Jews are barred from the Temple Mount this week during a Muslim holiday that rewrites the Bible, claiming Abraham offered up Ishmael on an altar in Mecca.
Author: Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz
Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz is a features writer for Breaking Israel News. He made Aliyah to Israel in 1991 and served in the IDF as a combat medic. Berkowitz studied Jewish law and received rabbinical ordination in Israel. He has worked as a freelance writer and two works of fiction, The Hope Merchant and Dolphins on the Moon, are available on Amazon. He lives in the Golan Heights with his wife and their four children.
An Arab was shot and killed after stabbing a Jerusalem policeman at the entrance to the Temple Mount on Friday.
President Mahmoud Abbas insists the PA will continue to pay salaries to convicted terrorists and their families, “Even if we need to cut from our flesh”.
A young American couple set out on a bicycle journey to show that “evil is a make-believe concept” was killed by ISIS terrorists in Tajikistan.
According to reports, U.S. Ambassador David Friedman stated that in a U.S. brokered agreement with the Palestinians, there would be “no reason to evacuate settlements.”
A Jewish woman was killed in a ramming attack near the town of Havat Gilad in Samaria. The Palestinian driver initially fled the scene but later surrendered to the Palestinian Authority Police.
The month of Elul marks a period of preparation leading up to Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year) and, ten days later, the holiday of Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement). The primary tool to aid Jews in preparing for repentance is the shofar, a specially prepared ram’s horn, which is blown every weekday of the month during morning prayers.
Last week, conservative political pundit Ben Shapiro challenged Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, ,the 28-year-old Democratic Congressional candidate, to a debate. The challenge was so important to Shapiro that he offered to donate $10,000 to her campaign or a charity of her choice. Ocasio-Cortez refused to debate Shapiro and thus began a battle royale on social media.
Rabbi Nir Ben Artzi, a prominent Israeli mystic, gave a sermon that was published on Sunday. In it, he referred to Hamas as “the seed of Amalek.”
After nearly a decade of writing, the remarkable story of one man’s quest to decipher the ancient map leading to the gold and silver Temple vessels is being published.
17 years after the horrifying terrorist attack in a crowded restaurant left 15 dead, the Palestinian Authority has paid out almost $300,000 to the murderers.
Iran announced they will bring back the second batch of uranium that was transferred to Russia as part of the nuclear deal.
Though Hamas declared a ceasefire, Israeli officials announced the situation is not yet resolved.
Despite Hamas declaring an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire, Israel’s southern border remained violent over the weekend.
Corbyn, leader of the British Labour party, is seen in a photo laying a wreath at the graves of Palestinian terrorists connected with the 1972 massacre of eleven Israel athletes at the Munich Olympics.
