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Israeli police raid East Jerusalem bookstore, arresting Palestinian owners
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Sacred Nation
Armenian Christians of Jerusalem say their centuries-old community faces an existential threat    
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Israel-Hamas war
‘Sacred refuge:’ This cultural center provides a safe space for Jews and Arabs in Jerusalem
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Rows of people kneeling in prayer
Israel-Hamas war
Tens of thousands attend Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem
Israelis demonstrate outside the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, to call for new elections, Jerusalem, April 1, 2024.
Israel-Hamas war
Israelis set up a tent city in Jerusalem to protest Netanyahu and call for new elections
People watch the Purim parade in Jerusalem, Monday, March 25, 2024. For the first time after 42 years and amid the Israel-Hamas war, Jerusalem holds a Purim parade on Monday. 
Israel-Hamas war
‘Our joy is limited’: A subdued Purim in Israel during wartime 
Structures built by the Nabateans more than two millennia ago, like this remnant at Mada’in Salih, Saudi Arabia, rival those of ancient Rome and Greece.
Out of Eden Walk
Out of Eden Walk: Walking to the Holy Land
A main street on the edge of Mea She'arim, a Haredi (religious) neighborhood in Jerusalem.
Israel-Hamas war
Neturei Karta: an Orthodox Jewish sect that doesn’t believe in the concept of a Jewish state of Israel
Noam Tsuriely is a 28-year-old Jewish Israeli hip-hop artist from Jerusalem, whose debut album will drop later this summer.
Planet Hip Hop
This Israeli rapper brings people together through multilingual lyrics
man tattooing woman
Lifestyle & Belief
This Jerusalem tattoo studio is part of a centuries-old Christian tradition 
mosque
Conflict & Justice
‘Back to normal’ at Jerusalem’s holiest site 
portrait of nun reading a musical score
Music
The astonishing life and music of Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, the Ethiopian nun who has died at 99
A worker walks alongside the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant's array of digester eggs in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York
Health & Medicine
Why has polio emerged in the US, UK and Israel? A polio eradication expert weighs in.
US President Joe Biden and Israel's Prime Minister Yair Lapid, sign a security pledge at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Jerusalem
Nuclear
US and Israel sign joint declaration on Iran’s nuclear program during Biden’s visit
Biden in a crowd
Conflict & Justice
President Biden’s visit to Israel focuses on regional security 
Palestinian protesters fly Palestinian flags and flags of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, DFLP, during clashes with Israeli soldiers at the entrance the Jewish settlement of Beit El, background near the West Bank city of Ramallah.
Conflict & Justice
The politics of Ireland’s enduring support for Palestinians
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell stand together at the Capitol
Top of The World
US and Afghan presidents to meet in Washington amid troop withdrawal
Several Muslims pray facing Mecca before a rough-stone niche in the wall
Why the Al-Aqsa Mosque has often been a site of conflict
A person is shown in shadow in a blown out window in the collapsed section of a building.
Top of The World
Israel launches deadly airstrikes on Gaza following rocket attacks by Hamas
A large crowd of people are shown scattered in the Al-Aqsa Mosque as tear gas is shown surround the area.
Top of The World
Hundreds of Palestinians injured in clashes with Israeli police in Jerusalem
Several people are shown under the dark of night running from sparks and smoke.
Conflict & Justice
Israeli police arrest dozens in night of chaos in Jerusalem
A city in the Gaza strip is show from afar with three clouds of black smoke rising.
Conflict & Justice
Israel rejects ICC probe, saying it lacks jurisdiction
A view of Shuafat refugee camp is seen behind section of Israel's separation barrier in Jerusalem, June 19, 2020.
Why a leading Israeli rights group is calling Israel an ‘apartheid’ state
Leah Weiss, who is also a medial clown named Rosie, has been working in the COVID-19 ward of a Jerusalem hospital most of this year.
COVID-19
To cheer up COVID-19 patients, Israeli hospitals send in the clowns
A supporter of US President Donald Trump waves Israeli and US national flags on the day of the U.S. presidential election, in Carmiel, northern Israel, Nov. 3, 2020.
Foreign policy
Amid US-UAE arms deal and US election, Israelis wonder how balance of power in region might change
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish teens attend the funeral for Rabbi Mordechai Leifer in Ashdod, Israel, Oct. 5, 2020.
Sacred Nation
Israeli ultra-Orthodox celebrate Simchat Torah holiday despite lockdown orders
Two men wearing tank tops and face masks protest and wave blue and white Israeli flags in a big crowd
COVID-19
Israelis protest against new COVID-19 measures that restrict protests
Parents wait with their children to enter their elementary school in Sderot as it reopens following the ease of restrictions preventing the spread of the coronavirus in Israel, May 3, 2020.
Israel’s hurried school reopenings serve as a cautionary tale
People wear face masks as they shop in a main market in Jerusalem, Israel, July 16, 2020.
