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Israeli gov't recognition of Armenian Genocide fulfills 'moral duty,' senior bishop says

“It means a lot for the State of Israel, for the Jewish people," Baghdasaryan said. "It was really the moral duty for the State of Israel to recognize the Armenian genocide.”

Bishop Koryun Baghdasaryan.
The exceptional treasure, a mortar dating back to around 1805, had oxidized; the shopkeeper found it among his household goods.

Hidden in Jerusalem's Old City, collector stumbles upon rare Jewish treasure from Morocco

A Jewish woman prays at the Little Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City, February 18, 2026.

Three minors arrested for attack on worshippers at Little Western Wall 

Jews at the Western Wall, 1870s.

The beauty and frustration of Shavuot at the Western Wall


Police arrest terrorist who planned to carry out stabbing attack in Jerusalem

The investigation revealed that the terrorist had stolen the knife from a fruit vendor in the area of the Old City and hid it in his pants.

 Police forces operate in the Old City of Jerusalem. June 2, 2024.

Police prevent terror attack, detain suspect who pulled out knife in Jerusalem's Old City

The Jerusalem district police and the Border Police who were present at the scene took the suspect by force for questioning.

 Israeli police walk near a security incident scene near the compound known to Muslims as Al-Aqsa or the Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City, April 1, 2023.

Police officer wounded in stabbing in Jerusalem's Old City, terrorist neutralized

The terrorist who carried out the attack was identified as a 34-year-old Turkish citizen.

 A man was wounded in a stabbing attack near Herod's Gate in Jerusalem.

‘The Jerusalem School’ exhibition at the Tower of David

“The Jerusalem School” duo exhibition opened at the end of March and runs through the end of the summer – with English tours starting at the Angelina Drahi Entrance Pavilion on Sundays at 1 p.m. 

 The newly opened Angelina Drahi Entrance Pavilion at the Tower of David Museum in Jerusalem.

Christians gather in Jerusalem's Old City for Easter amid Gaza war

Despite a decrease in tourists and tempered celebrations, Christians gathered at the Garden Tomb in Jerusalem's Old City for prayer and commemoration.

 Melissa Mott of King of Kings leads prayergoers during the March 31 service at the Garden Tomb in Jerusalem.

Israel Police secure Temple Mount, Old City holy sites in preparation for influx of worshipers

Throughout the day, 11 suspects were arrested in the Old City for a variety of offenses, all of which were non-violent.

Police officers securing the Old City in Jerusalem before Ramadan Friday prayers, March 29, 2024.

Gaza war dampens Ramadan celebrations in east Jerusalem

Palestinian merchants in east Jerusalem face economic and security consequences and fear further financial impact from Israeli restrictions on Al-Aqsa Mosque access.

Wadi al-Joz in east Jerusalem

Tower of David Jerusalem opens multi-level pavilion

After more than a decade of planning and three years of construction, the final part of the renewal of the Tower of David Jerusalem Museum is complete.

 The new entrance to the Tower of David Museum Jerusalem.

After painstaking excavation, the Tower of David pavilion opens

This is a striking new architectural concept in the city, having been excavated deep beneath the earth’s surface to adhere to height restrictions prohibiting anything taller than the Old City walls.

 Adhering to strict height restrictions to maintain the Old City’s skyline, Kimmel Eshkolot Architects excavated 17 meters down to craft the new multi-level Tower of David Angelina Drahi Entrance Pavilion in an area between the outer Old City Ottoman-period wall and the inner wall.

The Old City of Jerusalem's latest architectural layer

Over the past decade, the city of Jerusalem has worked to renew the Tower of David Museum, which hosts a new entrance pavilion from Jaffa Gate, an Education Center, and later this year, a coffee shop

 Angelina Drahi Pavilion.