Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Jerusalem’s Palm Sunday and the asymmetry of moral judgment - opinion

Why are Israeli actions so readily framed as moral failures, even when taken under conditions of ongoing threat, while the context that shapes those actions recedes so quickly?

|ByNIRA BRONER WORCMAN
LATIN PATRIARCH of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, shakes hands with a person, as he passes through an Israeli checkpoint to attend Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem, in the West Bank, on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2025.
Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa attends Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2025.

When faith meets security: Understanding the Palm Sunday incident amid the Iran war - editorial

The diplomatic noise that preceded the resolution now looks a little excessive. After all, we are still at war, and therefore, there are restrictions on life.

|ByJPOST EDITORIAL
IDF soldiers stand behind a masked man swinging a slingshot while hurling stones at Palestinians who had gathered for the annual olive harvest season, during an attack by Israeli settlers on the Palestinian village of Beita, south of Nablus in the West Bank, on October 10, 2025.

When individual acts become a national indictment - analysis

When one man drills a hole, the danger is real, but it is still only one man drilling. The rest of the passengers are not holding the drill. In Israel’s case, that distinction frequently collapses.

|ByHERB KEINON
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee attends the lobby for Israel–United States relations at the Knesset, Israel's Parliament in Jerusalem, February 25, 2026.

Huckabee critcizes Israel police over Pizzaballa's Palm Sunday incident

"The action today by the Israel National Police ... is an unfortunate overreach already having major repercussions around the world," Huckabee wrote in a social media post.

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN

Graffiti of knight from Middle Ages discovered in King David's Tomb

IAA researchers discovered an inscription bearing the name and family emblem of a Swiss noble who made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 1466.

OCTOBER 20, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
An inscription bearing the name of Swiss noble Adrian von Bubenberg, discovered in King David's Tomb in Jerusalem

Jordan's King Abdullah Jerusalem comments were hypocritical and dangerous - editorial

We earnestly hope that Lapid took Abdullah to task in private for his outrageous remarks, and urged him to carefully weigh his words regarding Jerusalem.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Jordan's King Abdullah II addresses the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN Headquarters in New York City, US, September 20, 2022.

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre: Is this where Jesus was buried? - explainer

Church of the Holy Sepulchre? Is it really where Jesus Christ was crucified, buried and resurrected? Is Jesus's tomb really there? And what does a single ladder have to do with it?

AUGUST 25, 2022ByAARON REICH
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City

Church of the Holy Sepulchre excavation unveils remains from Constantine's time

The researchers said the rock layers of the stone quarry used during the construction of the church during Constantine’s period had been uncovered.

JULY 12, 2022ByJUDITH SUDILOVSKY
Remains dating back to the period of Roman Emperor Constantine at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher have been uncovered in excavations carried out in conjunction with a complex two-year project to repair and restore pavement stones of the ancient church.

The legendary Andrea Bocelli's visit to Israel

At the packed Bloomfield soccer stadium, the audience was riveted throughout by Bocelli’s marvelous musical mix.

JUNE 30, 2022BySTEVE LINDE
Bocelli and his family at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.

Complex mission moves ancient Holy Sepulcher columns to Old City museum

In 1969 the architectural elements were discovered during major restoration work of the Anatasis, where the Aediculeis located.

JUNE 6, 2022ByJUDITH SUDILOVSKY
A member of the Italian restoration team works with Haifa forklift driver Mokles Hatib to release the first capital after it was lifted over a wall in the hermitage garden of the Church of Gethsemane.

Jerusalem's Christians feel backed against a wall

RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS: Facing issues ranging from vandalism to property sales to restrictions on of worshipers at for disputed safety concerns, Christians feel backed against a

MAY 5, 2022ByJUDITH SUDILOVSKY
Orthodox Christians worshippers take part in the Holy Fire ceremony at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem’s Old City.

Christian pilgrims and Israel Police clash during Holy Fire ceremony

Thousands of pilgrims arrived in the Old City for the Holy Fire ceremony of Saturday of Light.

APRIL 23, 2022ByARIELLA MARSDEN
Pilgrims light candles in the Holy Fire Ceremony in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

Holy Fire lights up Jerusalem's Holy Sepulchre

Christian pilgrims, police clash in minor incident.

APRIL 23, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
Holy Fire ceremony 2022

PA tells Israel: Restricting churchgoers ‘blatant and dangerous challenge’

Nabil Abu Rudeineh named the restrictions "a war against the Palestinian people."

APRIL 23, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Orthodox Christian worshippers attend the Holy Fire ceremony amid eased coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City, May 1, 2021.