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Aharon Rivka

Jerusalem Online News reporter covering Arab affairs, security, and Jewish–Muslim relations in Jerusalem’s seam-line areas and in neighborhoods located on the eastern side of the city.
Abdallah Barghouti, a senior Hamas figure sentenced to 67 life terms for deadly attacks including in Jerusalem

“I Lost 43 Kilograms in Prison”

A 1967 ceremony at Jerusalem’s Zion Gate showing rabbis, soldiers and residents gathered as a mezuzah is affixed (Photo: National Library of Israel)

After 58 Years – A Mezuzah Reappears in Jerusalem’s Old City

Removal trucks and forklifts operating inside UNRWA headquarters in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of Jerusalem

UNRWA Flag Replaced in Jerusalem – Is a Clash Looming?

Raida Saeed standing in the Temple Mount plaza with the Dome of the Rock in the background

Blow to the Murabitat – From Al Aqsa to Prison

Mustafa Nabil Abd al Nabi Natshe and Ahmad Abdallah Natshe, two Silwan residents sentenced after planning a Jerusalem truck bomb near the Knesset

לפוצץ את הכנסת? המאסר והפיגוע שתוכנן בירושלים

Mohammad Hassan Abu Tir, originally from Jerusalem, during a public appearance

Most Secure Wing: Where Is Jerusalem’s Red-Haired Militant?

Militants freed in the hostage deal, some involved in attacks in Jerusalem, during their deportation from Israel

Jerusalem Attackers Complain in Cairo Hotel

Professor Emeritus Meir Levenberg celebrating his 100th birthday on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem with his family

Temple Mount Celebration – 100th Birthday

Young men running on the Temple Mount near the Dome of the Rock

The Temple Mount Provocation – Animals Taken Inside

Luggage and medical equipment outside a building in East Jerusalem, passengers loading bags near buses and vans, and patients waiting inside a hospital corridor

Revealed: during war – East Jerusalem treated Gaza patients

Jerusalem rapper Noam Tzurieli documented during his service in Gaza

Palestinian foundation complaint against Jerusalem rapper

Collage showing Sheikh Salahab’s funeral at the Temple Mount alongside his portrait

Sheikh Salahab Funeral – Thousands at Al Aqsa

The Bab al-Rahma Muslim cemetery near the Temple Mount in Jerusalem where graves were vandalized

Graves vandalized near Bab al-Rahma – Muslim outrage

Evacuation of Asmahan Shweiki from her home in Silwan in East Jerusalem after clashes with enforcement teams

Clashes in Silwan – home evictions and families

Clash between inspectors and vendors during the removal of illegal stalls at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem

Clashes at Damascus Gate – Illegal Stalls Removed

Sheikh Abdullah Mulla touches the Western Wall stones in Jerusalem during his visit to Israel

Jordanian Sheikh visits Jerusalem – storm in Arab world

Senior Hamas member Jamal al-Tawil during his hospitalization following his release in the February 2025 hostage deal.

Mercedes near Jerusalem – Hamas leader re-arrested

Mahmoud Mousa Issa from Jerusalem, Hamas founder in the city, and Border Police officer Nissim Toledano, kidnapped and murdered in 1992

Hamas Symbol in Jerusalem: Abu al-Baraa the New Sinwar?

Nasser and Mahmoud Abu Srour, convicted of murdering Shin Bet agent Haim Nahmani, in Jerusalem 1993, shown next to Nahmani’s photo. Listed in the hostage deal

Jerusalem Shin Bet agent’s killers – to be freed

Ashraf Hajajra, who drove the bomber in the 2002 Beit Yisrael suicide attack in Jerusalem that killed 11 people, set to be released under the hostage deal; shown next to archive footage from the bombing scene

Accomplice to 11 Murders in Jerusalem – The Heavy Price

Explosion of terrorist Mohammed Taha’s house in Katana near Jerusalem, with his portrait

Night Blast: Another Score Settled in Jerusalem Attack

Nasser Mousa Ahmad Abd Rabbo from Sur Baher in East Jerusalem after his release from prison, and later following a barber visit, one day before the Hamas deal was signed

Before Hamas Deal – Terrorist Freed in Jerusalem

Crowds on Temple Mount in Jerusalem during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot 2025, with Israel’s security minister joining amid record visits and criticism

Outrage during record Jewish visits on Temple Mount

Gun seized at the scene in Silwan with personal items, and the man caught by police in East Jerusalem

Chase in East Jerusalem – This is the Shooter Caught