Officials stress area carries major significance not only to Jewish people – being the site where, according to the Bible, the Israelis crossed into the Land of Israel after wandering in the desert – but Christians as well.
Prepping the plaza before thousands of visitors arrive to herald in Rosh Hashanah.
“The people are now on their way from Gondar and Bahir Dar to Addis Ababa, and from there they will come to the State of Israel. We will receive them here with warmth and welcome,” Netanyahu says on newly minted Israelis.
Every summer, the leaders of Hassidic courts go on vacation for several weeks. Haredi websites and newspapers cover them in the same way that secular gossip columns cover vacationing mega-celebrities.
Yonatan Yisraeli was walking down the street with his girlfriend, speaking on the phone in Hebrew, when three men pulled up in a car, got out and proceeded to punch him to the ground.
Environmental protection minister says “Israel’s natural resources belong to everyone, and therefore upon assuming office I put an emphasis on finding creative solutions to make public spaces and parks accessible to all publics, including the Haredi populations.”
David "Dugo" Leitner celebrated liberation from a Nazi concentration camp each year with falafel, a tradition that has spread around the world.
Several figures come to Kennedy's defense, saying his words were taken out of context and misunderstood.
Israeli officials had called on the Swedish government to stop the protest and the burning of the holy books on Saturday afternoon outside the Israeli Embassy.
Israeli Ambassador to Sweden Ziv Nevo Kulman denounces the police decision, calls it "act of hate and disrespect," while President Herzog says he is "heartbroken." Event aimed at highlighting free speech.
