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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.
A collage showing the Arab Palestinian Vocational School for Orphans in northern Jerusalem and an archival photograph of students in the schoolyard

Will Jerusalem’s Historic Palestinian Vocational School Close?

Tasnim Barakat Odeh after her release from prison, as her mother places a flower crown on her head

Released From Prison: Flowers for the Jerusalem TikTok Activist Convicted of Incitement

A collage showing the historic Atarot airport in northern Jerusalem and Yoni Netanyahu

Yoni Netanyahu to Be Honored at Jerusalem’s Abandoned Airport: The Plan Stirring a Storm

Runners at the Palestinian Bethlehem Marathon alongside the separation barrier near Jerusalem as Jibril Rajoub starts the race

The Palestinian Answer to the Jerusalem Marathon: Bethlehem Marathon Along the Separation Barrier

Muntaha Amara during a public appearance in Jerusalem

Why Was One of Al-Aqsa’s Most Influential Women Banned Again From the Temple Mount?

Rami al-Khatib, a photographer associated with the Islamic Waqf on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem

Jerusalem Temple Mount Ban: Journalist or Dangerous Inciter?

Fire damage at the Arab-Islamic Bank branch in Beit Hanina, north Jerusalem

Protection racket? Who is behind attacks on Palestinian banks around Jerusalem

injured nun with visible facial bruises next to the French Biblical and Archaeological School of Jerusalem building

Jerusalem nun attack sparks outrage: wave of condemnations

Muslim worshippers during Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem

Jerusalem Day 2026 Heats Up: A Precedent on the Temple Mount?

Ballot boxes and voters in Palestinian local elections around Jerusalem

Fatah Wins Uncontested in Local Elections Around Jerusalem

Ohr Somayach Institutions building in Jerusalem with Hebrew and English signage on a stone wall

New Jerusalem Plan Sparks Tensions: Yeshiva Approved in Palestinian Neighborhood

Protesters outside Jerusalem District Court demonstrating against home demolitions in Silwan

King’s Garden in Jerusalem: Tourism-History Project or Ethnic Cleansing Campaign?

Ahmad al-Dajani, head of the Muslim cemeteries committee in Jerusalem

Jerusalem: The man shaking its most sensitive cemeteries – posts and arrest

Former IDF Chief Herzi Halevi presents a dagger to Jordanian army chief during a secret meeting linked to the Ammunition Hill battle in Jerusalem

Dagger from a Jerusalem Battle: What Did Iranian Hackers Reveal?

Temple Mount in Jerusalem reopens to worshippers of all faiths after ceasefire

Temple Mount reopens to worshippers of all faiths: what it looks like now

Tombs of the Kings in East Jerusalem historical view alongside police activity at night in the area

Tombs of the Kings in East Jerusalem: Why tensions are rising and who is buried there?

Riyad Al-Amour after his release alongside documentation of his medical condition in Cairo following deportation from Israel

End of Jerusalem attack figure: died after release

Worshippers at the Priestly Blessing ceremony at the Western Wall in Jerusalem during Passover

Priestly Blessing in Jerusalem scaled back: no crowds, live broadcast instead

Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Pierbattista Pizzaballa alongside Palm Sunday procession on the Mount of Olives

Palm Sunday in Jerusalem – why was the Latin Patriarch blocked?

Funeral in Beit Safafa in Jerusalem over the weekend

Jerusalem in 12 hours of clashes: north and south of the city on edge

Ibrahim Abu Mukh and Moshe Tamam - murder case planned in a Jerusalem carpentry shop

Murder planned in Jerusalem carpentry shop – planner freed after 40 years

Mahdi Siam holding Iranian missile interception debris in East Jerusalem

“I Thought It Was the End”: East Jerusalem Activist Survives Iranian Missile Debris

Palestinian worshippers clash with police near the Old City gates in Jerusalem during Eid al-Fitr as tear gas is used

Jerusalem on Eid al-Fitr: Gatherings and Clashes

Raed Salah in Jerusalem during his arrest and after police questioning

Banned from Jerusalem: the latest trouble of the “Sheikh of Al-Aqsa”