After a traumatic year of shuttered mosques and a deserted al-Aqsa, worshipers and vendors were overjoyed to return to routine, though visitor numbers remained far lower than usual

Perpetrators steal and set alight flags and garlands following Israel's Memorial Day; police probing as Netanyahu decries 'horrifying' act, IDF chief calls it 'disgusting'

Religious officials, Jerusalem's mayor and interior minister participate in the ceremony along with member of Netzah Yehuda, a Haredi battalion

With Israel unlikely to allow election in city, observers say Abbas hopes to use refusal as an excuse to pull back from vote

2 dead in separate accidents Sunday in Kfar Adumim and on capital's Hebron Road

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

Balkan nation has been under pressure from Turkey to reconsider location of its new mission in Israeli capital

Masked worshipers parade from Mount of Olives to Holy City, in a happier and more populous celebration than previous year; Christians attend services in the West Bank

Tower of David Museum's team begins to treat structural crack in citadel's highest viewpoint; conservationists find rare 'Tyre shekel' thought to be used for Temple upkeep tax

Liberman sees jump in support in Druze areas; United Torah Judaism leads in Jerusalem; Arab community mostly supports Joint List