Nazareth

Nazareth woman indicted on charges of spying for Iran, passing sensitive data from ministry job

According to the indictment, Abu Abed’s contact with the handler began around October, after she was approached on Telegram by someone who initially presented the work as innocuous paid filming jobs.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
An illustrative image of an Iranian agent in the backdrop of an Iranian flag.
Christian worshippers take part in the Holy Fire ceremony at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City during the Easter holiday on April 11, 2026.

'A beacon of tolerance': Holy Fire ceremony marked in Jerusalem's Old City

Jerusalem's Municipality had worked with the Tourism and Interior Ministries to prepare for the event, with Mayor Moshe Lion extending his blessing to the Jerusalem Christian community.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Yinon Reuveni, one of the suspects of vandalizing the church of the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes in Tabgha, on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, hears his verdict at the Nazareth Magistrate's Court on December 12, 2017.

Israeli court orders extremist to repay NIS 2.5m. over 2015 Galilee church arson

The ruling closes a long legal chapter in one of the most symbolically charged Jewish extremist attacks of the past decade.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
Israel Police vehicles; illustrative.

Twenty-year-old man shot dead in Nazareth, Arab sector death toll in Israel hits 48

The Magen David Adom team that responded to the incident was forced to pronounce him dead at the scene. 

|ByELI ASHKENAZI

Nazareth gets tuneful

As Nazareth gears up for Christmas, violinist Nabil Aboud Ashkar and the Polyphony NPO he heads present a stocking full of music.

NOVEMBER 5, 2019ByHELEN KAYE
COLLEGIUM VOCALE Hannover conductor Florian Lohmann.

End the discrimination

AUGUST 15, 2019ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Israel police car (Illustrative)

Woman Arab Doctor Defies Odds Running an Emergency Room

Dr. Shaden Salameh blazes new ground in Israel

JULY 12, 2019ByFELICE FRIEDSON/THE MEDIA LINE
stethoscope 150

Israeli-Arab school: Drop Education Ministry’s overseas travel course

Educators, parents in Nazareth say online curriculum used to prep those going abroad on school trips omits alternative narratives

JULY 10, 2019ByJUDITH SUDILOVSKY/THE MEDIA LINE
A WOMAN walks past a mural painted in the colors of the Palestinian flag, in Nazareth on May 9.

Arab-Israeli school demands end to ministry’s ‘racist propaganda’ course

Educators, parents in Nazareth say online curriculum used to prep those going abroad on school-trips ignores Arab, left-wing narratives.

JULY 9, 2019ByJUDITH SUDILOVSKY/THE MEDIA LINE
People walking in Nazareth

Nazareth Illit changes its name to Nof Hagalil

After years of confusion, the northern Israeli town gets an independent identity.

JUNE 22, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Nof HaGalil city hall

Talking about philosophy in Tel Aviv

Some 100 speakers will engage audiences in all-night discussions ranging from linguistic justice to Jews leaving France, at the 5th Tel Aviv Night of Philosophy tomorrow.

MAY 28, 2019ByHAGAY HACOHEN
A RAPT AUDIENCE at the Tel Aviv Night of Philosophy.

Nazareth Illit is getting a new name: Nof Hagalil

Some 62 years after the establishment of Nazareth Illit, it is changing its name and will soon be called Nof Hagalil (literally the Galilee view).

MARCH 11, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Galilee (illustrative)

Walking (and laughing) on Holy Air

With Shady Srour and Laëtitia Eïdo. 81 minutes. Hebrew title: Avir Kadosh. In Arabic and Hebrew, check with theaters for subtitle information

OCTOBER 10, 2018ByHANNAH BROWN
Holy Air

Film Review: 'Holy Air’ in the Holy Land

Nazareth-based film shatters stereotypes

OCTOBER 5, 2018ByHANNAH BROWN
SHADY SROUR and Laëtitia Eïdo in ‘Holy Air’