This 1584 map of Jerusalem, made by a European priest who ... similar in style to the more ornate architecture of 16th-century Europe. Details from Adrichom’s map depict (clockwise from top ...

Another map shows Jerusalem in two different periods ... Shalev said the maps teach us a lot about the trends in Europe in the 16th century, perhaps even more than they show us the situation ...

Israel’s deadly bombardment of Gaza has killed ... accelerated by Jewish people fleeing Nazism in Europe. Between 1918 and 1947, the Jewish population in Palestine increased from 6 percent ...

As Israel grappled with one of the largest wildfires ever in the country this week and the blaze barrelled towards Jerusalem, prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared a national emergency.