COVID-19
Israel considers a second lockdown as coronavirus cases surge
An older woman speaks on the phone
History
From Auschwitz to Jerusalem, Holocaust survivor Giselle Cycowicz shares her story
Fadhi Jabari says he prays at al-Aqsa mosque sometimes five times a day. The mosque is now closed but the grounds remain open.
COVID-19
In Jerusalem’s Old City, the faithful cope with the coronavirus
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men walk past a Likud party election campaign banner depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump in Jerusalem September 11, 2019.
Role of religion top of mind in Israeli election
The Dome of the Rock is shown in the distance in a wide framed photograph of Jerusalem's Old City.
Borders
Jerusalem’s ‘green’ cable car plan is challenged in Israel’s top court
People in athletic clothes warm up together on a sidewalk.
Sports
This Palestinian running group in Jerusalem fights for the ‘right to movement’ 
Palestinians watch a television broadcasting the announcement of Middle East peace plan by US President Donald Trump, in the southern Gaza Strip on Jan. 28, 2020.
Conflict & Justice
Trump unveiled his Middle East peace plan. This Palestinian analyst says it’s a ‘scam.’
Two visitors are shown standing a one taking a cell phone photo of the Church of the Nativity with bright white light shining from the windows above.
Religion
Jesus’ Bethlehem birthplace gets a makeover. But will it boost tourism? 
Children play with a wheelbarrow.
Politics
Legal recognition of West Bank settlements could ‘kill off’ hope of two-state solution, says former US ambassador
jared kushner and company
Foreign policy
Kushner, in Jerusalem to push peace plan, faces new political hurdle
Benjamin Netanyahu sits with his hand covering his mouth.
Identity
What Israel’s new election reveals about the struggle over Jewishness
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is shown sitting with his hands folded and an Israeli flag behind him.
Israel faces new vote as Netanyahu fails to form government
Angkor Wat is shown by a pond at sunrise.
Arts, Culture & Media
‘World Heritage’ site selection is Eurocentric – and that shapes which historic places get love and money
White House senior advisor Jared Kushner smiles while listening to US President Donald Trump talk as the president meets with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 25, 2019.
Foreign policy
Jared Kushner’s peace plan that nobody loves
Confetti is shown falling falling with sparkling fireworks shooting up with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara standing on stage.
Global Politics
Israel’s Netanyahu poised to win reelection
A Palestinian man is shown in shadow in the near ground looking out at the destroyed remains of Hamas's TV station building.
Conflict & Justice
Israel-Gaza border ignites in most serious fighting since 2014 war
Ramadan Dabash is running for the Jersulam city council.
Global Politics
Most Palestinians living in Jerusalem boycott elections. But one Palestinian is running anyway.
the silhouettes of members of the ultra orthodox community in Jerusalem
Arts, Culture & Media
The ultra-Orthodox are the hottest thing on Israeli TV
American student Lara Alqasem, 22, appears at the district court in Tel Aviv, Israel October 11, 2018. She wants to study at Hebrew University. But Israeli authorities are questioning her politics.
Conflict & Justice
She wanted to study at Hebrew University, but Israel is blocking her
A Palestinian woman sits next to bags of flour
UN agency chief says Palestinian refugees can’t ‘simply be wished away’
pride
Jerusalem celebrates Gay Pride under tight security
a policeman on the israel-gaza border
Israeli minister sees Gaza-style measures for US-Mexico border
Alexandra Tauber talks to a countryside artisan in Paraguay.
Conflict & Justice
The story behind why Paraguay followed the US and moved its embassy to Jerusalem
fans in the stands shout slogans during a match
Global Politics
The right-wing origins of the Jerusalem soccer team that wants to add ‘Trump’ to its name
People are silhouetted against the sun as some smoke surrounds them. One man on the left rolls a tire.
Conflict
After bloodshed and US embassy protests, Israelis and Palestinians alike wonder what’s next
Palestinian demonstrators run for cover from Israeli fire and tear gas during a protest against US embassy move to Jerusalem, May 14, 2018.
Conflict & Justice
Gazans bury dead after bloody day of Israel border protests
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A Palestinian demonstrator walks with black smoke and tires burning in the background.
Conflict & Justice
Israeli forces kill dozens in Gaza as US Embassy opens in Jerusalem
A worker on a crane hangs a US flag next to an Israeli flag, next to the entrance to the US consulate in Jerusalem, May 7, 2018.
Religion
Trump, Netanyahu take evangelical support to a new level
Christian worshippers from around the world along the Via Dolorosa
Conflict
Tensions over Jerusalem palpable during Good Friday, Passover celebrations
Palestinian teen Ahed Tamimi enters a military courtroom escorted by Israeli security personnel at Ofer Prison, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Jan. 15, 2018.
Conflict
Israeli court detains Palestinian teen Ahed Tamimi
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Global Politics
Palestinian officials rebuke Trump threat to block aid