US president says trip priority is to 'keep the peace'; will deliver congratulations, encourage work on universally beneficial economic policies; will visit ancestral hometowns

Commemorations larger than last year but still lacking the thousands of foreign pilgrims who usually throng the streets of Old City, Bethlehem for Holy Week

Vehicles of the faithful line up side-by-side in parking spaces for Easter service

The faithful try to find solace in online services, upholding traditions in a world locked down by the coronavirus pandemic

Thousands of worshipers retrace the steps Jesus is said to have taken on the way to his death, along the Old City's 'Via Dolorosa'

Video of anti-Semitic Easter revival in which kids take sticks to Judas doll sparks outrage among both Poles and Jews; minister calls ritual 'idiotic, pseudo-religious chutzpah'

Bishop says church 'will never tolerate manifestations of contempt towards members of any nation, including the Jewish people'

In Good Friday ceremony in small town of Pruchnik, residents stage public trial for Jesus' betrayer, depicted with long nose and ultra-Orthodox attire

Confluence of Christian and Jewish festivals leads to flocks of tourists amid festive atmosphere in the holy city