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Security Tight, Holy Site Shut After Jerusalem Attack

Security forces locked down parts of Jerusalem's Old City on Saturday and an ultra-sensitive holy site remained closed...

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UN Chief Fears Jerusalem Attack Could Ignite More Violence

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Friday that an attack that killed two Israeli police officers in Jerusalem...

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Netanyahu, Abbas Speak By Phone After Attack

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by phone following Friday's...

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Two Israeli Police Shot In Jerusalem Attack Die

Two Israeli police officers shot when Arab assailants opened fire in Jerusalem's Old City on Friday have died from...

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Three Attackers Shoot At Police In Jerusalem Before Being Killed

Three assailants opened fire on Israeli police in Jerusalem's Old City on Friday before fleeing to a nearby highly...

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Three Attackers Shoot At Police Jerusalem Before Being Killed

Three assailants opened fire on Israeli police in Jerusalem's Old City on Friday before fleeing to a nearby highly...

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Israel To Lift Ban On Politicians Visiting Holy Site

Israel will lift a two-year-old ban preventing politicians visiting a Jerusalem holy site for five days later this...

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IS Claims Fatal Stabbing of Israeli Policewoman

The Islamic State group on Saturday claimed responsibility for the fatal stabbing of an Israeli policewoman outside...

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IS Claims Fatal Stabbing of Israeli Policewoman

The Islamic State group on Saturday claimed responsibility for the fatal stabbing of an Israeli policewoman outside...

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Western Wall Must Be Under Jewish Sovereignty

One of Judaism's holiest sites, the Western Wall in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, must remain under "Jewish...

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Palestinians Pour Into Jerusalem For Ramadan Prayers

Thousands of Palestinians poured into Jerusalem to attend the first Friday prayers of the Muslim fasting month of...

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Jerusalem, So Close, Still Out of Reach For Many Palestinians

He lives only a 20-minute drive from Jerusalem but for Palestinian Abu Bashir the city and its sacred sites might as...

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Definitive Israeli 1967 War Photo Still Stirs Emotions

Fifty years after the 1967 Six-Day War, a photograph of three awestruck Israeli paratroopers at the freshly captured...

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Israelis Mark 50 Years Since Capture of Jerusalem’s Old City

Thousands of Israelis marched through east Jerusalem´s Old City on Wednesday to commemorate 50 years since the Jewish...

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Jewish Hardliners Ejected From Jerusalem Mosque Compound

A group of hardline activists were removed from the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound in east Jerusalem on Wednesday...

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Israel Minister’s Jerusalem Dress Sparks Online Storm

Israeli Culture Minister Miri Regev triggered a social media storm on Thursday after she attended the Cannes film...

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Israeli Paratroopers Recreate Iconic Wailing Wall Image

(COMBO) This combination of pictures shows a file photo of three Israeli paratroopers next to the Western Wall in...

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Copenhagen Imam Accused of Calling For Killing of Jews

A video of an imam appearing to call for the murder of Jews in a sermon during Friday prayers at a Copenhagen mosque...

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Israeli Ban On MP Visits To Flashpoint Holy Site Challenged

An Israeli lawmaker petitioned the Supreme Court Tuesday against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ban on visits by...