CENTRE for RELIGIOUS PLURALISM in the MIDDLE EAST

Ένα περιοδικό που εστιάζει αποκλειστικά στην ιστορία της πόλης της Ιερουσαλήμ, το πολιτικό καθεστώς και το μέλλον της.

Η επίσημη ιστοσελίδα του Λατινικού Πατριαρχείου στην Ιερουσαλήμ.

Jerusalem - Hundreds of people turned out in Jerusalem on Saturday afternoon for the funeral of Archbishop Anba Abraham, the head of the Coptic Church in the Holy Land - but it was the presence of Egypt's Coptic pope that drew the most attention.

Περίληψη

Βασισμένο σε εθνογραφική έρευνα που διενεργήθηκε στην Παλιά Πόλη της Ιερουσαλήμ για μια περίοδο δεκαπέντε μηνών, αυτό το άρθρο μελετά το ιστορικό υπόβαθρο της εξέλιξης του Χριστιανισμού στην Ιερουσαλήμ.

A landmark Christian holy site in Jerusalem was vandalised with Hebrew graffiti in what appears to be the latest attack by "extremist" Jews.

The Israeli cabinet on Sunday approved a plan to allocate an area at the Western Wall in Jerusalem for egalitarian Jewish prayer in a "historic" end to a decades-long dispute.

The decision, based on a proposal by Jewish Agency chairman Natan Sharansky, was welcomed by liberal Jewish movements but condemned by ultra-Orthodox leaders whose cabinet representatives voted against it.

AMMAN — Jerusalem Awqaf Department Director Azzam Khatib Tamimi has condemned Israel’s violations against the Umayyad Palaces area to the south and southwest of Al Aqsa Mosque/Al Haram Al Sharif, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported on Thursday.

AMMAN — Jordan on Saturday reiterated its denunciation of Israel's continued violations against the Umayyad Palaces, southwest of Al Aqsa Mosque/Al Haram Al Sharif. 

A dark archway and an old uninspiring plastic plaque are all that mark the entrance to the residence and mosque of Salahuddin Ayyubi, the iconic 12th century Muslim general who retook Jerusalem during the Crusades, then went on to rule the city.