The Mount of Olives is a mountain ridge in eastern Jerusalem named for the olive groves covering its peaks. The Mount of Olives is associated with Jewish and Christian traditions. The Mount of Olives has been used as a Jewish cemetery for over 3,000 years. Notable rabbis buried on the mount include Chaim ibn Attar and others from the 15th-century to present. The Mount of Olives is part of East Jerusalem, and is administered by Israel.

The Arab neighborhood of at-Tur is located on the mountain’s summit, and the Mount Scopus campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem abuts the mount on the north. Landmarks on the Mount of Olives include Yad Avshalom, the Tomb of Zechariah, the Church of all Nations, the Church of Maria Magdalene, Dominus Flevit Church, Gethsemane, Mary’s Tomb, Church of the Pater Noster, the Seven Arches Hotel, and Orson Hyde Park. At the base of the slope is the Emek Tzurim National Park and the Temple Mount Antiquities Salvage Operation.

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