Jerusalem

Jerusalem offers NIS 160 family pass to six Jewish Quarter heritage sites this summer

The program, which began in July, will continue through the end of August.

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Six major heritage sites in one ticket. The Jewish Quarter in the Old City of Jerusalem

Jerusalem offers six Old City sites for NIS 160 per family

A fire inside a building in downtown Jerusalem. August 12, 2026.

Fire breaks out on 24th floor of Jerusalem building near Independence Park, none injured

An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man walks in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of east Jerusalem, on November 17, 2025.

Petition seeks to block yeshiva project for foreign students on east Jerusalem public land


Don’t ignore the similarities between the persecution of Israelis and US Christians - opinion

Netanyahu equates attacking Jews who support Israel to attacking Evangelicals for good reason; both faiths are founded on Zionism

Many Evangelicals participate in the United for Israel March outside Columbia University in New York City in 2024.

Jerusalem cafe becomes flashpoint in growing haredi protests over Shabbat

Israeli police were out in full force after demonstrators broke through the barricades last weekend.

Haredi Orthodox and secular protesters and counter protesters face off outside a Jerusalem cafe open on Shabbat, Aug. 9, 2026

Israel loses a friend in Congress: Rep. Kay Granger dies, 83 - opinion

A staunch supporter of the Jewish state in her capacity as both chair of the House Appropriations State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee and the Committee on Appropriations, she will be missed

Rep. Kay Granger speaks at a Norway F-35 rollout celebration at Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth in 2015.

Court rejects appeal for settler to serve house arrest at mother-in-law’s West Bank home

The court upheld the administrative restriction order but ruled that a third party cannot be compelled to participate, requiring alternative arrangements.

Administrative detainee Tal Yinon Dardik, who is on a hunger strike in prison, arrives at the Jerusalem District Court for a hearing on Central Command chief Maj. Gen. Avi Bluth’s appeal against a decision to release him from administrative detention, August 6, 2026.

Twenty-four years of new olim: Nefesh B'Nefesh welcomes its 100,000th immigrant to Israel

All three of the family's children are named after fallen IDF soldiers and victims of terrorism, reflecting the family's strong emotional connection to the Jewish people and the Land of Israel.

The Douglas family, including Nefesh B'Nefesh's 100,000th olah, celebrate their immigration to Israel, August 2026.

Two women, four minors indicted in Benayahu Razi case in Jerusalem, face murder charges

Prosecutors allege that the six decided together to attack Razi and his friend, while the four minors carried out the physical assault that killed him.

An illustrative image of a man in handcuffs, being arrested.

Jonathan Pollard plants a vineyard for Esther - and reflects on the love that brought him home

“Her message was simple: Jonathan cannot be abandoned. He must be freed. He must be brought home to Israel. She kept one flame alive through years when darkness appeared stronger than hope."

Rivka and Jonathan Pollard and Adam Scott Bellos display an example of the wine to be created in memory of Esther Pollard.

Olga Deutsch: Exposing the dark underbelly of human rights groups - interview

Many of the NGOs whose funding sources and anti-Israel activities get exposed by NGO Monitor are based in Europe, where Deutsch lived and worked since her birth in 1979.

At NGO Monitor Annual Event in Dec. 2025 at Jerusalem's Begin Center, interviewing US Ambassador Mike Huckabee.

UNESCO joins Palestinians in rewriting Jewish history in Judea and Samaria - opinion

This year, the PA submitted a long list of obviously and undeniably Jewish historical sites to the World Heritage List at UNESCO, rebranding the sites as “Palestinian” or “Islamic” heritage locations

The dramatic mountaintop site rising 650 meters above the Jordan Valley

Haredi demonstrators, counterprotestors clash at sixth consecutive Shabbat protest of Basimta Cafe

Every weekend for the past six weeks, those who disapprove of the café being open on Shabbat have protested at the location, while supporters of the business held counterprotests.

Ultra-Orthodox protesters demonstrate against a cafe operating on Shabbat and clash with Israeli police, while secular protesters hold a counter-demonstration in support of the cafe in central Jerusalem, August 8, 2026.