Old-timers often express surprising nostalgia for World War II-era Jerusalem, during the British Mandate, when the city was constantly swamped by vacationing foreign troops and exuded an air of ...

Perched directly above the Western Wall is the Al-Aqsa Mosque as well as the Dome of the Rock, a gold-colored gem that dominates Jerusalem’s skyline and is, according to tradition, the place where ...

Advocates of dividing Israel’s capital city of Jerusalem are back in the news as the Bush administration starts to nurse talks between the Jewish state and the Palestinian Arabs. Israel’s deputy prime ...

The Atlantic's new special report "Is Peace Possible?" features multimedia presentations on the four core issues of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Borders, Security, Refugees, and Jerusalem. These ...

Tension between Arabs and Jews in Jerusalem has reached boiling point as Arab riots erupt threatening the postponement of Court-ordered evictions of Arab squatters from Jewish-owned houses in the area ...

Last spring Israel marked the 40th anniversary of the Israeli army’s capture of East Jerusalem and the Old City in the Six Day War (June 7, 1967). For the struggling young state and for Jews around ...

A general view of Jerusalem's old city shows the Dome of the Rock in the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, October 25, 2015. REUTERS/Amir Cohen By Luke Baker ...

Jerusalem woke up to the rare experience of seeing its holy sites covered in snow today, with the Dome of the Rock and the Western Wall under a layer of white after an overnight snowstorm. Before dawn ...

JERUSALEM — Aziz Abu Sarah’s bid to become mayor of Jerusalem was doomed from the start. A Palestinian businessman and activist born and raised in the city, Abu Sarah was not only breaking a 50-year ...

The Israeli project succeeded in establishing itself and persisting because of its ability to work with realities on the ground. The Palestinians and Arabs must do likewise A bit of water has passed ...