Holyland

Holyland towers: The 'monster' that changed Jerusalem's skyline forever

The Holy City is forever caught between the weight of its past and the pressure of its future.

The Holyland Towers built on Jerusalem’s western ridge in the early 2000s marked a radical break architecturally from what came before in the city.
 Anti-missile system fires interception missiles as missiles fired from Iran as seen from the West Bank, June 18, 2025.

Despite wars and missile attacks, there's no place like The Holy Land - opinion

 HOLY GEMS management: (L to R) Mendy Taub; Tali Shalem Taub; Yossi Taub

Gems from Israel

 SAMUEL WEARP

‘I stand with Israel!’ - OPINION


La chute des géants

La faillite du multimilliardaire Nohi Dankner signe le déclin des magnats de la finance et sonne le glas des monopoles en Israël

Nohi Dankner, un ex-banquier condamné à deux ans de prison

Security stepped up around Bethlehem, Nablus holy sites for Tisha Be'av

Many worshipers go to ancient holy sites to hold special prayer services on Tisha Be'av, which commemorates the destruction of Judaism's two ancient Jewish Temples.

IDF forces in the area around Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem

The triumph of the holy language in the Holy Land

Jews in Israel live and breathe Hebrew, just as their ancestors did more than 2,000 years ago.

Eliezer Ben-Yehuda

"I dissent"

The Jerusalem Post

Judge tosses plea bargain, gives Olmert additional month of jail time in secret tapes saga

Sentence means that former PM must now serve 19 months in jail total when adding in his prior 18 month Holyland Affair sentence for bribery.

Former prime minister Ehud Olmert at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court, February 10, 2016

Olmert to be convicted of obstruction of justice in plea bargain deal

In the plea bargain that Olmert agreed to on January 18, he admitted to obstruction of justice with Zaken in both the Talansky Affair and the Holyland Affair.

Former PM Ehud Olmert

Not on my watch: IFCJ coordinator Shira Gergi’s battle to help society

One of Gergi’s latest projects was opening up a club in Kiryat Shmona for extracurricular activities for schoolchildren.

 International Fellowship of Christians and Jews’ coordinator Shira Gergi

Olmert family vows to seek pardon

“A man who did so many great things for Israel should be pardoned,” Olmert’s brother says.

Ehud Olmert speaking with his lawyers, May 25, 2015

Reporter's Notebook: The speech he hoped never to give

When the Holyland trial started around three-and-a- half years ago, the former prime minister still saw himself as the king of the world and as possibly returning to the prime minister’s chair.

Former PM Ehud Olmert

Former Jerusalem mayor escapes 6-year jail sentence due to health

In surprise delivery by Supreme Court, Lupolianski get 6-month community service sentence; Dankner gets 2 years instead of 3.

Uri Lupolianski