Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Tuesday that he will lift the ban on parliamentarians visiting the Temple Mount, three years after the government forbade them from entering the flashpoint site due to security concerns.
The speaker of the Knesset sent letters to his counterparts in more than 50 countries, calling on them to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, following the announcement by US President Donald Trump to that effect, the Times of Israel reported.
US Vice President Mike Pence’s visit to Israel has been delayed by several days due to Congressional votes on tax reform, The Times of Israel confirmed on Thursday.
The decision-making body of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party was reported Wednesday to be divided over the future of lawmaker Yigal Guetta, who indicated he would resign earlier in the day in the wake of a furor sparked by his revelation that he had attended his nephew’s gay wedding two years ago, before becoming an MK.
MOSCOW — Meeting with his Russian counterpart in Moscow on Tuesday, Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein acknowledged “tension” over Syria and Iran, as the two parliamentary leaders hailed increasingly friendly ties between Moscow and Jerusalem.
On Thursday, the One Israel Fund held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Binyamin Medical Center (BMC), which is the first major medical center in Judea and Samaria, which is the Biblical term for the West Bank.
JERUSALEM, Israel — Israeli politicians and diplomats sent their condolences to Egypt on Sunday and Monday after the North African state was hit with two consecutive terror attacks targeting its Coptic Christian minority.
Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein urged his American counterpart, US Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, to advocate for the relocation of the US Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, during a meeting in DC earlier this week.
An annual conference to encourage Jewish visits to the Temple Mount is set to take place in the Knesset next month, MK Yehudah Glick (Likud) announced days after UNESCO passed a resolution pointedly ignoring the connection between the Jewish people and its holiest site.
