Old City hotelier facing eviction: ‘Biden, give Christians 10 minutes of your visit’

Abu el-Walid Dajani, whose family has leased Imperial Hotel since 1949, says ‘Palestinian heritage endangered’; new leaseholder Ateret Cohanim: ‘Jews entitled to live everywhere’.

By SUE SURKES

The Imperial Hotel (left) and the Petra Hostel (right), located between Jaffa Gate and the Arab market in Jerusalem's Old City, June 21, 2022. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)

The manager of an Old City hotel whose lease has been bought by a right-wing Jewish organization wants US President Joe Biden to give church leaders “just ten minutes” when he visits Israel next month to hear their concerns and reassure them that Christianity will be safe in Jerusalem.

Abu el-Walid Dajani, 78, runs the 44-room Imperial Hotel, built just inside the Jaffa Gate in time to accommodate officers of Germany’s Kaiser Wilhelm, who paid a state visit to the city in 1898.

Is this where Jesus was tried by Pontius Pilate?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKJ6GPvNUgc

New ‘biography’ of Jerusalem Old City focuses on holy flashpoint’s diverse residents

In ‘Nine Quarters of Jerusalem,’ Matthew Teller challenges conventional theories of how the one-square kilometer is divided, and introduces readers to little-known communities.

By RENEE GHERT-ZAND

A view of Jerusalem Old City with the Dome of the Rock shrine, center, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

On an afternoon this past May, author Matthew Teller pulled a small wheeled suitcase behind him as he walked around Jerusalem.

The bag was packed with copies of his latest book, “Nine Quarters of Jerusalem: A New Biography of the Old City.”

Following Jesus in Jerusalem #2: 1st century Jerusalem Model

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrif7fwPn8g

Tower of David renewal seeks to reinstate ancient citadel as Old City beacon

Jerusalem fortress, some of it 2,500-years-old, is completing a $40 million renovation, bringing city’s historic ‘lighthouse’ into 21st century.

By JESSICA STEINBERG

The Patrick and Lina Entrance Pavilion at the renovated Tower of David Museum, slated to open in late 2022 (Courtesy Kimmel Eshkolot Architects)

There are portions of Jerusalem’s ancient Tower of David Museum that date as far back as 2,500 years, with sections that were regularly renovated and constructed over the centuries, depending on the period and its ruler.

Now the formidable fortress is undergoing a $40 million renewal project, making the museum complex accessible for the first time in its history, along with a new entrance pavilion and a state-of-the-art permanent exhibition.

Cosas que NO DEBES HACER en ISRAEL

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On This Day: Ottomans surrender Jerusalem in World War I

The British would continue to hold onto the city until fully withdrawing from Mandatory Palestine in 1948.

By AARON REICH

The surrender of Jerusalem, December 9, 1917. 

(photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)

December 9 marks 104 years since the Ottoman surrender at the Battle of Jerusalem, winning major morale and strategic victory in a key city in this important World War I battle.

The battle itself was the culmination of a long, bloody campaign in the Middle East by the British against the Turks, something that had been up to a rough start for a while.

Las 8 PUERTAS de JERUSALÉN. Hay UNA PUERTA CERRADA!! Por qué??

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Imperdible: la Jerusalem que no has visto jamás

Una creación del artista, fotógrafo y cineasta Eitan Asraf.

Durante casi un año, el artista israelí Eitan Asraf ha estado filmando a Jerusalem desde ángulos poco comunes y con un ojo artístico muy singular. El resultado, un video de algo menos de 8 minutos preparado para la Municipalidad de Jerusalem, en el que en cuestión de segundos, uno se vuelve a enamorar de esta ciudad única en el mundo, la capital de Israel.

Asraf combinó sitios conocidos mundialmente, rincones nunca vistos, escenas sacras y mundanas, registradas con su celular o con un dron,y todo fue volcado en esta producción tan singular que podemos mirar una y otra vez.

Old city Jerusalem Drone Aerial footage 4K

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxnDVWIZVQ0&t=72s

Ciudad vieja de Jerusalén en la noche, Israel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8S7gul-2N0&t=25s

רושלים 1918 Jerusalem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k82FgJ8VZk&feature=youtu.be

A Glimpse of Jerusalem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8b4ZWFWMK0&feature=youtu.be

Jerusalem (A rare video!) - an old originals photographs of the Holy City from 1853 and up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFvHh5c6d-M&feature=youtu.be

The Underground Street of Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO3nAAq4LsE

Así son las históricas ocho puertas de las murallas de Jerusalén

Las puertas fueron construidas en el siglo XVI por el sultán turco Solimán el Magnífico.

Puertas de Damasco, en Jerusalén - REUTERS/Corinna Kern

Judíos, musulmanes y cristianos pasan diariamente por las puertas de la Ciudad Vieja de Jerusalén, de camino hacia las oraciones o simplemente para ocuparse de sus asuntos cotidianos en uno de los lugares políticamente más sensibles de la Tierra.

Hay ocho puertas, siete abiertas y una sellada, a lo largo de las murallas de la Ciudad Vieja, que fueron construidas en el siglo XVI por el sultán turco Solimán el Magnífico.

Via Dolorosa and Gethsemane Garden

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rqiuL7lNrw

A glimpse of 19th century Jerusalem

In celebration of Jerusalem Day, the National Library of Israel takes a look back -- way back -- at the Holy City.

A street in the Christian Quarter. Detail of a photo by Félix Bonfils, around 1870.

What did Jerusalem look like 150 years ago? It seems we are the first generation to be able to answer this question with any degree of certainty, thanks to prints that have been preserved in the National Library, from the early days of photography in the Land of Israel.

Jerusalem’s New Gate gets ‘new’ look, but lacks foot traffic

Small, ancient portal into Old City was renovated for greater tourism impact, but the work all but destroyed merchants’ businesses.

The New Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, recently renovated for NIS 11 million (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)

Jerusalem has a renovated the Old City’s New Gate, in an attempt to turn the ancient portal into a more central entrance to the heritage site.

According to local merchants, however, the NIS 11 million (just over $3 million) investment won’t make much of a difference.

Tel Aviv Vlog 4: Jerusalem the old city!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcQAfrjodwU