The Latest Breaking News from Jerusalem

Sudanese Delegation Set to Visit Israel

A high-ranking Sudanese delegation is expected in Israel in the coming days, a political source in Tel Aviv has revealed. The upcoming visit will follow that of Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen to Khartoum two weeks ago, during which he met his Sudanese counterpart as well as the head of…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 9, 2023

Israel Steps Up Jerusalem Home Demolitions as Violence Rises

Ratib Matar’s family was growing. They needed more space. Before his granddaughters, now 4 and 5, were born, he built three apartments on an eastern slope overlooking Jerusalem’s ancient landscape. The 50-year-old construction contractor moved in with his brother, son, divorced daughter and their young kids — 11 people in…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 8, 2023

Palestinian Woman Trailblazer Dons Clerical Collar

Trailblazer Sally Azar is hoping that her role as the Holy Land's first Palestinian woman pastor will inspire other women to reach for influential positions in religious and political life. Wearing her clerical collar and with clasped hands before an altar at the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 8, 2023

Palestinian teenager dreamt of being a chef before attack, teachers say

In the middle of last week, 13-year-old Palestinian Mahmoud Aleiwat was pressing his teachers for the school report he needed so he could go to a Jerusalem college to train as a chef.

Reuters · Feb 3, 2023

Biden stands by Jerusalem status quo in meeting with Jordan king

The US president praised Jordan for its ‘crucial role’ as the custodian of Muslim holy places in Jerusalem.

Al Jazeera · Feb 3, 2023

Biden Reaffirms US Support for Jordan, Iraq in Meeting, Phone Call

President Joe Biden on Thursday underlined his support for the legal "status quo" of Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound in a meeting at the White House with Jordanian King Abdullah II. Biden, the king and Crown Prince Hussein had a private lunch in which the US president "reaffirmed the close, enduring…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 3, 2023

American tourist arrested for attacking Jesus statue in a Jerusalem Catholic church

Incident comes amid week of bloodshed in the region that has seen more than 17 people killed

The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2023

Israeli police: American arrested for vandalizing church

Israeli police have arrested an American tourist after he allegedly knocked down and broke a statue of Jesus in a church in Jerusalem’s Old City

The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2023

Israeli settler population in West Bank surpasses 500k

A new report says that Israel’s West Bank settler population now makes up more than half a million people

The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2023

Leading artists criticise Barbican’s collaboration with Israeli embassy for concert

Jerusalem Orchestra East & West’s performance ‘cynical attempt to re-brand apartheid as diversity’, claims letter by over 50 artists

The Guardian - UK · Feb 1, 2023