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Plaster-making technique attributed to Romans used at Motza some 8,000 years earlier, study shows

"The Pre-Pottery Neolithic B residents of Motza were surprisingly able to differentiate calcite and dolomite stones and used both in their plaster making," the study said.

MAY 29, 2026|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM

A partial view of a settlement from the Neolithic Period (New Stone Age), discovered during archaeological excavations by the Israel Antiquities Authority near Motza Junction, about 5 km west of Jerusalem, July 16, 2019; file photo.

Ittai Binnun plays a large number of wind and other instruments.

Ittai Binnun’s ‘Home’: Jerusalem jazz meets post–Oct 7. reality

Multi-instrumentalist Binnun sets out his expansive cultural stall Confederation House.

APRIL 19, 2026|ByBARRY DAVIS

An IDF soldier operating in the West Bank, published on February 6, 2026.

Israeli settler wounded by rock, Palestinian shot by IDF soldier, in West Bank altercation

According to the military, several soldiers were dispatched to a site near Tayasir, a Palestinian village, where several Palestinians had reportedly begun throwing rocks at Israeli settlers.

APRIL 9, 2026|ByTZVI JASPER

Red pigment drawings discovered by Egyptian archaeologists on the Umm Arak Plateau in the southern Sinai, February 17, 2026.

Egyptian researchers discover collection of ancient rock art spanning 10,000 years in Sinai desert

The engravings and drawings are divided into several groups, researchers learned in their initial study of the space, the oldest of which are done in red and dated to between 10,000 and 5,500 BCE.

FEBRUARY 17, 2026|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM

Sylvain Sylvain, Jewish co-founder of legendary New York Dolls, dead at 69

Family fled Egypt in 1950s: ‘They confiscated all our belongings, we started all over again,’ guitarist told ‘Post’

JANUARY 17, 2021ByLARRY MCSHANE

GUITARIST SYLVAIN SYLVAIN performs in San Diego, California, in 2006. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images/TNS)

11-year-old Palestinian injured by rock-throwing Jewish settlers - report

Since the death of hilltop youth Ahuvia Sandak last month, Yesh Din investigators say they have received verified reports of 41 different cases of Israeli settlers attacking Palestinian.

JANUARY 17, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Settlers from Yitzhar throw rocks at houses, break window in the Palestinian village of Madama, south of Nablus. January 17, 2021.

Israeli injured by settlers throwing stones at Palestinians

It is unclear if the injured person was throwing stones as well.

JANUARY 12, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, TZVI JOFFRE

Rocks, painted in red, outside the IDF HQ in Tel Aviv during a protest against army anti-terror policy. Protesters wanted to show that stone-throwing can kill

Grohl, Foo Fighters frontman, does covers by Jewish artists for Hanukkah

Stay tuned to the Foo Fighters’ social media pages to see what comes next in the series.

DECEMBER 15, 2020ByGABE FRIEDMAN/JTA

IDF denies killing Palestinian teen after claims he was beaten in chase

While the IDF reported that the teen fainted and died without any physical contact from soldiers, Palestinian media claimed he was beaten to death by the IDF.

OCTOBER 25, 2020ByTZVI JOFFRE