East Jerusalem

Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Arieh King calls to immediately end municipal services to British Consulate

“There is no difference between east Jerusalem and Judea and Samaria or Binyamin,” Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Arieh King told the Post.

Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Arieh King outside the British consulate in east Jerusalem on September 14, 2026.
The UNRWA Kalandia Training Centre as Israeli forces began demolishing the United Nations facility in Kalandia, north of Jerusalem, August 25, 2026.

Why are we determined to remove UNRWA from Jerusalem? - opinion

Schmidt-Schule, Catholic German school for Palestinian girls, in East Jerusalem, next to Damascus Gate, June 16, 2015.

Schools in east Jerusalem strike after Israel fails to renew entry permits for teaching staff

Burial cave from the Second Temple period found by Border Police officers in east Jerusallem, August 24, 2026.

Border Police discover Second Temple-period burial cave during operations in eastern Jerusalem


Neveh Ya’acov: Jerusalem’s northern frontier

Neveh Ya’acov endures as a microcosm of Jerusalem’s broader struggles, balancing tradition and modernity, isolation and integration, conflict and coexistence on the city’s northern frontier. 

 The Neveh Ya'acov neighborhood of Jerusalem.

Israel Police arrest two east Jerusalem residents who intended to join ISIS

Two east Jerusalem ISIS supporters were arrested after attempting to join the group abroad, traveling through Turkey and Jordan before being caught upon returning to Israel.

 Grafitti shows terrorists from Hamas and ISIS kissing, in south Tel Aviv, September 29, 2024

Educational Bookshop and the cultural institutions of east Jerusalem

Notwithstanding the current toxic political climate, some arguably naïve and ever-hopeful Jerusalemites haven’t lost faith in the dream of coexistence.

 Ahmad Muna of the Educational Bookshop.

Israel releases terrorist Ahmed Manasra from prison over mental condition

The released terrorist was imprisoned for his role in the stabbing of two Israelis, including a 13-year-old boy.

 Ahmed Manasra (C), a 14-year old Palestinian, who was convicted of attempted murder for his role in an attack of a 13-year-old Israeli boy in 2015 in Pisgat Zeev, built on occupied land that Israel annexed to Jerusalem after the 1967 war, leaves the courtroom after his sentencing at the district co

Israel is ramping up annexation of West Bank, UN rights chief says

The transfer by Israel of parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies amounts to a war crime," UN High Commissioner Volker Turk said.

 Muslim women walk, as Israeli settlers carry Israeli flags next to a checkpoint near the Ibrahimi mosque, also known as the Cave of Patriarchs, on the day of the first Friday prayers of Ramadan, in Hebron's Old City, in the West Bank March 15, 2024.

'Wanted to die a martyr': Journalist arrested on suspicion of terror incitement

An additional post showed a photo of the terrorist who carried out the terror attack at the El-Khader Junction in Gush Etzion in December of 2024.

 View of the social media post shared by the east Jerusalem suspect. March 17, 2025.

Four arrested in Jerusalem for spreading terror support online, police say

Several people, including minors, were arrested.

Online incitement of terrorism by residents of East Jerusalem and the Old City.

Israel Police raid east Jerusalem bookstore, arrest owner - report

The family of the co-owner said that the police confiscated books and placed an order for the store to be closed, all without a search or arrest warrant.

 The Educational Bookshop in east Jerusalem.

Israel Police arrest two in Jerusalem for incitement, terror support

"The Israel Police will not allow any individual or group to disrupt public order—especially during the month of Ramadan."

 Images of the suspects' online posts, identified by the Jerusalem District's Strategic Digital Operations Unit

Jerusalem Police ramp up security measures ahead of Ramadan

The police are also focused on the terrorists who were released to neighborhoods in east Jerusalem as part of the current hostage-prisoner exchange.

 A view shows the Dome of the Rock on Al-Aqsa compound, also known to Jews as the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City, February 20, 2024