On Wednesday, the government approved a controversial proposal to assign the management of the iconic Tiferet Yirael Synagogue in the Old City of Jerusalem to the Company for the Reconstruction ...

In the walled Old City district of Jerusalem these days - the sounds of Hanukkah celebrations. This after the atrocities of the October 7 Hamas attack and despite the ongoing war in Gaza.

Theirs is the smallest quarter in the Old City, home to Armenians with the same status as Palestinians in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem — residents but not citizens, effectively stateless.

A view of the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, a usually busy area that's become quiet amid the fighting between Israel and Hamas, in a photo taken Oct. 15, 2023.

A fraction of the usual crowd. Jason Fields He'd made a few trips to the Old City since Oct. 7, he said, but not many. For him, it's a place of work more than a place of worship.

The annual march commemorates "Jerusalem Day," which marks Israel's capture of east Jerusalem, including the Old City and its holy sites sacred to Jews, Christians and Muslims, in the 1967 Mideast ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — One of the oldest communities in Jerusalem, the Armenians have lived in the Old City for decades without significant friction with their neighbors, centered around a convent ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — As the war in Gaza rages, Syria’s government transforms, and the Israeli-occupied West Bank seethes, Armenian residents of the Old City of Jerusalem fight a different battle ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — As the war in Gaza rages, Syria’s government transforms, and the Israeli-occupied West Bank seethes, Armenian residents of the Old City of Jerusalem fight a different battle — one ...