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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 July 2019 7:17 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...

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

8 July 2020 4:53 AM

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

Book Review | Sensuous, meditative, Pico falters around people, but...

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

18 Feb 2023 7:19 PM

Equipped with long sticks, a team of cleaners on Tuesday gouged out written prayers that visitors to Judaisms Western Wall. (Photo: Pixabay)

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...

21 March 2018 7:13 AM

Alices remains were taken from Windsor to the Russian convent of St Mary Magdalene, above the Garden of Gethsemane on the Mount of Olives.

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 8:51 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.

9 Aug 2018 8:25 AM

I will certainly meet with Iran(ian leadership), if they want to, the US President said. (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...

23 Aug 2018 6:06 AM

According to theologies, the Third Temples 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...

Red heifers feature in tales in both Christianity and Judaism and it's birth and sacrifice is said to proceed...

10 Sept 2018 11:23 AM

The skyline of the city.

Toda Raba, Jerusalem

History resides in the walled city, and so does devout faith...

24 Aug 2017 6:39 PM

The declaration made Guatemala the first, and so far, only country to follow US President Donald Trumps 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 9:23 AM

The UN General Assembly voted 128-9 with 35 abstentions in favour of a non-binding resolution declaring President Donald Trumps recognition of Jerusalem as Israels 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...

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

26 Dec 2017 7:42 PM

US President Donald Trump tweeted: Making America Safe is my number one priority. We will not admit those into our country we cannot safely vet. (Photo: AP)

India on the right path

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

22 Dec 2017 7:54 PM