The calendar brought the people of Jerusalem to a potential crash, and there was no one wise enough to avoid it. The first day of Eid Al Ahda fell on Sunday, August 11, which also coincided with what is considered to be the saddest day in the Jewish calendar, Tisha B’av. While top Jewish rabbis have ruled since 1967 that it is “forbidden for Jews to go up to the ...
![U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry makes a statement on Syria at the State Department January 16, 2014 in Washington, DC. Secretary Kerry urged Syrian opposition to attend the peace talk in Geneva to end the conflict. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/000_463023067.jpg?itok=8p3Db6Gj "U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry makes a statement on Syria at the State Department January 16, 2014 in Washington, DC. Secretary Kerry urged Syrian opposition to attend the peace talk in Geneva to end the conflict. [AFP]")
![A handout picture released by the Jordanian Royal Palace on January 16, 2014 shows King Abdullah II (L) walking alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during their meeting in Amman on January 16, 2014. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/000_Nic6285845.jpg?itok=Q4U0Ce7u "A handout picture released by the Jordanian Royal Palace on January 16, 2014 shows King Abdullah II (L) walking alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during their meeting in Amman on January 16, 2014. [AFP]")
![US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a news conference on the sidelines of the Second International Humanitarian Pledging Conference for Syria, at the Bayan Palace in Kuwait City, on January 15, 2014. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/News/000_Nic6285454.jpg?itok=pl5wv5f0 "US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a news conference on the sidelines of the Second International Humanitarian Pledging Conference for Syria, at the Bayan Palace in Kuwait City, on January 15, 2014. [AFP]")
![Israeli honour guards carry the coffin of former prime minister Ariel Sharon in to the Knesset (the Israeli Parliament) in Jerusalem at the end of the day on January 12, 2014 as Israelis came to pay their respects. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/iraq/000_Nic6284271.jpg?itok=68f6LenP "Israeli honour guards carry the coffin of former prime minister Ariel Sharon in to the Knesset (the Israeli Parliament) in Jerusalem at the end of the day on January 12, 2014 as Israelis came to pay their respects. [AFP]")
![This combination of two recent pictures made on January 9, 2014 shows (at L) Iranian president Hassan Rouhani in Tehran in a picture released by the Iranian Presidency and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/iraq/000_Par7758484.jpg?itok=NeoeWgIf "This combination of two recent pictures made on January 9, 2014 shows (at L) Iranian president Hassan Rouhani in Tehran in a picture released by the Iranian Presidency and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. [AFP]")
!['Friends of Syria' met with leaders of the mainstream opposition to President Bashar al-Assad ahead of peace talks due later this month. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/000_Par7761060.jpg?itok=p4Noxdm3 "'Friends of Syria' met with leaders of the mainstream opposition to President Bashar al-Assad ahead of peace talks due later this month. [AFP]")
