In the first known interaction between the two nations, the ancient Persians freed the Jews from captivity in Babylon.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Chanting “Death to Arabs” and singing “May your village burn,” groups of young Israeli Jews made their way through Muslim neighborhoods of Jerusalem’s Old City on ...

Every year on the 28th of the Hebrew month of Iyar, Israel celebrates Yom Yerushalayim—Jerusalem Day—to commemorate the reunification of Jerusalem in 1967. For many in the Arab world, it is a ...

The depiction is chock full of symbolism, and includes items that show she was martyred. ... Researchers Found Ruins of a Lost Byzantine City. An Excavation Found a 1,000-Year-Old Viking Amulet.

Archaeologists in Jerusalem say they have discovered a roughly 2,300-year-old gold ring with a red gemstone that’s remarkably similar to another piece of jewelry found less than a year ago.

Jerusalem Day, as the celebrations are known, commemorates Israeli forces taking east Jerusalem during the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. Israel considers all of Jerusalem, including the annexed ...

Crowds of Israelis streamed through Jerusalem's Old City, where some scuffled with residents and hurled insults at Palestinians, as annual celebrations of Israel's capture of east Jerusalem took place ...

The depiction is chock full of symbolism, and includes items that show she was martyred. Archaeologists believe that the 14 th-century item was a seal for a church parish. The surprisingly well ...

Six centuries after the Romans destroyed Jerusalem and its Jewish Temple complex, the acropolis lay in ruins. For Byzantine Christians, this desolation was proof that their faith had triumphed ...

Jerusalem Day, or “Yom Yerushalayim” in Hebrew, commemorates what Israel considers the reunification of the city under its authority in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.

Jerusalem Day passed on Monday without Hamas flexing its muscles in the city, as it has in years past, signaling that the Gaza war has strengthened Israel’s control over its capital. For three ...