Tag: Israel
Palestinian leader heads to Germany for medical checkup
JERUSALEM — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas flew to Jordan by helicopter on Monday ahead of an official visit to Germany on which he will...
Singing hymns through masks, Christians mark pandemic Easter
VATICAN CITY — Christianity’s most joyous feast day was celebrated worldwide with faithful sitting far apart in pews and singing choruses of “Hallelujah” through...
Christians mark Good Friday as holy sites gradually reopen
JERUSALEM — Christians in the Holy Land are marking Good Friday this year amid signs the coronavirus crisis is winding down, with religious sites...
Israel’s dilemma: Can the unvaccinated return to workplaces?
JERUSALEM — After spending much of the past year in lockdown, Tel Aviv makeup artist Artyom Kavnatsky was ready to get back to work....
Biden lifts Trump sanctions on international court officials
President Joe Biden on Friday lifted sanctions that Donald Trump had imposed on two top officials of the International Criminal Court, undoing one of...
Gaza man: After lengthy torture, Hamas forced me to divorce
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — After months of torture and interrogations in a Hamas prison, Palestinian activist Rami Aman says he was offered an...
Arab Islamist shows clout with prime-time speech in Israel
JERUSALEM — The leader of an Arab Islamist party in Israel delivered a prime-time address in Hebrew on Thursday that was carried live by...
Israel president: ‘Unconventional’ unions needed after vote
JERUSALEM — Israeli election officials Wednesday handed over the results of last week's vote to President Reuven Rivlin, nudging forward the country' elusive efforts...
Kosovo’s top diplomat calls Jerusalem embassy ‘a done deal’
PRISTINA, Kosovo — Kosovo’s new foreign minister says she considers the opening of the country's embassy in Jerusalem to be “a done deal.”
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Kosovo’s top diplomat calls Jerusalem embassy ‘a done deal’
PRISTINA, Kosovo — Kosovo’s new foreign minister says she considers the opening of the country's embassy in Jerusalem to be “a done deal.”
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