Tag: Jerusalem
Erez crossing closed from Sunday due to rocket fire
After new rocket fire from Gaza, the Israeli authorities changed tactics. They announce that the Erez crossing point, through which transit Palestinian workers going to Israel, will not reopen its…
Escalating tensions in Jerusalem: “Episodes of violence are likely to be repeated”
History stutters in this region of the Middle East. Tuesday, April 19, the tension remains palpable after the first Israeli airstrikes for months on the Gaza Strip, in retaliation for…
New clashes between Palestinians and Israelis around the al-Aqsa mosque
More than twenty people were injured, this Sunday, April 17, during clashes between Palestinians and Israelis on and around the esplanade of the Mosques, in Jerusalem. After violent clashes on…
A Ramadan that starts in a very tense climate in East Jerusalem
Ramadan, the month of fasting, prayer and sharing for Muslims, began this Saturday, April 2. And in East Jerusalem or in the Palestinian Territories, it is the first Ramadan without…
Beef meatballs with tomato sauce, Jerusalem artichoke puree
the Jerusalem artichoke is a plant of the same genus as the sunflower which you can taste tubers. These contain, among other things, a quantity of fructans, carbohydrates particularly considered…
Sheikh Jarrah’s Salhiya family in East Jerusalem expelled
In Jerusalem, at dawn on Wednesday January 19, the Israeli police took everyone by surprise and evicted a Palestinian family from the ultra-sensitive neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah. The Salhiya family…
In East Jerusalem, mobilization against a new eviction in Sheikh Jarrah
Tension rose a notch on Monday in East Jerusalem, the Palestinian part of the city annexed by the Jewish state. The Israeli municipality and police attempted to evict a Palestinian…
Parasites found in ancient Jerusalem toilets betray residents’ way of life
Analysis of rare sediments from toilets in the VIIe century BC made it possible to find eggs of intestinal parasites. These give clues to the way of life of the…
Mysterious Roman board game discovered in Jerusalem
A game with a very geometric look, engraved in the limestone of a Roman gate in Jerusalem, has been questioning archaeologists for nearly 40 years. An expert in board games…