Freedom of religion in israel

PA drafts constitution, omits Jewish ties to Jerusalem, calls for Sharia legal system

The draft constitution also called for the "right of return" for refugees, caring for families of "martyrs, prisoners, and exiles," and reaffirming the PLO's position as representing Palestinians.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the general Conference of Fatah Youth in Ramallah, with a backdrop including a portrait of Abbas and Yasser Arafat, November 27, 2025; illustrative.
SIMCHAT TORAH at the Gush Etzion junction.

Simchat Torah: Divine fire and national legacy

 Muslims pray on the first Friday of Ramadan, at the Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound in Jerusalem's Old City, March 7, 2025

Police on guard as tens of thousands of Muslims hold Ramadan prayers on Temple Mount

 A WOMAN walks in the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City. The Armenians in Jerusalem are one of the smallest and most vulnerable communities; they are neither Palestinian nor Israeli and have no interest in being dragged into the ongoing conflict, says the writer.

Jerusalem’s Armenian Quarter under threat: Urgent call for protection - opinion


Ashdod mayor: City to stop fining shops open on Shabbat

The mayor explained, as he has in the past, that a ruling by the Ashdod Magistrate’s Court has forced the city to enforce its 1976 bylaw regulating businesses opening on Shabbat.

Yehiel Lasri

Church of Holy Sepulchre issue being used to clobber Israel

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."

Worshippers stand in front of the closed doors of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City February 26, 2018. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

‘Religious coercion vs. religious conviction’

By inspiring love, we must attempt to express the glories of Shabbat. And love means accepting with love even those who decide to reject the laws of Shabbat.

Shabbat candles

A Substandard Discussion

The Jerusalem Post

Jewish nation-state bill runs into trouble with exclusionary towns clause

The 'separate communities' clause in the bill says that ''the state has the right to allow a community, including of one religion or nationality to establish a separate communal town.”

The Jewish-only kibbutz of Katzir, in nothern Israel

Big Brother and the rabbinate

The rabbinate’s new database of Jewishness is already being abused and has the potential to undermine the Jewish character of Israel.

Soldiers from the African Hebrew Israelite community

5 Religion Based Emoji Apps That Will Uplift Souls

The Jerusalem Post

An interview gone off course

Either way, both parties stepped on every mine and booby trap that crossed their way and the rest of the interview proceeded like a dialogue between the deaf.

Naftali Bennet at Haaretz Peace Conference

High Court rules TA shops can remain open on Shabbat

Haredi MKs vow legislative override.

The Sarona Food Market in Tel Aviv

Editorial: Freedom to love

Tying religion to the state invites the intervention of secular institutions, such as the Supreme Court or Knesset, to intervene in inherently religious matters.

At the ‘Between the Ideal and the Real: Challenges in Halacha and Sexuality Before and After the Wedding’ event in Katamon’s Ramban Synagogue