East Jerusalem

Europe condemns settlements, but ignores Zionism’s deeper roots - opinion

Zionism is the belief that the Jewish people’s religion and culture, its national soul, cannot be complete without a national territory and is some 4,000 years old.

A general view of houses in the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the West Bank
Children return to school at an establishment run by United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) in Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus in the West Bank on August 29, 2018.

Tackling terror indoctrination in Palestinian schools key to ending 'Pay-for-Slay,' panelists say

President Isaac Herzog receives the first-ever Ambassador of Somaliland to Israel, Mohamed Hagi, in his residence last month.

Somaliland Defense Minister says IDF will not establish presence in their country

A restorer works on a fragment of the Dead Sea Scrolls in a laboratory at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem

Thoughts on viewing the Great Isaiah Scroll - opinion


Police seize weapons during east Jerusalem groom party

Police mobilized after hearing gunshots from the party and arrested two suspects involved in the use and possession of weapons.

 Israel Police locate illegally held M16 rifle, ammunition in car at wedding venue, May 14, 2025.

Israel must enforce UNRWA ban laws more strictly, MKs demand

UNRWA’s six schools in east Jerusalem were shut down on May 8, after the Jerusalem Municipality on April 8 issued orders to all six school principals telling them to cease operations within 30 days.

 A damaged sign is pictured at the headquarters of UNRWA following an Israeli raid in Gaza City, on July 12, 2024.

Neveh Ya’acov: Jerusalem’s northern frontier

Neveh Ya’acov endures as a microcosm of Jerusalem’s broader struggles, balancing tradition and modernity, isolation and integration, conflict and coexistence on the city’s northern frontier. 

 The Neveh Ya'acov neighborhood of Jerusalem.

Israel Police arrest two east Jerusalem residents who intended to join ISIS

Two east Jerusalem ISIS supporters were arrested after attempting to join the group abroad, traveling through Turkey and Jordan before being caught upon returning to Israel.

 Grafitti shows terrorists from Hamas and ISIS kissing, in south Tel Aviv, September 29, 2024

Educational Bookshop and the cultural institutions of east Jerusalem

Notwithstanding the current toxic political climate, some arguably naïve and ever-hopeful Jerusalemites haven’t lost faith in the dream of coexistence.

 Ahmad Muna of the Educational Bookshop.

Israel releases terrorist Ahmed Manasra from prison over mental condition

The released terrorist was imprisoned for his role in the stabbing of two Israelis, including a 13-year-old boy.

 Ahmed Manasra (C), a 14-year old Palestinian, who was convicted of attempted murder for his role in an attack of a 13-year-old Israeli boy in 2015 in Pisgat Zeev, built on occupied land that Israel annexed to Jerusalem after the 1967 war, leaves the courtroom after his sentencing at the district co

Israel is ramping up annexation of West Bank, UN rights chief says

The transfer by Israel of parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies amounts to a war crime," UN High Commissioner Volker Turk said.

 Muslim women walk, as Israeli settlers carry Israeli flags next to a checkpoint near the Ibrahimi mosque, also known as the Cave of Patriarchs, on the day of the first Friday prayers of Ramadan, in Hebron's Old City, in the West Bank March 15, 2024.

'Wanted to die a martyr': Journalist arrested on suspicion of terror incitement

An additional post showed a photo of the terrorist who carried out the terror attack at the El-Khader Junction in Gush Etzion in December of 2024.

 View of the social media post shared by the east Jerusalem suspect. March 17, 2025.

Four arrested in Jerusalem for spreading terror support online, police say

Several people, including minors, were arrested.

Online incitement of terrorism by residents of East Jerusalem and the Old City.

Israel Police raid east Jerusalem bookstore, arrest owner - report

The family of the co-owner said that the police confiscated books and placed an order for the store to be closed, all without a search or arrest warrant.

 The Educational Bookshop in east Jerusalem.