On Sunday, March 31, Jordan’s King Abdullah II and the acting leader of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, signed an agreement to jointly defend Jerusalem “from Israeli Judaization attempts.” A ...

Carrying out a constitutional assignment the Supreme Court gave it last year, the D.C. Circuit on Tuesday struck down a 2002 federal law that ordered the government to list Israel as the birthplace on ...

JERUSALEM — In a turning point in a bitter struggle over ancient tradition at Judaism’s holiest site for prayer, Israeli police on Friday used metal barriers and human chains to protect a liberal ...

Secular mayor of Jerusalem won a second term Wednesday Mayor Nir Barkat declared in a victory speech at about 3%3A 30 a.m. Barkat won 51%25 of the vote while 45%25 went to Moshe Lion JERUSALEM (AP) — ...

JERUSALEMJERUSALEM — An ancient limestone tablet covered with a mysterious Hebrew text that features the archangel Gabriel is at the center of a new exhibit in Jerusalem, even as scholars continue to ...

BADWAN AL-SALAYMEH'S Jerusalem home was demolished by Israeli occupation forces on May 29. Two bulldozers brought down the walls between which he and his 13-member family lived for over a decade, ...

A Brussels clerk suggested the name 'Alma Bethlehem' after denying a Jewish couple's request to name their daughter 'Alma Jerusalem' The city of Brussels refused to register the name of a locally born ...

JERUSALEM — A procession of Armenian Orthodox Christians wound from their quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City to the barred gate of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. The priest at their head carried an ...

Jerusalem has been captured and recaptured at least 20 times. It's been claimed by about as many countries and empires, and by three of the world's major religions. Here’s a brief history of how a ...

Two Palestinian women play with snow outside Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013. Western Wall and the Dome of the Rock, some of the holiest sites for for Jews and Muslims, are ...