Map: The Economist Elsewhere, Israel has occupied a swathe of Syrian territory (see map), including Mount Hermon, the region’s highest point. It seems to have no intention of leaving.

Israel has taken control of parts of southern Syria, including sections of Mount Hermon. Although Damascus has remained relatively quiet, Israel’s presence has sparked strong reactions.

While on a hike with her family, a child stumbled across a 3,800-year-old Egyptian amulet. It will go on display in an ...

In the documents, the ambassador calls Israel's seizure of the Mount Hermon outpost -- which sits on the border between Syria, Lebanon and a U.N.-enforced demilitarized zone -- to be illegal and a ...

Mount Sinai Beth Israel began closing its doors Tuesday after a New York appeals court rejected a community group’s bid to keep it open. The ruling, handed down by the Appellate Division of the ...

Mount Sinai officially shut down Beth Israel Hospital on Wednesday morning after a panel of judges in a Manhattan appeals court ruled that the health system could proceed with its long-delayed ...

Official media channels of Hamas have disseminated claims that the holding of Jewish worship ceremonies on the Temple Mount constitutes a "desecration" of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. In a message ...

Sources close to National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir added: "The Temple Mount is a sovereign area in the State of Israel's capital city. There is no law which allows discriminatory racist ...

New York City-based Mount Sinai Beth Israel’s March 26 planned closure has been delayed again amid ongoing legal back-and-forth to keep the hospital open. The closure delay comes as the ...

It seems plausible that the beginning of the settlement of the children of Israel in the eastern Nile ... and much later than the events on Mount Sinai. In contrast, Sigmund Freud, in his 1939 ...