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King David's Tomb

Bruising on the face of a nun following an assault in Jerusalem, April 29, 2026. (Israel Police)
May 3, 2026, 7:52 pm
Man, 36, to be charged for assaulting French nun in Jerusalem
Police ask court to extend custody of Yona Schreiber, suspected in last week’s attack, until end of legal proceedings
By ToI Staff
Bruising on the face of a nun following an assault in Jerusalem, April 29, 2026. (Israel Police)
April 30, 2026, 11:07 am
Police arrest man for attacking French nun at Jerusalem biblical site, release video of vicious assault
Suspect detained after Mount Zion attack that left sister with bruised face; amid outcry, police say they treat assaults on clergy with ‘utmost severity’
By Lazar Berman and Agencies
At the main Manofim contemporary art exhibit 'Believe' on Mount Zion, opening July 9, 2024 (Courtesy Daniel Hanoch)
July 8, 2024, 9:25 pm
Jerusalem’s contemporary art festival looks at belief, in Mount Zion exhibit
Manofim, meant to have opened October 8, moves annual event to summer and brings ‘Believe’ to King David’s Tomb on historic hilltop
By Jessica Steinberg
The inscription and family emblem of Adrian von Bubenberg in the Holy Complex on Mount Zion. (Shai Halevy, Israel Antiquities Authority)
October 20, 2022, 12:41 pm
Inscription bearing name of medieval hero Swiss knight found in King David’s Tomb
A charcoal etching with heraldic emblem of Adrian von Bubenberg’s family shows link between medieval Switzerland and Jerusalem
By Tobias Siegal
The site believed to be the tomb of King David. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
May 1, 2021, 8:10 am
History, mystery, and occult converge in King David’s fabled tomb
In Jerusalem’s City of David, visitors find ancient Roman burial caves, an historic 19th-century Jewish home and the site of shadowy excavations said to produce biblical treasures
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
The site identified as King David's tomb since the Middle Ages. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
September 26, 2017, 10:11 pm
Jewish man, 54, sets himself on fire at King David’s tomb
Police suspect man who attempted to self-immolate at Jerusalem holy site, sustaining serious burns, suffers from mental illness
By ToI Staff
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
An Ethiopian Christian man poses for a picture alongside Orthodox Jewish worshipers at King David's Tomb, near Zion Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, on May 31, 2015 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 1, 2015, 11:41 pm
Yeshiva students try to block Christian Mass in Jerusalem
Police disperse dozens of radicals barricaded inside King David’s Tomb and denying entry to Greek Orthodox worshipers
By Tamar Pileggi
King David's tomb in Jerusalem (photo credit: CC BY SA 3.9, by Berthold Werner, Wikimedia Commons)
December 20, 2012, 6:37 pm
Man arrested for vandalizing King David’s Tomb
Suspect says he wanted to pray, directly to the stones, for a mate
By JTA
Mount Zion (photo credit: Shmuel Bar-Am)
October 27, 2012, 12:42 pm
On Mount Zion, a crossroads of faith and fable
From the supposed tomb of King David to the site of the Last Supper, one of the world’s holiest hilltops remains a multi-tiered enigma
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
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