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Israeli official: Turkey agrees to return ancient Hebrew inscription to Jerusalem

Turkey has agreed to return to Israel an ancient inscription from Jerusalem, currently housed in the Istanbul Archaeology Museum, an Israeli official told Zman Yisrael, The Times of Israel’s Hebrew sister site. It is considered one of the most important ancient Hebrew inscriptions in existence.
The gesture comes amid warming ties between Israel and Turkey and was discussed during the landmark visit of President Isaac Herzog to Ankara earlier this week, said a senior official in the Israeli entourage.
Israel has long sought the return of the so-called Siloam Inscription, a 2,700-year-old ancient Hebrew text that provides concrete historical support for the biblical account of the construction of a tunnel which brought water from the Pool of Siloam to the City of David, below the southern edge of the Temple Mount, during the reign of King Hezekiah.
The official said Israel has offered to send Turkey a valuable historical and religiously significant item currently housed in an Israeli museum, most likely an ancient candelabra from the days of Ottoman rule.
There was no immediate confirmation from Turkey.
The archeological gesture of goodwill was not raised during talks between Herzog and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, but was ironed out by senior officials on both sides.
The six-line inscription in paleo-Hebrew found etched into the wall of the tunnel describes the excavators, working from opposite ends, calling to one another near the completion of the project. The construction of the tunnel is recounted in the biblical books of Kings and Chronicles.
The inscription reads: “… this is the story of the tunnel, while [the hewers lifted] their axes toward their counterparts, and while three cubits more were to (be hewn?), was heard the voice of a man calling to his counterpart, (for) there was [a crack?] in the rock, on the right and on the left. And on the day of [the final barrier’s] piercing, the stonecutters struck each man towards his counterpart, ax against ax and water flowed from the source to the pool for 1,200 cubits and 100 cubits was the height of the rock, over the head of the stonecutters …”
Israel has tried several times in recent years to secure the return of the inscription, most recently in 2017 when then-culture minister Miri Regev offered to trade it for two elephants for a Turkish zoo. The offer was rebuffed.
Then-president Shimon Peres asked then-Turkish president Abdullah Gül in 2007 to at least loan Israel the tablet so it could go on public display for Israel’s 70th-anniversary celebrations. Although Gül answered in the affirmative, the Turks never delivered due to diplomatic tensions over Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip following Hamas’s armed takeover.
Former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu also said he offered in 1998 to trade Turkish antiquities in Israeli museums for the inscription but was turned down.
Turkey has long insisted that the inscription is sovereign Ottoman property and therefore belongs to Ankara. The Ottoman Empire ruled Jerusalem and much of the Middle East from about 1516 to 1917, when it was ousted by British forces during World War I.
As such, a shift in Ankara’s stance on the inscription would provide a strong signal that the countries are heading to warmer ties.
Herzog met Erdogan on Wednesday afternoon, shortly after landing in Ankara for a landmark 24-hour visit.
In remarks to the media, Erdogan said he believed that “this historic visit will be a turning point in relations between Turkey and Israel. Strengthening relations with the State of Israel has great value for our country.”
Herzog’s trip marks the highest-level visit by an Israeli official since former prime minister Ehud Olmert made the trip in 2008, and is seen as an important step toward rekindling the two countries’ long-floundering relationship.
Turkey and Israel once were close allies, but the relationship frayed under Erdogan, who is an outspoken critic of Israel’s policies toward the Palestinians. Israel also has been angered by Erdogan’s embrace of Hamas, the terror group that controls the Gaza Strip and is committed to Israel’s destruction.
The countries withdrew their respective ambassadors in 2010 after Israeli forces stormed a Gaza-bound flotilla carrying humanitarian aid for Palestinians that broke an Israeli blockade. The incident resulted in the deaths of 10 Turkish activists.
Relations improved and then broke down again in 2018 when Turkey, angered by the US moving its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, once more recalled its ambassador, prompting Israel to respond in kind. The two countries have not restored their ambassadors.
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Global Executions on the Rise in a Trend Led by the World’s Top Persecutors

