Thursday, June 01, 2017

6/1/17

Model of Ark of the Covenant destroyed in Jerusalem Large replica of Biblical Ark destroyed by vandals after being put on display near Old City Walls.

Trump decides: Embassy to remain in Tel Aviv President Trump signs order deferring relocation of US Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, despite campaign promises.

Turkey Attempting to Take Over Jordanian Control of Temple Mount The Jerusalem municipality's eastern Jerusalem experts have revealed in recent days that Turkey has been competing with Jordan over influence among Arab residents as well as over control of the Temple Mount.

Pew report: Islam to overtake Christianity as world's No. 1 religion by 2050  Islam will be the world's No. 1 religion, surpassing Christianity by the end of the century, according to a Pew Research Center study. 

Powerful pro-Iran Badr Brigades to enter Syria  Hadi al-Amiri, commander of the strongest Iraqi Shiite militia, the Badr Brigades, said Wednesday, May 31, that his forces are preparing to enter Syria. 

NASA spacecraft will aim straight for the sun next year  Scorching flight will send probe into sun's atmosphere, coming closer than any spacecraft in history to its scorching heat and radiation, to reveal how stars are made. 

Kathy Griffin: CNN drops comic after 'sick' Trump stunt  US broadcaster CNN has ditched a comedienne from its New Year programme after she posed with a fake decapitated head of President Donald Trump.

Up Against the Wall: Revisiting the 1967 Liberation of Jerusalem The 1967 victory renewed the spirit of the festivals of pilgrimage.

Ramadan: "A Month of Great Conquests" "Ramadan has been not only a month of worship and of growing close to Allah the Almighty, but also a month of action and jihad aimed at spreading this great religion..."

REPORT: After Iranian Elections, Tehran-Hamas ties warming up Relations between the two sides have been tense since the beginning of the conflict in Syria in 2011.

VIDEO: 2000-Year-Old Jerusalem's Main Street Sheds New Light on the City's Last Hours Jerusalem Day has prompted Israel Antiquities Authority to release more information on the excavations of the City of David.

CNN's W. Kamau Bell: Islam Part of America's Founding Aside from some interesting vignettes, the program is left-wing, anti-Trump propaganda that firmly establishes the network's political bias.

State Dept: China Has Realized Need to Rein in North Korea On Friday a senior U.S. State Department official said China has realized it has limited time to rein in North Korea's nuclear program through negotiations and is open to further sanctions against Pyongyang.