Pandemic leaves streets empty and shops shuttered in Jerusalem’s Old City

During all the years he has worked as an assistant to the Franciscan Fathers at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jeries Majlaton has never seen the streets of the Old City of Jerusalem so deserted. Not even during the five-year Second Intifada, which began 20 years ago, was the emptiness of the streets so... Read More

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July 21, 2017

Jerusalem Christian leaders concerned with increased tension in Old City

The heads of Jerusalem’s Christian churches expressed “serious concern” over an escalation in tensions in Jerusalem’s Old City as hostilities remained high following the mid-July shooting deaths of two Israeli policemen and three gunmen on the Al-Aqsa mosque compound. The Church leaders said they were worried that any change to the status quo of the... Read More

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May 14, 2016

Groups say settlements increasing in and around Jerusalem’s Old City

Settlement efforts, especially in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City and in the Palestinian village of Silwan just outside of the Old City’s Dung Gate, are in constant flux and have been stepped up over the past year. The nonprofit Ir Amim organization said that within the previous several weeks, Jerusalem witnessed a renewed... Read More

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Pandemic leaves streets empty and shops shuttered in Jerusalem’s Old City

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Groups say settlements increasing in and around Jerusalem’s Old City

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