Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says a Turkish technical team will inspect controversial construction underway near a Jerusalem holy site.

While scholars have put forth various assessments for the location of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, a Hebrew University of Jerusalem professor says that archaeological remains that have so far been ignored by scholars point to the exact location, which is in a spot that differs from prevailing opinion.

Israel has given a cautious response to the new Palestinian government agreed to in Mecca last week, in which the ruling Islamic militant group Hamas and rival and more moderate Fatah faction will share power. Meanwhile, tensions between Jews and Muslims remain high as Israel decides to proceed with a controversial construction project at a hotly disputed holy site in Jerusalem.

Israeli police have clashed with Palestinians during violent protests in disputed East Jerusalem for the second straight day. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, the unrest is centered around a hotly disputed holy place in the city claimed by both Muslims and Jews.

Under a heavy police presence, Israeli archeologists are removing tons of rock and debris from a site that lies next to a walkway leading to Jerusalem's al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock. VOA's Jim Teeple reports the dig has infuriated Muslims who say it could damage Islamic holy structures.

Opening January, 2007 through June 2007. Five installations by multidisciplinary artist Hadas Ophrat combining sculptural elements with video and sound.

Israel's government has selected a retired army veteran as chief of the Israeli Defense Forces, the country's top military post. VOA's Jim Teeple reports from Jerusalem, it is less than a week since the previous IDF chief resigned following criticism of his leadership during Israel's war in Lebanon last summer.

The entire family of the Israel Museum mourns today the passing of Teddy Kollek. Teddy's vision shaped the modern landscape of Jerusalem, embracing as its cultural centerpiece the plan for a museum of art, archeology, and the material culture of the Jewish world that would parallel the national museums of other countries worldwide.

The Israel Museum: Recent Acquisitions in Contemporary Art, the debut presentation of over forty acquisitions selected during the past five years, including sculpture, video works, installations, and photography. Many of the works on view relate to aspects and narratives of urban life from China, Poland, Turkey, the United States, and other world venues whose locations remain unknown.

The first museum exhibition of its kind, Dream Makers brings together the best of Objet Geometries' new-age technology and the creative energies of over seventy Israeli designers, working locally and abroad.

Age of Innocence: Portraying Children in the European Tradition" explores depictions of childhood in some 40 works of art, dating from the 15th century through the present day. The works, which are primarily drawn from the Israel Museum's own collection, reflect the evolving roles of children in European culture and the sociological changes in attitude toward children over the last five centuries.

The Israel Museum announced today that it has relocated to its campus a model of ancient Jerusalem, which reconstructs the topography and architectural character of the city as it was in 66 ce, at the end of the Second Temple Era. Originally constructed on the grounds of Jerusalem's Holyland Hotel, this cultural landmark now becomes a permanent feature of the Museum's twenty-acre campus, adjacent to the Shrine of the Book.