For the first time in 2,000 years, Jewish authorities are conducting conservation work at the Tomb of the Patriarchs, where, according to the Bible, the patriarchs and matriarchs of the Jewish people, Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebecca, and Jacob and Leah are buried. The maintenance and safety upgrades for Judaism’s second holiest site include […]

The Palestinian Authority is preparing to lay the cornerstone for a new mosque at Solomon’s Pools, the ancient Jewish waterworks site just south of Jerusalem and adjacent to Efrat in Gush Etzion. The move comes as Israeli ministers and Knesset members have begun taking public steps to return the historic site to Israeli control, arguing […]

Continued activity at Iran’s underground Pickaxe Mountain complex is fueling new concerns over Tehran’s compliance with its nuclear agreement with the United States, with a Washington-based nuclear watchdog citing fresh satellite imagery and the continued absence of international inspections at the site. The Institute for Science and International Security said the International Atomic Energy Agency […]

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declined to say directly whether he supports reestablishing Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip, saying in a television interview Tuesday that he prefers “actions” to declarations. During a wide-ranging interview on Channel 14’s “The Patriots,” Netanyahu was asked whether Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s recent claims that Israel has already drafted plans […]