Far-right lawmaker vows to go to Damascus Gate anyway; organizers say they will go ahead with parade despite police rejecting request to secure route through Palestinian areas

Roads closed around Old City as large numbers of police officers help secure prayer ceremony, in wake of recent violence in capital

Widely reported move, which occurs every year, aimed at de-escalating tensions as diplomacy ramps up, but angry nationalists accuse government of folding to terror

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says he expects Israel to aid in custody transfer of Alexander’s Courtyard to Moscow, after recent court decision set back move

Officers meet with organizer to discuss alternative date and format, amid concerns of rising tensions surrounding Temple Mount

Police say detainees include those who threw rocks at buses, assaulted Orthodox Jews going to pray at Western Wall

'Let us ask for peace upon Jerusalem and peace upon all those who love her,' Pope Francis tells gathered pilgrims at Vatican City

Ahead of Easter, we walk in the Jerusalem Old City church compound with top archaeologist Prof. Jodi Magness in this audio tour of the history and controversy of a unique holy spot

Experts say shrine was used by Catholic clergy until Muslims retook Jerusalem in 1244, after which it was used by Greek Orthodox church until 1808 when it was damaged in a fire

Over 100,000 worshipers expected to pray at Temple Mount as additional troops deploy across city amid concerns of escalating tensions