Although Jerusalem, the Holy City, has a glorious history, it is nevertheless one of the poorest cities in Israel.

The Israeli capital has a new mayor following a cliff-hanger of an election.

During the first week in November, the Ethiopian Jews in Israel celebrated the festival of Sigd.

“The Jewish State of Israel has no better friends than the Evangelical Christians,” Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in front of some 200 representatives of Christian media worldwide.