Western Wall

Blood moons, ancient boulders and smashed stars + this day in history w/the Napster injunction and our song of the day by Death Cab for Cutie on your Morning Monarchy for July 26, 2018.

If Jerusalem’s soon-to-open high-speed rail line was extended to the Western Wall, what would the station be called? Why not name it after US President Donald Trump?
That’s the proposal Israel’s transport minister recently pushed forward, according to an Associated Press report.
Yisrael Katz told Israeli rail executives that he wanted to honour Trump “for his brave and historic decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital”.
Under construction for years, the high-speed rail line is set to open between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem this spring.

MEMO | October 13, 2016 An Israeli archaeological expert has asserted that there is no relation between the Western Wall of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and an ancient Jewish temple, Al Jazeera reported today. This will likely serve to undermine Israeli excavations of the site. Meir Ben-Dov, an Israeli archaeological expert who is author of […]

Al-Akhbar | June 21, 2013

An Israeli security guard shot dead a Jewish visitor at Jerusalem’s Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray, on Friday. The visitor was shot after being mistaken for a Palestinian militant.