Mount of olives

How a 'Jerusalem homecoming' highlighted the struggling tourism sector - opinion

Following a temporary retreat to Tiberias, Jane Kiel reflects on religion, war, and tourism as she returns to Jerusalem

|ByJANE KIEL
Jane Kiel.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the family of IDF soldier Yekutiel Yehuda Katz during the Shiva mourning period in Jerusalem, August 26, 2026.

Netanyahu visits family of Yehuda Katz, after soldier missing for 44 years receives burial

Last week, the IDF recovered the remains of Katz in an operation in Lebanon, 44 years after he went missing during the First Lebanon War.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Prof. Gabriel (Gabi) Barkay

Temple Mount sifting project co-founder Gabriel Barkay dies after decades of biblical research

Israeli archaeologist Prof. Gabriel Barkay, who co-founded the Temple Mount Sifting Project and made key discoveries in Jerusalem, has passed away at 81, remembered for his contributions.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Construction workers seen at Jerusalem's Mount of Olives, November 17, 2025

Israel to build $7.7 million visitor center at Jerusalem’s Mount of Olives

A new 1,500-square-meter visitor education center is being built at Jerusalem's Mount of Olives to enhance security and educate visitors on its rich Jewish heritage, with completion expected by 2027.

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Fundamentally Freund: Stop the Palestinian desecration of the Mount of Olives

Not content with trying to snuff out the lives of innocent Jews, Palestinian vandals have been systematically and with impunity smashing tombstones.

JULY 1, 2015ByMICHAEL FREUND
The caretaker of the Afghan section of the Mount of Olives Cemetery points out the vandalism.

Mourning the Mount of Olives

Violence and vandalism at the ancient cemetery are on the rise, with no foreseeable solution.

JULY 1, 2015ByPEGGY CIDOR
The caretaker of the Afghan section of the Mount of Olives Cemetery points out the vandalism.

MKs want security beefed up for Jewish visitors to Jerusalem's mount of olives cemetery

Lawmakers, activists complain that visitors constantly being attacked; Likud MK Amsalem calls for area to be declared national heritage site

JUNE 16, 2015ByLAHAV HARKOV
A view of the Old City of Jerusalem and the Temple Mount from the Mount of Olives.

The view from a-Tur

Political violence overtakes this pastoral neighborhood on the Mount of Olives once again.

MAY 12, 2015ByMOSHE STEINMETZ
Riots in a-Tur after Ali Abu Ghanem, who tried to stab Border Police, was killed April 25.

Grapevine: Unwarranted attack

Throughout Israel, there are so-called parliaments of prominent personalities who get together each week to coming up with solutions for Israel’s myriad problems.

JANUARY 1, 2015ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Palestinian youths hurl stones during clashes with Israeli police in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Wadi Joz, September 7.

Jews en route to Mount of Olives funeral attacked by Arab youths

"This really brought home how bad situation is," says driver whose passenger was wounded.

DECEMBER 28, 2014ByDANIEL K. EISENBUD
A view of the Old City of Jerusalem and the Temple Mount from the Mount of Olives.

Danon demands greater security for Jews going to Mount of Olives cemetery

Palestinian youths chronically attack visitors and deface graves at Judaism’s oldest, largest graveyard.

JUNE 12, 2014ByDANIEL K. EISENBUD
DEPUTY DEFENSE Minister Danny Danon (second from right), stands with Mount of Olives activists (from left) Harvey Schwartz, Police Commander Avraham Saar, Abe Lubinsky and Jeff Daube on the Mount of Olives yesterday.