Although the doors to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre have been closed in past, Safadi said the church was closed “for the first time in over 1,000 years."

The Education Ministry will cover the cost of tuition loans that will convert into grants after two years of teaching in the field.

A small community of persecuted Jews inhabited Azores Islands 950 mile off coast of Portugal.

Despite close US-Israel relations during the current administration, the Trump era is full of paradoxes and policy positions that do not always appear consistent.

During the court discussion on Monday, one of the ISA attorneys said Elovitch is suspected of receiving about NIS 1 billion in bribes.

Israel has already granted licenses to a handful of cannabis growers and manufacturers, but exports are stalled over a multi-million-shekel funding dispute to securely hold the drug at the airport.

The peace-talks simulation was the culmination of a course in peace mediation and conflict resolution that the students have taken over the past few months.

“The Ophel was built by King Solomon in the 10th century, and it was the biblical equivalent of an acropolis in Jerusalem where royalty ruled from.”