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Cover photo of 'The Half Known Life' by Pico Iyer. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Sensuous, meditative, Pico falters around people, but not with places

Kashmir and Broome are the parts when The Half Known Life is at its best. It suffers when the people Iyer meets do not really come alive.

19 Feb 2023 12:49 AM

An Israeli flag flies over a Jewish owned house in a Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan in east Jerusalem. (AP)

Jerusalem is a grim model of what could happen to West Bank post-annexation

Israeli leaders paint Jerusalem as a model of coexistence, but Palestinian residents face widespread discrimination and lack citizenship

08 Jul 2020 10:23 AM

In 2007, he painted a number of artworks in Bethlehem, including a young girl frisking an Israeli soldier pinned up against a wall. (Photo: AFP)

New model of resistance created through art

Mysterious artist Banksy unveils dark nativity in Bethlehem.

22 Dec 2019 7:33 PM

The team also found storage sheds that contained large quantities of legumes, particularly lentils, whose seeds were remarkably preserved throughout the millennia. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Prehistoric settled discovered near Jerusalem

Prehistoric city offers glimpse of ancient living near Jerusalem.

17 Jul 2019 12:47 PM

It is the holiest site in Judaism and the third holiest for Muslims after Mecca and Medina, administered by the Muslim Waqf but secured by Israeli police. (Photo: AP)

Palestinian minister arrested by Israel in Jerusalem

The status of Al-Aqsa, known to Jews as the Temple Mount, is one of the most sensitive issues in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

30 Jun 2019 2:19 PM

Worshippers, including Palestinians and pilgrims from around the world, sheltered under umbrellas as volunteers sprayed them with water around Al-Aqsa mosque in the Old City compound, (Photo: AP)

Jerusalem celebrates last Friday of Ramadan

In Jerusalem, thousands pray at Al-Aqsa on last Friday of Ramadan.

01 Jun 2019 7:00 PM

According to theologies, the Third Temple’s construction – following the destruction of the previous two – heralds the arrival of the Jewish Messiah. (Youtube Screengrab/ The Temple Institute)

Bible prophecy: First red heifer born in 2,000 years, signals end of days

Red heifers feature in tales in both Christianity and Judaism and it’s birth and sacrifice is said to proceed construction of Third Temple.

10 Sep 2018 4:53 PM

US sanctions dusted off this month targeted Iran's car industry, trade in gold and other precious metals, and purchases of US dollars crucial to international financing and investment and trade relations. (Photo: AP)

After Trump aide's warning, Iran threatens to hit US, Israel targets

US-Iranian war of words has escalated since Donald Trump withdrew Washington from the world powers' nuclear deal with Iran in May.

23 Aug 2018 11:36 AM

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

In find of ancient gold earring, echoes of Greek rule over Jerusalem

Such jewelry might have been worn by wealthy men or women, at the time.

09 Aug 2018 1:55 PM

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. (Photo: AP)

Israeli move unfortunate

This is a path India rejected after Independence even after the country was vivisected on a communal and regional basis.

21 Jul 2018 12:20 AM

Alice’s remains were taken from Windsor to the Russian convent of St Mary Magdalene, above the Garden of Gethsemane on the Mount of Olives. (Photo: AP)

Heart-warming reason why Prince William is visiting Israel

It is in Jerusalem that Prince Philip’s mother, the former Princess Alice of Greece, lies in state.

23 Jun 2018 2:21 PM

Spring cleaning for Western Wall's notes to God

Equipped with long sticks, a team of cleaners on Tuesday gouged out written prayers that visitors to Judaism’s Western Wall.

21 Mar 2018 12:43 PM

Aditya was in Jerusalem for a week and he says that it was a fantastic experience.

Journey to Jerusalem

Photographer Aditya Arya talks about his work during a recent visit to Jerusalem.

25 Feb 2018 4:22 AM

Yet a temporary plan that has been presented to Tillerson would see an existing US consular building in West Jerusalem designated as the interim embassy until the new one is built . (Photo: AP)

US likely to move embassy to Jerusalem as early as 2019

Tillerson has been considering several options since Trump announced US would finally move its embassy there from Tel Aviv.

20 Jan 2018 10:41 AM

Reversing decades of US policy, Trump in early December recognised Jerusalem as Israel's capital and set in motion the process of moving the embassy from Tel Aviv. (photo: AP)

Trump denies relocation of US embassy to Jerusalem within 1 yr

Trump cancelled a trip to London to open the new diplomatic mission, blaming Obama for selling off the old one for 'peanuts' in a bad deal.

18 Jan 2018 8:28 AM

In bracing 10 degree Celsius weather, around 20 young men and women met up at an open-air tram stop on the city's central Jaffa Street and boarded carriages for the 20-minute ride to Mount Herzl. (Photo: AFP)

No Pants Subway Ride: Jerusalemites passengers stripped down to underwears

The offbeat flash mob stunt originated in New York in 2002 and has since spread around the world.

08 Jan 2018 12:32 PM

The declaration made Guatemala the first, and so far, only country to follow US President Donald Trump's lead in saying its embassy would be relocated to Jerusalem. (Photo: AFP/File)

Moving Embassy to Jerusalem without any pressure from US: Guatemala

‘This was a decision by the government, the state and the foreign policy of Guatemala,’ minister Sandra Jovel said.

28 Dec 2017 2:53 PM

The UN General Assembly voted 128-9 with 35 abstentions in favour of a non-binding resolution declaring President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital ‘null and void’, a smaller margin than the Palestinians hoped for but also a rebuke to the US, which is threatening to cut funding for those who voted ‘yes’. (Photo: AP )

Return of Israeli-Arab hostilities can only flare up regressive passions

The fledgling peace process in the region could implode with the furies over the expected outrage from such a move in the Arab world.

27 Dec 2017 1:12 AM

India on the right path

Mr. Trump was boorish enough to call such countries ungrateful.

23 Dec 2017 1:24 AM

The Dome of the Rock Mosque in the Al Aqsa Mosque compound is seen in Jerusalem's Old City. (Photo: AP)

India, 127 UN member nations vote to reject US decision on Jerusalem

While resolutions by the General Assembly are non-binding, a strong vote in support carries political weight.

22 Dec 2017 4:29 AM

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