The Battle For Jerusalem : Throughline Today, the city of Jerusalem is seen as so important that people are willing to kill and die to control it. And that struggle goes back centuries. Nearly a ...

JERUSALEM — On the Saturday before Easter, thousands of Christians gather in the cavernous Church of the Holy Sepulcher for a centuries-old ceremony known as the Holy Fire. Holding unlit candles ...

The synagogue contains not only a Torah scroll rescued after the Holocaust but also a striking silver hanukkiah, shaped like a stone gate and crafted by famed Jerusalem artist Frank Meisler in ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Chanting “Death to Arabs ... forcefully entered the compound, climbing its main gate in view of Israeli police. Protesters held a banner calling for the compound to be ...

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, cuts an unmistakable figure in the dark corridors of the ancient, stone patriarchate in this troubled corner of the world.

By Matthew Mpoke Bigg and Isabel Kershner Matthew Mpoke Bigg reported from Rome, and Isabel Kershner from Jerusalem. May 5, 2025 In the days after Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023 ...