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Tuesday, September 05, 2023

Egypt's restoration of synagogue is upsetting Cairo's Muslims

Egypt now has more restored synagogues than it has Jews. There are only three Jewish women left in Egypt, the youngest of whom is 70. But Egypt has, in recent years, restored five synagogues to their former glory, with seven or eight more still in disrepair.The most recent restoration was the Ibn Ezra Synagogue which re-opened last week. To tourists only, of course. While...

If you use the word "Judaizing" as an epithet, you just might be an antisemite

Safa has an article raising the alarm about the planned cable car over the Old City of Jerusalem.There are plenty of legitimate reasons to oppose the plan. It would permanently change the skyline of Jerusalem. It might make the holy city look like a ski resort. But to Safa, and its Arab "experts" it interviews, there is only one real problem with the cable car plan:It...

Palestinian Muslims upset by English-language tours of the Temple Mount

The Palestinian Safa news agency is alarmed.In conjunction with the escalation of the Israeli attacks on the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, an extremist Jewish organization affiliated with the alleged "Temple groups" launched tourist "guided tours" for English-speaking intruders, in order to introduce them to the mosque, as the "Temple", in a dangerous precedent that is the first...

Saudi Arabia to allow Jews and bikinis in new tourist islands

Globes reports:Sources familiar with the matter have told "Globes" that Saudi Arabia will allow Israelis to vacation on the Red Sea islands of Tiran and Sanafir, which it purchased from Egypt in 2016. Saudi Arabia plans building a bridge linking the islands to Egypt.The long-range vision of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is to develop his country and open it up to...

Who actually cares about Jerusalem? Not the NGOs that pretend to

Terrestrial Jerusalem and Ir Amim, two Jewish NGOs that spend all of their energy to oppose any Jewish rights in Jerusalem, are alarmed:On December 27, 2022, the Elad settlers of Silwan accompanied by a heavily armed detail of Israeli police, took over a large plot of land immediately adjacent to the Pool of Siloam in Silwan (from which the name Silwan derives).The settler...

How pathetic are Israel's Arab neighbors? A tiny but telling example.

Egypt's El Balad and Jordan's Ammon News describe an Israeli TV report that some 12,000 Israelis visited Jordan during the Jewish holidays over the past month, as many Israelis felt that it was less expensive than going overseas. Most of these visitors went to Aqaba as a cheaper alternative to Eilat. That's a fairly significant number of visitors, and Jordan's tourism...

Booking.com Following Airbnb into Political Dead Sea? (RealJerusalemStreets)

By Real Jerusalem StreetsThe reported news that Booking.com was to put a "warning" on Jewish-owned property rentals in Judea and Samaria listed on their website spurred a visit to the Dead Sea to see.Leaving Jerusalem for the half-hour drive to the northern part of the shrinking Dead Sea, it's hard to miss the Bedouin encampments which have multiplied in the...