United States — Amnesty International, a human rights watchdog group, last month released its annual report on global executions. The report documented 1,518 executions in 2024 — a 32% increase compared to 2023 and the highest global numbers in a decade.
These numbers do not include an estimated thousands of executions conducted by China, a leading persecutor of religion, or those executed in North Korea and Vietnam. China has long persecuted independent religion within its borders, subjecting millions of Uyghur Muslims to concentration camps and murdering religious minorities, especially Falun Gong practitioners, to sell their organs on the black market.
The North Korean government is consistently ranked as one of the most repressive of religious freedom and has been designated by the U.S. as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) every year since 2001. There, owning a Bible or praying can lead to life in prison or even death.
Vietnam is designated as a Special Watchlist (SWL) country by the U.S. Department of State, indicating credible evidence that it has engaged in or tolerated severe violations of religious freedom.
Leading the list of documented executions were Iran and Saudi Arabia, both of which have been designated as CPCs for decades, given their consistent track records of particularly severe violations of religious freedom. Iran executed at least 972 people in 2024, while Saudi Arabia doubled its rate from 2023, with 345 executions in 2024.
While the Iranian government allows some degree of freedom for historically non-Muslim communities, converts from Islam to Christianity are viciously persecuted and are treated as a national security threat.
One of the world’s few theocracies, the Iranian system is built on extreme devotion to a fundamentalist interpretation of Islam. After the overthrow of the secular but authoritarian monarchy in 1979, Iran swung hard toward Islamist extremism and has continued on that path ever since, with a growing security apparatus designed to suppress religious and political dissent in every corner of society.
Iran’s constitution, finalized soon after the 1979 revolution, is a religious manifesto that quotes the Quran extensively and mandates the military to fulfill “the ideological mission of jihad in Allah’s way; that is, extending the sovereignty of Allah’s law throughout the world.”
For religious minorities in Iran, there is no escape from the extremist policies of a government fueled by an extremist interpretation of Shia Islam that leaves no room even for Sunni Islam, much less religious minorities like Christianity.
The United States has designated Saudi Arabia as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) 13 times since first issuing the designation in 1999, including every year since 2016. The CPC designation is designed to pressure countries that engage in systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom.
Blasphemy and apostasy are both crimes under Saudi law, with punishment for these violations of Islamic morality including large fines, long terms in prison, floggings, and even death. According to the activist group Reprieve, Saudi Arabia has executed at least 212 people this year, surpassing the kingdom’s previous annual record of 196 people executed in 2022 and the 172 people executed in 2023.
The country’s blasphemy law, in essence, outlaws the expression of minority religious beliefs, while the ban on apostasy prevents Muslims from leaving Islam for another faith. Combined with the idea, taught in schools, that all infants are born Muslim, this leaves little room to identify with any faith other than Islam.
Public worship of any faith other than Islam is prohibited in Saudi Arabia, with the government enforcing this restriction carefully and only allowing private gatherings under the strictest of conditions.
As do many authoritarian regimes around the world, the Saudi government considers religious freedom to be a threat to its absolute grip on power. While it has managed to twist and manipulate Islam into a tool for the state, it does not allow even Muslims to practice their faith in freedom. It even maintains an enforcement agency to ensure that Muslims practice their faith in a way that does not interfere with the interests of the state.
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ദുബായിൽ 15 വർഷം സേവനം പൂർത്തിയാക്കിയ എല്ലാ നഴ്സുമാർക്കും ഗോൾഡൻ വീസ നൽകുന്നു

ദുബായ് : ദുബായ് ആരോഗ്യവിഭാഗത്തിന് കീഴിൽ 15 വർഷം സേവനം പൂർത്തിയാക്കിയ എല്ലാ നഴ്സുമാർക്കും ഗോൾഡൻ വീസ നൽകുമെന്ന് യുഎഇ ഉപപ്രധാനമന്ത്രിയും പ്രതിരോധമന്ത്രിയും ദുബായ് കിരീടാവകാശിയുമായ ഷെയ്ഖ് ഹംദാൻ ബിൻ മുഹമ്മദ് ബിൻ റാഷിദ് അൽ മക്തൂം പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ചു.
ദുബായിൽ ആരോഗ്യരംഗത്ത് ദീർഘകാലം പ്രവർത്തിച്ച നഴ്സുമാരുടെ അതുല്യ സംഭാവനകൾക്ക് ഇതോടെ അംഗീകാരമാകുന്നു. ആരോഗ്യ പരിപാലനത്തിനും സമൂഹത്തിന്റെ ഭദ്രതയ്ക്കും സമർപ്പിച്ചിരിക്കുന്ന ആരോഗ്യപ്രവർത്തകരുടെ സേവനമാണ് ഈ തീരുമാനത്തിന് പിന്നിലെ പ്രേരണ. രാജ്യാന്തര നഴ്സസ് ദിനമായ ഇന്ന്(മേയ് 12) പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ച ഈ തീരുമാനം നഴ്സുമാർക്കും മറ്റ് ആരോഗ്യ പ്രവർത്തകർക്കുമായി ദുബായും യുഎഇയും നൽകിവരുന്ന പിന്തുണയുടെ ഏറ്റവും വലിയ തെളിവാണ്.
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Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister, and Minister of Defence of the UAE, on Monday, May 12, issued directives to grant golden visas to nursing staff employed with Dubai Health, who have served for more than 15 years.
The decision comes in recognition of their invaluable contributions to the community and their crucial role in advancing the quality of healthcare services, the Dubai Media Office (DMO) reported.
Sheikh Hamdan emphasised that nursing staff are at the forefront of the healthcare system and serve as essential partners in realising the vision of a healthier society and improved quality of life.
He commended their daily dedication to patient care and commitment to the well-being of others, affirming that Dubai values excellence and honours those who serve with dedication.
This directive coincides with International Nurses Day, observed annually on May 12, underscoring the leadership’s ongoing commitment to supporting healthcare professionals and fostering an environment that empowers them to continue serving the community.
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