1948 Arab–Israeli War

A third of East Jerusalem's residents hold residency, not citizenship. What the polling says about identity surprises almost everyone.

Two commanders drew a ceasefire line in wax pencil in 1948. It became a city's border for nineteen years.

Eight countries keep consulates in Jerusalem that bypass their own Tel Aviv embassies. The reason goes back four centuries.

For 19 years, one narrow seam connected two hostile halves of Jerusalem. Here's how the Mandelbaum Gate actually worked.

Gaza is 41 km long, but inside it: refugee camps, native towns, Bedouin tribes, and a fault line that runs through every city.

Barbed wire, minefields, and a wax-pencil line: how Jerusalem's seven-kilometre border was physically torn down after 1967.

What "peripheria" really means in Israel — and why a $10B Intel fab sits in a town that still tops unemployment.