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State indicts man for attacking nun in Jerusalem’s Old City

The incident, which drew widespread condemnation, took place last Wednesday in an alley near King David’s Tomb in Jerusalem. Israel Police officers arrested Shreiber shortly afterward.

MAY 7, 2026|BySARAH BEN-NUN

A nun was assaulted near King David's tomb on Tuesday April 28, 2026.

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.

MARCH 29, 2026|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN

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.

Police reach agreement with Latin Patriarchate to allow limited groups in Church of Holy Sepulchre

Israel's Foreign Ministry and the Prime Minister's Office announced that the police would be working on a security plan to enable the church leaders to worship at the holy site in upcoming days.

MARCH 29, 2026|ByTZVI JASPER, ASHER SMITH

Illustrative image of former prime minister Naftali Bennett and Conservative pundit Tucker Carlson

Bennett: 'Chickens***' Tucker Carlson landed in Israel, faked harassment, 'whined,' and left

Bennett argued that Carlson didn’t even set foot in the country, yet made up a story that he was harassed by Israeli security.

FEBRUARY 19, 2026|ByTOBIAS SIEGAL

Lies and More Lies

JUNE 5, 2016ByRK HUDSON

If I Forget You, O Jerusalem

Celebrating the Holy City’s 49th year of reunification

JUNE 3, 2016ByILSE POSSELT

Youth threw stones at Mass ceremony in Rehovot

Bishop on stone attack on Catholics: ‘Remedy radicalism and intolerance’

MAY 31, 2016ByBENJAMIN GLATT

Today in History: The end of the IDF’s ‘Warm Winter’

2008 operation in Gaza couldn’t stop intensifying conflict.

MARCH 3, 2016ByBENJAMIN GLATT

In an operation in the northern Gaza Strip, IDF forces found weapons inside a mosque.

Sebastia archbishop: Christian unity talks are crucial to shared values

Pope, patriarch's Cuba meeting had "pure love, honest desire to build bridges."

FEBRUARY 28, 2016ByBENJAMIN GLATT

Pope Francis, left, reaches to embrace Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill after signing a joint declaration at the Jose Marti International airport in Havana, Cuba, Friday, February 12, 2016.

Jewish extremist leader questioned for incitement over anti-Christian article

The case revolves an article he published on an ultra-Orthodox website last December in which he branded Christian missionaries “blood-sucking vampires.”

FEBRUARY 25, 2016ByBEN HARTMAN