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Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, shakes hands with Israel Police Commander Dvir Tamim of the David Sub-District of the Jerusalem District after reaching an agreement announced March 30, 2026, to broadcast Easter services from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. (Israel Police photo)

Catholic priests reach deal with Israeli police over Easter access to Church of Holy Sepulchre

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Catholic faithfuls attend a Palm Sunday mass at the Monastery of Saint Saviour in Jerusalem's Old City Sunday, March 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Jerusalem heads into a subdued Passover and Easter under the shadow of the Iran war

By Melanie Lidman - Associated Press

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, holds a prayer service to mark Palm Sunday in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 29, 2026. (Ammar Awad/Pool Photo via AP)

Israel apologizes, grants access to Catholic leaders after blocking them from church on Palm Sunday

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Smoke and flames rise from the site of Israeli airstrikes in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, Thursday, March 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Iran launches new attacks and calls for ‘Trump’s blood’ while Israel strikes Iranian infrastructure

By Jon Gambrell, David Rising, Elena Becatoros and Samy Magdy - Associated Press

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man prays ahead of the Jewish new year at the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray in Jerusalem's old city, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)

Israel’s parliament moves toward ban on mixed-gender prayer at Jerusalem’s Western Wall

By Julia Frankel - Associated Press

A Palestinian woman asks Israeli soldiers for access to her home during an army raid in the West Bank city of Hebron Monday, Jan. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Israel’s security cabinet approves measures to strengthen control over the West Bank

Associated Press

Israeli authorities demolish a UNRWA compound, belonging to the U.N. agency that assists Palestinian refugees, in east Jerusalem Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Israeli crews target U.N. facilities for Palestinian refugees in east Jerusalem

By Sam Metz - Associated Press

Palestinian residents of Ras Ein al-Auja village, West Bank pack up their belongings and prepare to leave their homes after deciding to flee mounting settler violence, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Settler violence in the Jordan Valley expels Palestinians from one of the few towns left standing

By Julia Frankel - Associated Press

A Facebook post of the Prime Minister of Israel with a retouched photo of the Prime Minister’s wife, Sara Netanyahu, is displayed on a phone in Ramat Gan, Israel, Jan, 9, 2026 (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Retouched images of Netanyahu’s wife, distributed by the state, ignite a fiery ethics debate

By Julia Frankel - Associated Press

Latin Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the top Catholic clergyman in the Holy Land, arrives at the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus, on Christmas Eve, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Thousands flock to Bethlehem to revive Christmas spirit after 2 years of war in Gaza

By Melanie Lidman - Associated Press

Young Palestinians show some of the sheeps that were killed during an Israeli settlers attack in the town of As Samu', near the West Bank city of Hebron, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Israeli settlers spray Palestinian children with teargas in latest West Bank attack

By Julia Frankel - Associated Press

Director Rob Reiner promotes his latest film "The Story of Us," a romantic comedy about marriage on the rocks in San Francisco, Oct. 1, 1999, in San Francisco. (Fred Larson/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

In recorded message, Rob Reiner urged resiliency for Holocaust survivors at Hanukkah event

By Melanie Lidman - Associated Press

Boys walk down a street carrying Syrian flags in the war-damaged Damascus suburb of Daraya, Syria, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, ahead of celebrations marking the first anniversary of the ousting of the Bashar Assad regime. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki, File)

Former ambassador casts doubt on status of Syria-Israel security agreement

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Displaced Palestinians repair their tents at a tent camp on the beach after a stormy weather in Gaza City, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Aid flow into Gaza falls short of ceasefire terms, analysis of Israeli figures shows

By Julia Frankel - Associated Press

The Jerusalem Regional Archaeologist for the Israel Antiquities Authority, Dr. Amit Re'im, walks in a section of an excavation site where, according to the institution, a city wall from the Hasmonean period, dating to the late 2nd century BCE, was uncovered under the Tower of David Citadel Museum, in the Old City of Jerusalem, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Archaeologists uncover intact section of ancient Jerusalem wall from Hanukkah era

By Melanie Lidman - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum shows hostage Sudthisak Rinthalak, an agricultural worker from Thailand who was abducted and brought to Gaza in the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023. (Hostages and Missing Families Forum via AP)

A single hostage remains in Gaza after identification of Thai agricultural worker’s remains

By Audrey Horowitz and Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Israeli soldiers are seen during an army raid in the West Bank town of Tubas, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Israeli soldiers appear to kill Palestinian men in West Bank after they surrender

By Megan Janetsky and Bassem Mroue and Julia Frankel - Associated Press

FILE - President Donald Trump talks with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, in Jerusalem. (Chip Somodevilla/Pool via AP, file)

Trump urges Israeli president to pardon Netanyahu

By Melanie Lidman - Associated Press

FILE - President Donald Trump talks with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, in Jerusalem. (Chip Somodevilla/Pool via AP, file)

Trump urges Israel to pardon Netanyahu, sparking concerns over U.S. influence

By Melanie Lidman - Associated Press

Members of Israel forces carry the coffin of slain hostage Israeli-American Capt. Omer Neutra, after his body was returned from Gaza as part of a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, at Kiryat Shaul cemetery, in Tel Aviv, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Israel says another set of remains of a hostage has been turned over in Gaza

By Julia Frankel - Associated Press