"Jerusalem, he contends, is at the center of the conflict that permeates the holy city at every conceivable level. 'But ...

Josephus, the 1st-century Jewish historian, references a lookout during Roman times, and Jews, barred from entering Jerusalem ...

Now, more than over, Jerusalem finds itself in the eye of the storm that is the Middle East conflict. The most populous city in Israel is a holy place for Christians, Jews and Muslims.

For Jewish people, Christians and Muslims, Jerusalem was and still is a holy city and a destination for pilgrimage close pilgrimageA holy, or, religious journey.. For Christians, Jerusalem is the ...