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News Israel » Jerusalem » Culture: Israel closed the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and set off a Holy Week firestorm

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Published on: Wednesday 01 April 2026

Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week for Christians, the lead-up to Easter, when Christians believe that Jesus rose from the dead. Usually, it’s observed in large services with liturgical ...

News Israel » Jerusalem » Culture: New Israeli housing plan near Jerusalem slammed as ‘disguised annexation’

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Published on: Monday 16 February 2026

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Israeli settlement of Neve Yaakov is seen in the northern area of occupied East Jerusalem [Ahmad Gharabli/AFP] Palestine’s ...

News Israel » Jerusalem » Culture: Israel forcibly displaces more Palestinian families in East Jerusalem

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Published on: Wednesday 25 March 2026

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. About a dozen Palestinian families have been pushed out of their homes in occupied East Jerusalem, as human rights groups warn ...

News Israel » Jerusalem » Culture: Santa Claus or the 'red rabbi'? How Christmas lost its taboo for some Jews in Israel.

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Published on: Sunday 21 December 2025

JERUSALEM (RNS) — Decades ago, the notion that a store in predominately Jewish West Jerusalem would conspicuously sell Christmas-themed merchandise would have caused discomfort, perhaps even outrage, ...

News Israel » Jerusalem » Culture: Israel reverses course after barring Palm Sunday Mass in Jerusalem

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Published on: Sunday 29 March 2026

Following a widespread backlash, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had asked “relevant authorities” to allow Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch, to hold services at ...

News Israel » Jerusalem » Culture: Israeli archaeologist whose work reshaped Jerusalem archaeology dies at 81

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Published on: Monday 12 January 2026

Prof. Gabriel (Gabi) Barkay, the Israeli archaeologist whose work helped reshape what scholars know about ancient Jerusalem, died on Sunday at 81, according to the Temple Mount Sifting Project, which ...

News Israel » Jerusalem » Culture: Israel begins demolition of United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees’ Jerusalem headquarters

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Published on: Tuesday 20 January 2026

Israeli authorities on Tuesday began demolishing the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) headquarters in Jerusalem, after a new law banning the ...

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