Occupied East Jerusalem – A few metres away from the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound’s eastern walls lies the centuries-old Al-Yousufiya Cemetery, also known as the Bab al-Asbat (Lion’s Gate) Cemetery.

Dozens of Christian graves were found defaced and toppled at a historic cemetery in Jerusalem and Israeli police say they have arrested two people related to the crime. Police officers were sent ...

While a second Jewish cemetery has been desecrated in America in as many weeks, in Israel, a historic Jewish cemetery is free of vandalism for the first time in decades. The Mount of Olives ...

Charges are to be brought against two teenagers suspected of vandalizing dozens of graves at a historic Christian cemetery in Jerusalem earlier this month, Israel Police said in a statement Monday.

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According to court documents and lawyers, at least 45 Palestinians are missing from those cemeteries - many held since the aftermath of Israel's 1967 occupation of East Jerusalem, the West Bank ...

in length beneath Jerusalem's main cemetery have been carefully dug over the past two years to make room for some 22,000 graves — enough space to meet the city's needs for the next decade.

Jerusalem – A recently opened cafe in West Jerusalem, which is built on a park that Muslims say is the site of an ancient cemetery, is drawing outrage from religious leaders in the Holy City.

“For as far back as I can remember, entering the city from Highway 1 has struck me as depressing because of the exposed cemetery,” said Meirav Cohen, the council-member behind Jerusalem’s la ...

JERUSALEM — A massive new underground necropolis is being built in Jerusalem to help overcome a looming shortage of gravesites for Jewish people in the holy city. The mile-long labyrinth, with ...

Inside the complicated logistics of sending American Jews to cemeteries in the Holy Land. By Sarah Maslin Nir Among the soldiers and volunteers heading to Israel from Kennedy Airport this month ...