large Givat HaMatos housing project so significant and important?
Jerusalem And The New U.S. Administration
A weakened Jerusalem significantly weakens Israel and its value to the United States.
Hamas’s War Against Yerushalayim
nce again, the world struggles, and fails, to understand that there is no essential difference between Zionism – the movement to restore a national Jewish presence in the Holy Land – and Judaism. It is impossible to be anti-Zionist without being anti-Semitic, and vice-versa.
Jerusalem Steps Up To The Plate
We must ensure that Yerushalayim remains united under Israeli sovereignty with a large Jewish majority. History, ethics, security, and simple logic all indicate that we must stand firm in the face of international Muslim pressure and propaganda.
Preparing For Jerusalem’s Great Expansion
Witnessing the rebuilding and building of Jerusalem in our days.