The site, near the Temple Mount, is the only known ritual structure from the period found in Jerusalem.
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Every single leader—from Yasser Arafat to Mahmoud Abbas to the last of the minor PA officials and terrorists—have said and continue to say that they are fighting for Jerusalem.
“After the Temple’s destruction, the menorah image became an important icon in the Jewish collective memory both within Israel and in the Diaspora.”
There are currently only five countries with embassies in the capital: the United States, Kosovo, Honduras, Guatemala, and Papua New Guinea
The Palestinian-fronted resolution passed by wide margin, demanding that the Israeli army and Jewish residents evacuate to pre-1949 line within a year.
Achiya Zenilman lost his American-born father Master Sgt. (res.) Ari Yechiel Zenilman, 32, in the southern Gaza Strip in December.
The incident took place on a main highway some nine miles north of Jerusalem.
The staffer incurred serious injuries to his body and face.
The development plan—comprising some 5,000 housing units and hotel rooms—will be built near Hebron Road, which connects the capital city to Judea.
The fire erupted in the city’s Beit Yisrael neighborhood, where residents immediately alerted the emergency services.