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'The most beautiful sight': Pilgrims reach Jerusalem's Old City after five-day journey from Jaffa

Pilgrims from Europe and Asia walked five days from Jaffa Port to Jerusalem’s Jaffa Gate along the ‘Way to Jerusalem,’ a Tourism Ministry-backed bid to revive historic walking paths.

Pilgrims from nine European and Asian countries on their trek from Jaffa Port to Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem.
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CITY OF CONTRASTS: Sarah Tuttle-Singer walks the Old City streets next to an Arab Muslim woman.

New book 'Fairy Lights in God’s Backyard' is messy, beautiful, and full of light - review

There’s plenty to discern and enjoy in the God of the Small Details tours in the Old City.

Jerusalem’s Old City reveals its hidden beauty on Open Houses tours


Seven Israelis arrested for attack on couple in Jerusalem's Old City

The Jerusalem District Police increased their presence last night, deploying additional forces to secure worshipers as part of Tisha B'Av events and prevent any attempts to escalate tensions.

 Police arrest a Jewish man in the Old City of Jerusalem, during Tisha B'Av, August 13, 2024.

‘Jesus Risen’ statue to be put up in Jerusalem

Monumental sculpture to be erected in the Old City’s Christian Quarter.

 Sculptor Alessandro Mutto working on the statue of Jesus.

Four wounded after off-duty soldier shoots in Old City incident

Magen David Adom paramedics provided all four with medical treatment and evacuated them to Shaare Zedek Medical Center. 

 Four wounded after off-duty soldier shoots in Old City incident on June 12, 2024.

When Britain’s King George V ‘met’ the founder of its most famous beer, on walls in Jerusalem

These walls continue to talk to us and reveal Jerusalem’s history."

 Shai Halevy and Michael Chernin of the Israel Antiquities Authority during the research on the coats of arms.

'Jerusalem is ours, Temple Mount is ours,' Ben-Gvir declares amid flag day march violence

In total, 18 suspects were arrested during the flag march for violent offenses, assaults, threats, and disorderly conducts.

 Itamar Ben-Gvir seen during Jerusalem Day celebrations outside the Jerusalem Great Synagogue, June 5, 2024

Thousands of Israeli police deploy in Jerusalem ahead of flag march

The march this year takes place as the Gaza war approaches the start of its ninth month, adding to concerns of wider violence.

 Young Jewish men holding Israeli flags as they dance at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, during Jerusalem Day celebrations, May 29, 2022.

Jerusalem Day flag parade to march through Muslim Quarter in shadow of war

This year, under the shadow of the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, tensions are even higher.

 Participants in the Jerusalem Day Flag Parade gather outside the Old City's Damascus Gate, May 18, 2023

Police arrest terrorist who planned to carry out stabbing attack in Jerusalem

The investigation revealed that the terrorist had stolen the knife from a fruit vendor in the area of the Old City and hid it in his pants.

 Police forces operate in the Old City of Jerusalem. June 2, 2024.

Police prevent terror attack, detain suspect who pulled out knife in Jerusalem's Old City

The Jerusalem district police and the Border Police who were present at the scene took the suspect by force for questioning.

 Israeli police walk near a security incident scene near the compound known to Muslims as Al-Aqsa or the Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City, April 1, 2023.

Police officer wounded in stabbing in Jerusalem's Old City, terrorist neutralized

The terrorist who carried out the attack was identified as a 34-year-old Turkish citizen.

 A man was wounded in a stabbing attack near Herod's Gate in Jerusalem.