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Israel, Greece sign travel deal for vaccinated citizens

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 09 07:27 AM

JERUSALEM - Israel and Greece agreed a tourism deal Monday that will allow coronavirus-vaccinated citizens of the two countries to travel between them without limitations, once flights resume.   Read more »

Israel 'closes skies' to air travel to prevent virus spread

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 25 08:17 AM

JERUSALEM - Israel on Sunday announced a week-long ban on most incoming and outgoing flights in a bid to slow the spread of new variants of the novel coronavirus. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: December 25, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 26 02:39 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Church near garden where Jesus prayed suffers damage in arson

Reuters
Posted at Dec 05 04:08 AM

JERUSALEM - Israeli police on Friday arrested a man for trying to set fire to an east Jerusalem church by the Garden of Gethsemane, the site revered by Christians as the place where Jesus prayed before he was crucified. Read more »

Biden's win means a demotion for Netanyahu and less focus on Israel

David M. Halbfinger, The New York Times
Posted at Nov 10 08:38 AM

JERUSALEM — President Donald Trump’s defeat has left Israel and its longtime prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, on the receiving end of an abrupt demotion.Overnight, President-elect Joe Biden’s victory effectively downgraded Israel’s ranking on the list of U.S. foreign-policy priorities, diminished Netanyahu’s stature on the global stage and undercut his argument to restive Israeli voters that he remains their indispensable leader. Read more »

Chad mulls embassy in Jerusalem: Israel PM

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 09 08:24 AM

JERUSALEM - A delegation from Chad discussed the possible opening of an embassy in Jerusalem, in a meeting Tuesday with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli leader said. Read more »

Radical break from tradition: Trump to accept nomination at White House

Peter Baker, The New York Times
Posted at Aug 25 02:20 PM

President Donald Trump appeared from the White House twice on the opening night of the Republican National Convention on Monday, and he will deliver his acceptance speech this week from the South Lawn. Read more »

Israel orders evangelical GOD TV off air

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 29 06:40 AM

JERUSALEM - Israel's media watchdog said Sunday that it had withdrawn the broadcast licence from US-based evangelical network GOD TV, accusing it of seeking to target Jews with Christian content.  Read more »

Hides that reveal: DNA helps scholars divine Dead Sea Scrolls

Dan Williams and Rinat Harash, Reuters
Posted at Jun 03 06:52 AM

JERUSALEM - Genetic sampling of the Dead Sea Scrolls has tested understandings that the 2,000-year-old artifacts were the work of a fringe Jewish sect, and shed light on the drafting of scripture around the time of Christianity's birth. Read more »

Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre to reopen Sunday

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 23 10:53 PM

The church will reopen Sunday after a two-month closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Christian authorities in the holy city said.  Read more »

Even in pandemic, Jews flown to Jerusalem for burial

Michael Blum, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 04 10:45 AM

Serge Bokobza's family did not want him to be buried anywhere but Jerusalem so when he died of coronavirus they transferred the body from France, despite the difficulties during a pandemic.   Read more »

Israel reopens some businesses, considers resuming school year

Reuters
Updated as of Apr 27 09:31 AM

JERUSALEM - Israel allowed some businesses to reopen on Sunday and said it was considering letting children return to school as part of trial efforts to ease coronavirus restrictions and help the country's struggling economy. Read more »

Former Israeli chief rabbi dies after contracting coronavirus

Reuters
Posted at Apr 13 07:11 AM

JERUSALEM - A former Israeli chief rabbi has died after contracting the coronavirus, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday, in what is the country's highest-profile death from the pandemic. Read more »

Israel imposes Passover inter-city travel ban

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 07 06:36 AM

JERUSALEM - Israel will ban inter-city travel from Tuesday to Friday this week in order to forestall the spread of coronavirus during the Passover holidays, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.  Read more »

Passover on Zoom: Jewish leaders split on digital Seders

Guillaume Lavallee, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 03 11:47 AM

JERUSALEM - The Jewish holiday of Passover has long inspired intense debate, with favorite topics including whether Moses actually parted the Red Sea or if the Ten Plagues were an ethical response to enslavement. Read more »

Death in the Holy Land: Coronavirus changes burial for Jews, Muslims

Reuters
Posted at Apr 02 03:23 PM

A rising death toll in the coronavirus crisis is forcing a change in Jewish and Muslim burial and mourning traditions in the Holy Land.   Read more »

Coronavirus fears lead Holy Land Catholic churches to give communion by hand only

Rami Ayyub and Stephen Farrell, Reuters
Posted at Feb 29 12:46 AM

The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem announced the measures on Thursday, shortly after the start of Lent, the 40-day season that leads up to Easter. Millions of pilgrims frequent Jerusalem and other holy cities such as Nazareth and Bethlehem each year. Read more »

Israel bars Gaza's Christians from visiting Bethlehem and Jerusalem at Christmas

Reuters
Posted at Dec 13 07:48 AM

JERUSALEM/GAZA - Christians in the Gaza Strip will not be allowed to visit holy cities such as Bethlehem and Jerusalem to celebrate Christmas this year, Israeli authorities said on Thursday. Read more »

Fragment of Jesus' manger arrives in birthplace of Bethlehem

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 01 04:55 AM

Housed in Rome since the seventh century, the relic had been presented to the Franciscan custodians of the Holy Land as a gift from the Vatican. Read more »

Wooden relic from Jesus' manger on display in Jerusalem

Reuters
Posted at Nov 29 05:34 PM

A fragment of a wooden relic reputed to be from Jesus's manger was put on display in Jerusalem on Friday, ahead of its transfer to Jesus' birthplace in Bethlehem for the official launch of the Christmas season. Read more »