Jerusalem day

Intl. Al Quds marches see thousands chant Hamas, Hezbollah support, blood libels

Al Quds Day rallies spark controversy as protesters support Hamas, Hezbollah, and the IRGC. Despite bans in several countries, rallies continue with strong police presence.

A demonstrator holds a portrait of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, at Times Square during an Al-Quds Day rally in Manhattan, New York City, US, March 13, 2026.
The charred entrance to the victim’s apartment

Three teens arrested in connection to attacking, torching home of Old City resident

 (L-R) Jordanna McMillan, MK Moshe Tur-Paz, Josh Reinstein, Minister Gila Gamliel, Senator Ted Cruz, Rep. Brad Schneider, Bill Holmes, Pastor Larry Huch.

Bipartisan event celebrates Jerusalem Day, honors 'the beating heart of the Jewish people'

 National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visits the Temple Mount in Jerusalem Old City, on Jerusalem Day, May 26, 2025

UAE summons Israeli ambassador over Jerusalem flag march 'violations'


'I prefer to live in Jerusalem than Washington,' Huckabee says at Knesset event honoring the city

Huckabee spoke of his love for the city, saying, "I tell people all the time, I prefer to live in Jerusalem rather than Washington every day of the year."

 US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee meets with Israeli officials at the Knesset, May 28, 2025.

'We are not afraid of the word occupation,' Smotrich says at Jerusalem Day rally

“We are liberating Gaza – and settling it,” Smotrich said, addressing a crowd gathered for the annual celebration.

 Minister of Finance and Head of the Religious Zionist Party Bezalel Smotrich leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, April 30, 2024.

WATCH: Thousands mark Jerusalem Day, clashes erupt in Muslim quarter

Thousands of people gather in the capital for Jerusalem Day. Rioters clash with police and Muslim quarter residents.

 Jewish men clash with police during Jerusalem Day celebrations at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, May 26, 2025.

Rewriting the rules: Jerusalem Day marks Hamas’s waning grip - analysis

The IDF’s pummeling of Hamas in Gaza has taken the terrorist organization out of the Jerusalem equation.

 Jewish men dance with Israeli flags during Jerusalem Day celebrations at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, May 26, 2025.

WATCH: 'Without Nakba, there is no victory': Violence breaks out in Jerusalem's Old City

Jerusalem Post witnesses said that they saw rioters spit on Standing Together activists, assault police officers, and sing racist chants.

Israeli Left and Right-wing activist clash in Jerusalem's Old City's Damascus Gate, during the Jerusalem Day flag march, May 26, 2025

The Jerusalem Dispatch: Jerusalem Day celebrations, DC shooting, the state of the capital - WATCH

Hosts Elliot Jager and Calev Ben-David focus on Jerusalem Day, which started as a celebration of the city being united under Israeli sovereignty in 1967.

 The Jerusalem Dispatch

Ben-Gvir bucks status-quo, announces prayer permitted on Temple Mount

In a speech given during his visit to the site, Ben-Gvir said he was "praying for victory in the Israel-Hamas War, the return of all hostages being held in Gaza."

 National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visits the Temple Mount in Jerusalem Old City, on Jerusalem Day, May 26, 2025

Lessons of the Six Day War - opinion

There is no Jewish future in a world where we must rely on the benevolence of non-Jews to guarantee our survival. 

 SOLDIERS sit in front of the Western Wall after its capture in the Six Day War. The panic of the month before gave way to national joy, states the writer.

Jerusalem Day 2025: What Israel's capital means to us, 48 years since aliyah - opinion

Fourteen years later, in 1977, we made aliyah!  And here I am, almost 48 years later, in our Jerusalem.

 The writer and wife, Rita, in Jerusalem, in front of the Neveh Schechter building in the Nayot neighborhood

Jerusalem Day 2025: We must celebrate the 3,000-year-old dream more than ever - opinion

This year's Jerusalem Day is not at all about conquest – it is about return to our central heartbeat.

 MASSES GATHER at the Western Wall to mark Jerusalem Day last year. Yom Yerushalayim is a moment of awe, of historical and spiritual homecoming, and the reaffirmation of a 3,000-year-old dream come true, states the writer.