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Fairytale, lit-up characters who greet visitors at Jaffa Gate, during Jerusalem's Festival of Light, which opened June 26, 2019 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
June 27, 2019, 1:02 pm
Festival sees city of gold become a mesmerizing city of light
Jerusalem’s 11th annual event has thousands of visitors following three dazzling routes of art through and around the Old City
By Jessica Steinberg
Dormition Abbey in Jerusalem. (Andrew Shiva/Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0)
March 12, 2019, 6:36 pm
Church official fumes after case against suspected monastery vandals dropped
Decision to not pursue prosecution of pair over anti-Christian graffiti on Dormition Abbey called ‘unacceptable’
By Agencies and TOI staff
Right-wing activists protest alleged Shin Bet torture of Jewish terror suspects, staging mock torture scenes in Tel Aviv, December 25, 2015. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
March 11, 2019, 7:56 pm
Prosecution drops case against far-right activists in Jerusalem church arson
Decision marks further blow to Shin Bet, which saw confessions it extracted from suspect through elaborate jailhouse informant exercise thrown out by court two months ago
By Jacob Magid
Anti-Christian graffiti found on the walls of Jerusalem's Dormition Abbey reads 'Death to the heretical Christians, the enemies of Israel,' January 17, 2016. (The Dormition Abbey)
January 1, 2019, 2:55 pm
In blow to Shin Bet, court quashes minor’s confessions in Jerusalem church arson
Judge labels interrogators’ conduct ‘offensive and threatening;’ attorney says far-right activist was harassed for four straight days in elaborate jailhouse informant exercise
By Jacob Magid
The Cenacle, traditionally believed to be the site of Jesus's Last Supper. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
October 1, 2016, 1:55 pm
When a German refugee accidentally captured Mount Zion
Soak up the history at one of Jerusalem’s holiest sites: the final resting place of King David, Jesus’s mother Mary and later, a dramatic battle in the War of Independence
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
Illustrative: Anti-Christian graffiti found on the walls of Jerusalem's Dormition Abbey reads 'Death to the heathen Christians, the enemies of Israel,' January 17, 2016. (The Dormition Abbey)
January 31, 2016, 9:01 pm
3 Jewish teens indicted for vandalizing Jerusalem church
‘Christians to hell’ and ‘Death to the heathen Christians’ were found scrawled on the walls of Jerusalem’s Dormition Abbey earlier this month
By Tamar Pileggi
Anti-Christian graffiti found on the walls of Jerusalem's Dormition Abbey reads 'Death to the heretical Christians, the enemies of Israel,' January 17, 2016. (The Dormition Abbey)
January 20, 2016, 11:33 am
Israeli teens arrested for defacing church with anti-Christian graffiti
‘Christians to hell’ and ‘Death to the heathen Christians’ were scrawled on the walls of Jerusalem’s Dormition Abbey
By Raoul Wootliff
Anti-Christian graffiti found on the walls of Jerusalem's Dormition Abbey reads 'Death to the heretical Christians, the enemies of Israel,' January 17, 2016. (The Dormition Abbey)
January 17, 2016, 10:30 am
Jerusalem church defaced with anti-Christian graffiti
‘Christians to Hell’ and ‘Death to the heathen Christians’ among slogans scrawled on the walls of Dormition Abbey
By Tamar Pileggi
Sarah and Gedaliya Mayer, the parents of alleged Jewish extremist Mordechai Mayer, talk to the media about their son's administrative detention, on August 5, 2015. (screen capture: Channel 2)
January 3, 2016, 10:14 pm
Jewish terror suspect freed from 5-month administrative detention
Mordechai Mayer, 18, suspected of torching Christian sites, is released without charges
By TOI staff
The alleged head of a Jewish extremist group, Meir Ettinger, appears in court in Upper Nazareth, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
September 20, 2015, 5:35 pm
Court upholds administrative detention for Kahane’s grandson
Meir Ettinger accused by Shin Bet of heading extremist Jewish group responsible for multiple hate crimes
By TOI staff
Security personel try to extinguish a fire which broke out at the Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives, where several tombstones were allegedly desecrated and set on fire overnight, September 2, 2015 [Hadas Parush/Flash90]
September 16, 2015, 1:39 am
In Israel, more Jewish holy sites desecrated than Christian, Muslim ones combined
Search for Common Ground study documents religious violence in the Holy Land; since 2011, 52% of sites attacked have been Jewish
By Elhanan Miller
Between the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem (photo credit: Shmuel Bar-Am)
March 7, 2015, 8:48 am
Walking tall atop the walls of Jerusalem
There’s no better way to see the city — old and new — than from the ramparts that date back 500 years to Suleiman the Magnificent’s restoration
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
Dormition Abbey (photo credit: Shmuel Bar-Am)
December 30, 2014, 5:38 pm
Jerusalem church vandal arrested
Man jumps over fence, damages cross at Dormition Abbey on Mount Zion
By AP
The rooftops of the Old City's Muslim Quarter (photo credit: Shmuel Bar-Am)
September 13, 2014, 5:14 pm
Oases of calm amid the chaos of Jerusalem’s Old City
Extricating you from the crowds, ToI’s travel expert offers a guide to glorious views, resonant history, and peerless coffee and apfelstrudel
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
Christian pilgrims seen inside the Church of the Nativity, in Bethlehem, on May 21, 2014. (photo credit: Hadas Parush/Flash90)
May 27, 2014, 6:22 pm
Fire breaks out in Church of the Nativity
Fallen oil lamp blamed for blaze, which was doused before it could cause serious damage
By Stuart Winer
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