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Mount of Olives

Family members and mourners attend the funeral of IDF soldier Yehuda Katz (inset), whose body was returned from Lebanon this week, 44 years after he went missing in battle, at the Mount of Olives cemetery in Jerusalem, August 21, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 21, 2026, 5:11 pm
Yehuda Katz buried on Jerusalem’s Mount of Olives, 44 years after falling in Lebanon battle
Funeral held days after soldier’s remains were located and brought back to Israel; rabbi and tank commander say Katz showed that IDF service and Torah aren’t incompatible
By ToI Staff
A view from the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, with the Old City and Temple Mount in the background, November 17, 2025 (Zev Stub/Times of Israel)
December 16, 2025, 9:35 am
The world’s oldest Jewish cemetery is getting an upgrade. Not everyone is at peace with it
Plans for a major visitor center at the Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem promise education and security, but opponents say it’s a right-wing project designed to push out Arab neighbors
By Zev Stub
Italian volunteers collect olives they just harvested at the Franciscan hermitage on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, October 3, 2025. (Oded Balilty/AP)
October 23, 2025, 11:23 am
On Mount of Olives, monks and nuns harvest olives as a form of prayer
At place where Jesus was said to have spent his last night before crucifixion, devout Christians and volunteers keep alive a millennia-old tradition
By AP and ToI Staff
Rare, 1,700-year-old oil lamp with Temple menorah decoration found in Jerusalem, in an image released on December 26, 2024. (Emil Aladjem/Israel Antiquities Authority)
December 26, 2024, 11:02 am
Rare oil lamp with Temple menorah found from time when Romans barred Jews from Jerusalem
Intricately designed 1,700-year-old artifact was discovered intact near the Mount of Olives, will go on display in Jerusalem
By Gavriel Fiske
French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot (R) walks away after cancelling his scheduled visit to the Eleona Church in Jerusalem, on November 7, 2024. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
November 7, 2024, 11:12 pm
Police briefly detain French guards at Jerusalem holy site, sparking diplomatic row
Paris to summon Israeli ambassador after visit by French FM is sidetracked by incident at French-run Eleona Church; Israel says guards were let go once they showed diplomatic IDs
By Lazar Berman, AFP and ToI Staff
Prince Charles seen during the funeral late former president Shimon Peres at Mount Herzl, in Jerusalem, on September 30, 2016. (Emil Salman/Pool)
September 10, 2022, 7:35 am
King Charles III: A friend to UK Jewry, with special and historic ties to Israel
Royal has long had good relationship with British Jews; outspoken on antisemitism; shored up Israel bona fides in recent years with official visit; also empathetic to Palestinians
By Itamar Sharon and ToI Staff
A gravestone in the military section of the Mount of Olives cemetery that was found to be vandalized with graffiti, August 16, 2022. (Israel Police)
August 16, 2022, 1:25 pm
Hate slogans scrawled on gravestones in Mount of Olives cemetery
Two graves defaced with graffiti in military section of centuries-old Jerusalem burial ground
By ToI Staff
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men attend the funeral of Rabbi Yitzchok Tuvia Weiss in Jerusalem, July 31, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 31, 2022, 4:59 pm
Funeral of anti-Zionist ultra-Orthodox leader, 95, draws thousands to Jerusalem
Rabbi Yitzchok Tuvia Weiss was head of the hardline Eda Haredit group; mourners clash with police officers in two reported incidents
By ToI Staff
Priests pause on Palm Sunday on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, on Sunday, March 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
February 28, 2022, 10:23 pm
Expansion of East Jerusalem national park onto church-owned lands back on docket
Project reappears on municipal planning body’s website, with hearing date set for August 31; parks authority insists it has no plans to advance controversial initiative
By Jacob Magid
View of Jerusalem's Old City seen from the Mount of Olives, April 30, 2018. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
February 22, 2022, 2:14 pm
Daily Briefing Feb. 22: Looking ahead to 2023’s budget; Mount of Olives park shelved
Senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur discusses 2023 budget plans and US correspondent Jacob Magid looks at highlights of US Democrats’ visit and a church land brouhaha
By ToI Staff
Nuns pose for a selfie as they mark Palm Sunday on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
February 21, 2022, 4:06 pm
Parks authority says it’s shelving Mount of Olives plan that angered church leaders
Plan to expand national park onto church-owned lands still appears on website of planning panel; parks authority: Project won’t be advanced without dialogue with church leaders
By Jacob Magid
The Church of the Russian Ascension, towering over the Mount of Olives, dates back to Helena, the mother of Byzantine emperor Constantine. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
February 20, 2022, 6:36 am
In 1st, Israel advancing plan to expand national park onto E. Jerusalem church lands
Visiting US lawmakers raise concern with PM about move slated to clear preliminary hurdle next month; church leaders blast plan to ‘nationalize one of Christianity’s holiest sites’
By Jacob Magid
The coffin carrying the late Jewish-American billionaire Sheldon Adelson, is brought to his burial at Mt of Olives, in Jerusalem on January 15, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 15, 2021, 2:22 pm
Sheldon Adelson laid to rest at small funeral on Jerusalem’s Mount of Olives
Coffin of the late casino magnate, philanthropist, Trump and Netanyahu patron, was on display at Ben Gurion Airport Thursday for family and friends to pay respects
By ToI Staff
The Church of St. Mary Magdalene was built by Russia's Alexander III and completed in 1888. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
December 25, 2020, 10:44 am
Where tradition says Jesus spent his last night: Guide to Mt. of Olives churches
Houses of worship on the Jerusalem mountain bear the marks of the city’s past believers, builders and invaders
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
Burned benches in the Church of All Nations in East Jerusalem, where arson allegedly took place on Friday December 4, 2020 (Courtesy: Israel Police)
December 4, 2020, 3:48 pm
Jewish man detained after suspected arson attempt at East Jerusalem church
Suspect spills, lights flammable material in attempt to ignite a number of benches in Church of All Nations on the Mount of Olives, before being detained
By Aaron Boxerman
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