jerusalem day Archives – J-Wire https://www.jwire.com.au/tag/jerusalem-day/ Australia, NZ and worldwide Jewish news that matters Fri, 19 May 2023 00:17:37 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 6446428 A Capital Offence https://www.jwire.com.au/a-capital-offence/ https://www.jwire.com.au/a-capital-offence/#comments Fri, 19 May 2023 00:17:37 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=147457 One of the synonyms for a capital offence is a heinous crime. This more than adequately describes most of the international community’s reaction to the liberation of Jerusalem from illegal Jordanian control in 1967 and its reunification as Israel’s undivided capital. Jerusalem Day is celebrated on 28 Iyar, which corresponds this year to 19 May. […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/a-capital-offence/feed/ 1 147457 Report: On PA’s request, US to Add Israeli orgs Lehava and La Familia to list of terrorist organizations https://www.jwire.com.au/report-on-pas-request-us-to-add-israeli-orgs-lehava-and-la-familia-to-list-of-terrorist-organizations/ https://www.jwire.com.au/report-on-pas-request-us-to-add-israeli-orgs-lehava-and-la-familia-to-list-of-terrorist-organizations/#respond Wed, 29 Jun 2022 01:57:24 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=138277 During an angry phone call between Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on May 31, the latter promised Abbas that the Biden administration would soon add the Israeli Lehava (Flame) and La Familia organizations to the list of US-designated terrorist organizations, TPS has learned. Blinken said that the Israeli […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/report-on-pas-request-us-to-add-israeli-orgs-lehava-and-la-familia-to-list-of-terrorist-organizations/feed/ 0 138277 Muslims riot in Jerusalem over weekend https://www.jwire.com.au/muslims-riot-in-jerusalem-over-weekend/ https://www.jwire.com.au/muslims-riot-in-jerusalem-over-weekend/#respond Sun, 09 May 2021 06:08:47 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=124356 Muslims rioted at several locations in Jerusalem over the weekend, including on the Temple Mount, as tensions mount toward the end of the month of Ramadan this week.

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/muslims-riot-in-jerusalem-over-weekend/feed/ 0 124356 Ahead of 54th Jerusalem Day, capital’s population nears 1 million https://www.jwire.com.au/ahead-of-54th-jerusalem-day-capitals-population-nears-1-million/ https://www.jwire.com.au/ahead-of-54th-jerusalem-day-capitals-population-nears-1-million/#respond Thu, 06 May 2021 02:15:11 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=124267 “Jerusalem’s future is also the future of the State of Israel. It is here, in the city that comprises the full range of Israel’s demography,” says Israeli President Reuven Rivlin.

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/ahead-of-54th-jerusalem-day-capitals-population-nears-1-million/feed/ 0 124267 Jerusalem Day https://www.jwire.com.au/jerusalem-day/ https://www.jwire.com.au/jerusalem-day/#respond Sun, 17 May 2015 22:55:44 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=52609 President Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have spoken at a ceremony commemorating Jerusalem Day marking 48 years since the unification of the city.

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