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State indicts man for attacking nun in Jerusalem’s Old City

The incident, which drew widespread condemnation, took place last Wednesday in an alley near King David’s Tomb in Jerusalem. Israel Police officers arrested Shreiber shortly afterward.

MAY 7, 2026|BySARAH BEN-NUN

A nun was assaulted near King David's tomb on Tuesday April 28, 2026.

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee attends the lobby for Israel–United States relations at the Knesset, Israel's Parliament in Jerusalem, February 25, 2026.

Huckabee critcizes Israel police over Pizzaballa's Palm Sunday incident

"The action today by the Israel National Police ... is an unfortunate overreach already having major repercussions around the world," Huckabee wrote in a social media post.

MARCH 29, 2026|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN

LATIN PATRIARCH of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, shakes hands with a person, as he passes through an Israeli checkpoint to attend Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem, in the West Bank, on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2025.

Police reach agreement with Latin Patriarchate to allow limited groups in Church of Holy Sepulchre

Israel's Foreign Ministry and the Prime Minister's Office announced that the police would be working on a security plan to enable the church leaders to worship at the holy site in upcoming days.

MARCH 29, 2026|ByTZVI JASPER, ASHER SMITH

Illustrative image of former prime minister Naftali Bennett and Conservative pundit Tucker Carlson

Bennett: 'Chickens***' Tucker Carlson landed in Israel, faked harassment, 'whined,' and left

Bennett argued that Carlson didn’t even set foot in the country, yet made up a story that he was harassed by Israeli security.

FEBRUARY 19, 2026|ByTOBIAS SIEGAL

Passages – ‘Birthright’ for Christian college students

"The majority come because they are committed Christians, they want to see the Bible come alive."

JANUARY 11, 2018ByHERB KEINON

American Christian college students in Israel as part of a program aimed at Christian students, called Passages, visit the holy site of the Mount Precipice in the Galilee town of Nazareth.

Comment: Jerusalem is seeing the light

100 years to city's capture and Trump recognition means future keeps on getting brighter.

DECEMBER 11, 2017ByBENJAMIN GLATT

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence stands behind as U.S. President Donald Trump holds up the proclamation he signed that the United States recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and will move its embassy there, during an address from the White House in Washington, U.S., December 6, 2017

Intense push by US evangelicals helped set stage for Trump's decision on Jerusalem

Conservative Christians have argued that formally recognizing Jerusalem was long overdue following a 1995 congressional mandate to move the embassy from Tel Aviv.

DECEMBER 7, 2017ByREUTERS

God Bless Trump banner in Jerusalem put up in honor of Trump's announcement

Why young evangelicals are undecided on Israel

Some may be fed up and uninterested in fighting for a country that is over their head, while others may continue to pass down their traditional biblical beliefs.

DECEMBER 5, 2017ByMEREDITH HOLBROOK

Evangelical Christians from around the world wave their national flags along with Israeli flags as they march in a parade in Jerusalem to mark the Feast of Tabernacles

Comment: Jerusalem embassy move is a biblical issue

If the modern People of Israel are a continuation of the ancient biblical People of Israel, then shouldn’t the capital of the modern State of Israel be the same as the ancient Kingdom of Israel?

NOVEMBER 29, 2017ByBENJAMIN GLATT

A SIGN calls on US President Donald Trump to move the US Embassy to Jerusalem.

Christian friends of Israel flock to Jerusalem for Sukkot celebrations

The Christians came to Jerusalem from countries as diverse as Korea, China, Peru, Brazil, Ireland, Norway, Samoa, Papua-New Guinea, South Africa and the United States.

OCTOBER 31, 2017ByMIRIAM LOCK