September 13, 2011, shall go down as a momentous day. That is the day representatives of 193 countries came together on the east side of Manhattan for the opening of the 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
 
Of the 168 items on their agenda, one towers above the rest, guaranteed to dominate the 15-day event: Item #36 – “The question of Palestine.”

Western Wall area to be turned
into Arab housing neighborhood -
Jewish presence in Jerusalem
will be erased from history

Official Palestinian Authority TV broadcast a documentary which stated that the PA plans to build an Arab residential area in place of the Western Wall Plaza in Jerusalem, "when they [Israelis] disappear from the picture, like a forgotten chapter in the pages of our city's history."

A sword in a scabbard that belonged to a Roman soldier and an engraving of the Temple’s menorah on a stone object were discovered during work the Israel Antiquities Authority conducted in the 2,000 year old drainage channel between the City of David and the Jerusalem Archaeological Garden.

The channel served as a hiding refuge for the residents of Jerusalem from the Romans during the destruction of the Second Temple. 

Incidents in Tunisia, Libya and Egypt underlie concerns for Jews
Anti-Jewish verbal incitement is a growing problem
Current upheaval echoes 1948 Arab violence, expulsion of Jews

In the aftermath of long-time President Zine el Abidine ben Ali’s overthrow in mid-January, Tunisian Jews were greeted with a harsh reminder of their delicate situation:  "Jews wait, the army of Mohammed is coming back!” scores of Muslim demonstrators chanted in front of Tunis’ main synagogue on Feb. 11.