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Armenian Quarter residents descend from genocide survivors, bishop says ahead of exclusive tours

Dating back nearly two millennia, the Armenian Church’s presence in Jerusalem is widely considered the longest unbroken Christian presence in the Old City. 

The Armenian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem.
Colonel Sir Tatton Benvenuto Mark Sykes (left) and François Marie Denis Georges-Picot (Illustrative).

Sykes-Picot should be replaced by a new Trump-Netanyahu regional order - opinion

Kurdish coalition forces.

Iranian Kurdish dilemma: Should they fight for a free Kurdistan or risk being used? - opinion

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir tour at the Bedouin town of Tarabin al-Sana, in southern Israel, December 28, 2025.

'West Bank-ification?' Police investigate Negev arson spree as Bedouin tensions intensify


Preferring Ottoman Turkey to Erdogan's Turkey - a Jewish perspective

The Jerusalem Post

Turkey says Jews should appreciate the Ottoman Empire

The Turkish foreign minister charges that life was better for the Jews before the Jewish state.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses members of parliament from his ruling AK Party (AKP) during a meeting at the Turkish parliament in Ankara, Turkey, June 13, 2017.

Relic from Ottoman sultan returned to Jaffa, after extensive renovations

Israeli archeologists restore seal of Sultan Hamid Abdul II, builder of the Jaffa Clock Tower.

The marble plaque bearing the sultan’s seal prior to conservation; the seal itself cannot be discerned

WWI, in Palestine

By October 1, 1918, Allied forces were in Damascus; Palestine was free of the 613-year-old Ottoman overlords.

AUSTRALIANS TAKE part in a World War I reenactment near Beersheba in 2007

Grapevine: Happy birthday, Alice

The German-born Shalvi spent much of her youth in England and graduated from Cambridge University with a BA in English literature.

President Reuven Rivlin

In disputed Sussiya, old Ottoman law still casts a shadow over the land

Ottoman law continues to influence court decisions, as the state neglects to act on land disputes.

A man sits with his family inside their tent in Sussiya

Diamonds in the rough

The newly restored Turkish Bazaar and Turkish bath Hamam Ghattas in Acre's Old City offer visitors a unique boutique experience.

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No magic Syrian solution

The background to Turkey’s current dilemmas with Damascus can be traced back to the ruins of the Ottoman Empire

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His Story/Her Story: 16th-century gossip

Rabbis living in the Ottoman Empire seemed to be extremely concerned about the moral fiber of their communities.

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From ‘mosque’ to museum

A mosaic of rich Ottoman and British history tells Beersheba’s story

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