Fakhri Abu Diab in front of the ruins of his house destroyed by the municipality in East Jerusalem. (Thomas Dévényi/Hans Lucas for The Washington Post) Fakhri Abu Diab led the effort to protect ...

Haroun Nasser al-Din, a member of Hamas's diplomatic bureau and the movement's Jerusalem office chief, is calling on the Muslim public to come to the al-Aqsa Mosque to strengthen the Muslim hold ...

A fire broke out Monday morning in the Ohr Chaya Seminary, a Chabad girls’ seminary building on David Yellin Street in Jerusalem. Fire and rescue forces rushed to the scene, identified dozens of ...

Christian tradition and biblical scholars tend to all agree that the crucifixion of Jesus happened just outside the walls of Jerusalem. This location, known as Calvary or Golgotha, was ...

A resident of eastern Jerusalem was arrested today (Friday) on suspicion of involvement in the stabbing of an elderly woman in her home in Jerusalem yesterday, an attack that left the victim ...

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Students will study ancient Jerusalem starting from the prehistoric period through key historical phases such as the periods of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, the Christian Bible/New Testament ...

Christian pilgrims have been attending Easter celebrations in Jerusalem "I don't believe that it is a strategy of the new government to attack churches," Bishop William says. "But the young people ...