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Jerusalem

Netanyahu requests delay in his corruption trial testimony

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference, amid the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran, in Jerusalem, March 19, 2026.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference, amid the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran, in Jerusalem, March 19, 2026.

Believers rejoice as Jerusalem's holy sites re-open

For the first time in 41 days, Muslim worshippers returned to Al-Aqsa Mosque.
For the first time in 41 days, Muslim worshippers returned to Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Israel steps up evictions of Palestinians from East Jerusalem

Residential buildings in the Silwan neighbourhood of East Jerusalem, January 21, 2026. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
Residential buildings in the Silwan neighbourhood of East Jerusalem, January 21, 2026. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

Israel demolishes buildings in UN Palestinian agency’s East Jerusalem compound

A member of the Israeli forces walks past the rubble of a dismantled structure at the Jerusalem headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), in East Jerusalem, January 20, 2026. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
A member of the Israeli forces walks past the rubble of a dismantled structure at the Jerusalem headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), in East Jerusalem, January 20, 2026. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

UN chief warns he could refer Israel to world court over action against UN Palestinian refugee agency

FILE PHOTO: Palestinians displaced by the Israeli military offensive shelter in an UNRWA school, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, August 19, 2025. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Palestinians displaced by the Israeli military offensive shelter in an UNRWA school, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, August 19, 2025. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled/File Photo

Israel says it killed Hamas financial officer in Gaza

A Palestinian man on the rubble of destroyed buildings in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip on Dec 13.
A Palestinian man on the rubble of destroyed buildings in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip on Dec 13.

Famed Jerusalem stone still sells despite West Bank economic woes

The quarry is a source of Jerusalem stone, the famed pale rock used throughout the Holy Land and beyond for millennia.
The quarry is a source of Jerusalem stone, the famed pale rock used throughout the Holy Land and beyond for millennia.

Israeli authorities raid UN Palestinian refugee agency’s East Jerusalem compound

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) headquarters in Jerusalem. The UNRWA has been accused of bias by Israel.
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) headquarters in Jerusalem. The UNRWA has been accused of bias by Israel.

5 million of 6 million Jews killed in Holocaust now identified

FILE PHOTO: Visitors tour an exhibition, ahead of Israel's national Holocaust memorial day at Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, in Jerusalem April 23, 2025. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Visitors tour an exhibition, ahead of Israel's national Holocaust memorial day at Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, in Jerusalem April 23, 2025. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/File Photo

Israel to demolish homes of Palestinians who killed six in Jerusalem bus stop attack

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.