Holy Fire celebrated by Christians in Jerusalem amid Israeli police restrictions
Thousands of Christians filled Jerusalem’s Old City on Saturday for an important Orthodox Easter ritual, despite restrictions by Israeli police.…
Israel strikes Lebanon and Gaza after major rocket attack
By Lucy Williamson & David Gritten BBC News, in Jerusalem and London The Israeli military has carried out air…
Al-Aqsa mosque: Violence as Israeli police raid Jerusalem holy site
By David Gritten & Yaroslav Lukov BBC News There have been violent scenes as Israeli police raided the al-Aqsa…
Jerusalem Flag March: Israeli nationalists stream through Muslim Quarter
By Raffi Berg BBC News Thousands of flag-waving Israelis have marched through Muslim areas of East Jerusalem’s Old City in…
Jerusalem holy site clashes fuel fears of return to war
By Yolande Knell BBC News, Jerusalem Waving or wearing Israeli flags, hundreds of right-wing nationalist marchers shouted angrily by the…
Sheikh Jarrah: Palestinians reject offer to end evictions threat
Palestinians threatened with eviction in East Jerusalem have rejected an offer that they rent their homes from a Jewish settlement…
Sheikh Jarrah: Palestinians await Jerusalem evictions ruling
An Israeli court is to decide the fate of Palestinians facing eviction in East Jerusalem in a case which has…