East Jerusalem

Thoughts on viewing the Great Isaiah Scroll - opinion

There is much more to be learned about the history of the Hebrew nation, its literature, and even geography from the Great Isaiah Scroll.

A restorer works on a fragment of the Dead Sea Scrolls in a laboratory at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem
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On This Day: Six-Day War begins in 1967

A person wearing the headband of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) attends a march to demand the release of Mahmoud Khalil on March 11, 2025 in New York City.

Shin Bet, police bust east Jerusalem terror cell headed by PFLP terrorist in France

Poverty in J'lem 370

Jerusalem’s future depends on supporting small business growth - opinion


Beaten, punched, slapped, kicked: Indictment filed against officers for assault of Palestinian man

The officers were also accused of attempting to destroy evidence of the incident from their GoPro cameras and cell phones.

 Israeli Border Police force members patrol near the entrances to the Arab-Jewish town of Lod, Israel May 13, 2021.

Between two narratives: A candid conversation with a Palestinian-Israeli

I sat down with Mustafa Alian, an east Jerusalem dual national, for an in-depth talk on his life struggles with the confines of the conflict.

 KALANDIYA CROSSING, the main point of entry into the Ramallah area from east Jerusalem.

Sheikh Jarrah: Land, legacy, and conflict in Jerusalem’s history

Sheikh Jarrah is a neighborhood in east Jerusalem, located east of Bar-Lev Boulevard. No other neighborhood in the city exemplifies the land disputes between Israelis and Palestinians more than this.

 A look at Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood.

This week in Jewish history: Jordan & Jerusalem, Tel Aviv & Egypt

A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars.

 NAZI TROOPS and students gather seized papers and books to burn, in the Opernplatz, Berlin, 1933.

Police arrest Jenin resident for blackmailing east Jerusalem woman

Prosecutors to file charges against Jenin man for sexually blackmailing an east Jerusalem woman online.

 Handcuffs on table.

Jewish Agency and Azerbaijani rabbis condemn division amid Iranian spy ring allegations

The Jewish Agency and Azerbaijani rabbis call for unity in Israeli society after seven were arrested in connection to an Iranian-backed spy ring in east Jerusalem.

 A general view picture shows the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan June 19, 2017.

Iran-linked east Jerusalem spy ring arrested in plot to assassinate top Israeli nuclear scientist

The primary suspect allegedly made contact with Iranian entities and then recruited six others to aid him in carrying out terrorist acts.

 Houses are seen on a hillside behind a fence in the Silwan district of east Jerusalem, May 15, 2024.

MKs to tour east Jerusalem schools, push Palestinian to Israeli curriculum shift

Several Knesset members are expected to tour multiple schools in east Jerusalem as part of a government program working to transition students from Palestinian to Israeli curricula.

A general view of Jerusalem shows the Dome of the Rock, located in Jerusalem's Old City on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount December 6, 2017.

Gazan mother separated from prematurely born triplet

In August 2023, Hanan al-Bayouk gave birth to premature triplets in East Jerusalem but had to leave them due to Gaza-Israel conflict restrictions.

 Premature babies which were evacuated from an incubator in Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City receive treatment at a hospital in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, November 19, 2023.

Palestinians to ask UN General Assembly to force Israeli withdrawal from West Bank

The resolution will set a time frame for the “end of this illegal occupation and all the other issues contained in that historic advisory opinion,” PA envoy Riyad Mansour said.

 Delegates react to the voting results during the United Nations General Assembly vote on a draft resolution that would recognize the Palestinians as qualified to become a full UN member, in New York City, US May 10, 2024.