Mount of olives

Netanyahu visits family of Yehuda Katz, after soldier missing for 44 years receives burial

Last week, the IDF recovered the remains of Katz in an operation in Lebanon, 44 years after he went missing during the First Lebanon War.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the family of IDF soldier Yekutiel Yehuda Katz during the Shiva mourning period in Jerusalem, August 26, 2026.
Prof. Gabriel (Gabi) Barkay

Temple Mount sifting project co-founder Gabriel Barkay dies after decades of biblical research

Construction workers seen at Jerusalem's Mount of Olives, November 17, 2025

Israel to build $7.7 million visitor center at Jerusalem’s Mount of Olives

Archaeologist Mordechai Ehrlich holding the sealing.

Ancient seal discovered in Temple Mount soil may link to King Josiah's era


Mourning the Mount of Olives

Violence and vandalism at the ancient cemetery are on the rise, with no foreseeable solution.

The caretaker of the Afghan section of the Mount of Olives Cemetery points out the vandalism.

MKs want security beefed up for Jewish visitors to Jerusalem's mount of olives cemetery

Lawmakers, activists complain that visitors constantly being attacked; Likud MK Amsalem calls for area to be declared national heritage site

A view of the Old City of Jerusalem and the Temple Mount from the Mount of Olives.

The view from a-Tur

Political violence overtakes this pastoral neighborhood on the Mount of Olives once again.

Riots in a-Tur after Ali Abu Ghanem, who tried to stab Border Police, was killed April 25.

Grapevine: Unwarranted attack

Throughout Israel, there are so-called parliaments of prominent personalities who get together each week to coming up with solutions for Israel’s myriad problems.

Palestinian youths hurl stones during clashes with Israeli police in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Wadi Joz, September 7.

Jews en route to Mount of Olives funeral attacked by Arab youths

"This really brought home how bad situation is," says driver whose passenger was wounded.

A view of the Old City of Jerusalem and the Temple Mount from the Mount of Olives.

Danon demands greater security for Jews going to Mount of Olives cemetery

Palestinian youths chronically attack visitors and deface graves at Judaism’s oldest, largest graveyard.

DEPUTY DEFENSE Minister Danny Danon (second from right), stands with Mount of Olives activists (from left) Harvey Schwartz, Police Commander Avraham Saar, Abe Lubinsky and Jeff Daube on the Mount of Olives yesterday.