Crusades

Amateur diver finds Crusader-era sword off Israel’s coast, for the second time

Tests indicate the meter-long (3.3-foot) weapon likely belonged to a 12th-century Crusader who brought it from Europe.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Ancient Crusader sword, dated to the 12th century CE, discovered off of Israel's Dor Beach in northern Israel, February 22, 2026.
Ancient Crusader sword, dated to the 12th century CE, discovered off of Israel's Dor Beach in northern Israel, February 22, 2026.

University of Haifa student discovers 12th century Crusader sword off of Israel’s northern coast

The sword was eventually transferred to Elisha Medical Center in Haifa for an advanced CT scan to examine the blade’s condition without causing it futher harm.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
A delegation of more than a thousand Evangelical Christians attend a special prayer outside Jerusalem’s Old City, December 4, 2025

New book traces Christian pilgrims' ancient path through Jerusalem

Rodney Aist retraces Jerusalem’s pre-Crusades pilgrim circuit—Holy Sepulchre to Zion, Gethsemane and the Mount of Olives—blending ancient texts, archaeology, and reflection.

|ByGIL ZOHAR
A WOMAN holds an Israeli flag and another person covers her from the rain during the March of the Living at Auschwitz-Birkenau in April. Born into the post-Auschwitz covenant, we considered Jew-hatred passé, doomed, like racism; alas, today, it’s surging, the writer laments.

Antisemitism: Humanity’s totalitarian swamp - Opinion

Jew-hatred spikes when societies are under stress and totalitarian thinking spreads, Left and Right.

|ByGIL TROY

Gaza cleric: Arab leaders shed 'crocodile tears' for Notre-Dame

The cleric excoriated Arab leaders for being sympathetic to the French while ignoring the plights of Muslims.

APRIL 27, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Sparks fill the air as Paris Fire brigade members spray water to extinguish flames as the Notre Dame Cathedral burns in Paris, France, April 15, 2019.

Battling to protect Crusader battlefield

Protesters demonstrate against plan to decommission Horns of Hattin national park.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Horns of Hittin

Battling to protect Crusader battlefield

Protesters demonstrate against plan to decommission Horns of Hattin national park.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Horns of Hittin

Pope's aids respond to threats from ISIS

ISIS's latest video depicts a church ransacked by ISIS members while they destroy Christian symbols and tear a picture of Pope Francis.

AUGUST 27, 2017ByJACOB GOFF KLEIN
Pope Francis.

‘Secret’ art on show

The St. Louis French Hospital reveals flaking paintings of Crusaders.

MAY 22, 2014ByGIL ZOHAR
The St. Louis French Hospital and the French-built light rail.