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A man kicks a nun in the Old City of Jerusalem on April 28, 2026. (Screenshot/Israel Police)
May 7, 2026, 2:53 pm
Man who attacked nun in Jerusalem indicted for assault with religious hatred motivation
Prosecutors seek to keep 36-year-old Yona Schreiber in custody until end of legal proceedings; charges carry up to six years in jail
By Jeremy Sharon
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
The fragment of a colorful bowl, originating in 16th century China, found on Mt. Zion in jerusalem. (Emil Aladjem/IAA)
December 3, 2024, 3:19 pm
Mount Zion dig unearths 16th century Chinese porcelain bowl fragment
Researchers say the find, with the earliest Chinese inscription discovered in Israel, is a sign of trade ties between the Ottoman Empire and the Ming Dynasty
By Gavriel Fiske
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
Reproductions of the coats of arms discovered at the Mt. Zion Hotel. (Anastasia Prokofyeva/IAA)
June 10, 2024, 8:21 pm
Benefactors’ coats of arms revealed on early 20th century Jerusalem building
Images found during renovations of the Mt. Zion Hotel, previously a hospital; the donors, the subject of an upcoming exhibit, included King George V and Edward Cecil Guinness
By Gavriel Fiske
Damaged tombstones at the Protestant Mount Zion Cemetery, in Jerusalem, January 3, 2023. (Israel Police)
January 6, 2023, 1:14 pm
Police arrest two teens for vandalizing Christian cemetery in Jerusalem
City’s police chief meets Greek Orthodox Patriarch to assure him attacks on religious institutions will not be tolerated; suspects ages 14 and 18 from central Israel
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
Hosam Naoum, a Palestinian Anglican bishop, pauses where vandals desecrated more than 30 graves at a historic Protestant Cemetery on Jerusalem's Mount Zion in Jerusalem, January 4, 2023. (AP Photo/ Mahmoud Illean)
January 6, 2023, 2:21 am
US condemns ‘despicable’ vandalism of Christian cemetery in Jerusalem
US Office of Palestinian Affairs, Biden’s antisemitism envoy condemn damage to roughly 30 graves at Protestant burial site by pair of suspects who remain at large
By Jacob Magid
Damaged tombstones at the Protestant Mount Zion Cemetery, in Jerusalem, January 3, 2022. (Israel Police)
January 3, 2023, 6:38 pm
Christian cemetery vandalized on Mount Zion in Jerusalem
Police say many tombstones damaged at Protestant graveyard owned by Anglican church; video shows apparently Jewish men smashing the gravestones
By ToI Staff
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
Mourners carry the casket of slain Al Jazeera veteran journalist Shireen Abu Akleh during her funeral in Jerusalem's Old City, May 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
May 13, 2022, 9:15 pm
Scenes from one part of a funeral, as Shireen Abu Akleh is laid to rest in Jerusalem
A lurching casket, rough arrests, a bouncy castle at a Queen’s Jubilee party across the street, and T-shirts showing a type of rifle from which the fatal bullet may have been fired
By David Horovitz
Palestinian mourners carry the body of Shireen Abu Akleh out of the office of Al Jazeera after friends and colleagues paid their respects, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday, May 11, 2022. (AP/Nasser Nasser)
May 13, 2022, 6:51 am
Massive crowds expected for burial of slain journalist in tense Jerusalem
Police gird for possible unrest as funeral for Shireen Abu Akleh makes its way from Beit Hanina through Old City to Mount Zion cemetery, day after receiving full honors in Ramallah
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Palestinians surround the Palestinian flag-draped body of veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, as it is brought to the news channel's office in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on May 11, 2022. (Abbas Momani/Pool via AP)
May 12, 2022, 11:35 pm
Ahead of Friday funeral of Al Jazeera journalist, cops summon her brother to station
Hundreds of officers expected to be deployed along the Jerusalem funeral procession route for Shireen Abu Akleh amid fears of disorder or clashes
By ToI Staff
The planned cable car to Jerusalem's Old City. (Screenshot/Emek Shaveh)
November 27, 2021, 10:01 am
With court to debate controversial Jerusalem cable car, ministry voices opposition
Transportation Ministry says harm from controversial project will outweigh any benefits
By ToI Staff
Entering the newly restored Mount Zion tunnel from the top point near the Jerusalem University College. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
September 4, 2021, 8:44 am
Get into the trenches of Israeli history at the revamped Mt. Zion supply tunnel
When Jordanian snipers threatened supply lines before Israel unified Jerusalem, IDF engineers built a secret trench now renovated and open to visitors after lying dormant for years
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
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