The Latest Breaking News from Jerusalem

Israel Reportedly Evacuating Embassy Staff From Egypt, Morocco

Israel's Foreign Ministry is moving to evacuate diplomats from Egypt and Morocco for safety due to the war with Hamas.

Zenger · Oct 31, 2023

A young man was shot dead in Jerusalem. His story illustrates a cycle of violence with no end in sight

Adam Nasser Abu Alwaha was killed on Monday morning, according to Israeli authorities, for stabbing a policeman. Kim Sengupta visits his family, who had their home raided in the wake of his shooting, with his mother insisting he did not belong to any militant group and had shown no particular…

The Independent UK · Oct 30, 2023

‘This war is prophetically significant’: why US evangelical Christians support Israel

One strand of evangelical theology holds that the return of Jews to the region starts the clock ticking on a seven-year armageddon, after which Jesus Christ will return

The Guardian - US · Oct 30, 2023

For Palestinian Christians, a Sunday spent mourning civilians killed at a Gaza church

Services across the Holy Land memorialized the Palestinian civilians killed Thursday when an Israeli airstrike hit the Church of St. Porphyrius in Gaza City, where some 400 people were sheltering.

WEKU · Oct 23, 2023

Archbishop of Canterbury condemns bombing of civilians in Gaza and calls for ceasefire in Jerusalem visit

Justin Welby also denounces strikes on religious institutions after a church in Gaza and a mosque in the West Bank are hit

The Independent UK · Oct 22, 2023

Bourdain knew how to talk about Gaza

Instead of screaming past each other, try revisiting the 2013 "Parts Unknown" episode exploring "Jerusalem"

Salon · Oct 22, 2023

Atop a Jerusalem mountain, a cafe of rare coexistence in a divided city

A cafe frequented by both Israelis and Palestinians had offered a haven from political tensions – until recent events.

Al Jazeera · Oct 21, 2023

Watch as Sunak meets Netanyahu in Jerusalem after saying he is ‘grieving’ with Israel

Watch as Rishi Sunak meets Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Thursday 19 October.

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2023

The Israel-Palestine conflict, explained

Tensions raging since Middle Eastern state’s founding in May 1948 date back much further

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2023

This is how the Republican Party became so strongly pro-Israel

The GOP hasn't always been so focused on Israel, but evangelicals, partisan sorting and neoconservatism all helped change that. Those ties take center stage now as the Israel-Hamas war rages on.

WEKU · Oct 19, 2023