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Israel Removes Jerusalem Flashpoint Security Apparatus

Muslim leaders have lifted a boycott of a key holy site in East Jerusalem after Israel removed the last of security...

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Israel-Turkey Fallout Deepens Over Muslim Holy Site

A fallout between Turkey and Israel deepened on Wednesday as the Jewish state hit back at Turkish President Recep...

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Israeli Removal of Holy Site Metal Detectors Not Enough

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday welcomed Israel's removal of metal detectors from a highly...

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Israel To Stop Use of Metal Detectors At Sensitive Holy Site

Israeli ministers have decided to stop the use of metal detectors at a highly sensitive Jerusalem holy site, a...

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Trump Envoy Heads To Israel For Holy Site Crisis Talks

A top aide to US President Donald Trump was due in Israel Monday in a bid to ease tensions over new security measures...

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Jordanian Killed and Israeli Wounded At Amman Embassy ‘incident’

A Jordanian was killed on Sunday and an Israeli seriously wounded at the Jewish state's embassy in Amman, a security...

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Fears of More Israeli-Palestinian Violence Over Holy Site

Stabbings and clashes that left six people dead raised fears on Saturday of further Israeli-Palestinian violence as...

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Thousands Protest In Amman Over Israeli Measures In Jerusalem

Thousands of protesters took to the streets of the Jordanian capital on Friday to condemn Israel's latest security...

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Muslims Again Boycott Holy Site Over Israeli Security Measures

Muslims boycotted a Jerusalem holy site for the third day running Tuesday after Israeli authorities installed metal...

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Israeli Bill Seeks To Safeguard Control of Jerusalem

Israeli ministers gave initial approval Sunday to a bill aimed at making it more difficult for the government to hand...

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Israeli Minister Backs Annexing Settlements Into Jerusalem

Israel's intelligence minister proposed on Monday to annex five settlements into the Jerusalem municipality, while also...

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Israel Court Rejects Demand To Demolish Home of Jewish Assailants

Israel's top court has rejected a demand that the state demolish the homes of Jewish extremists who murdered a...

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Israeli Settlement Building Soars, Official Data Shows

Building starts on settler homes in the Israeli-occupied West Bank soared by 70 percent in the year to March 2017, data...

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Israel Plans Most Settlement Homes Since 1992

Israel has so far this year advanced its highest number of settlement projects since 1992, the defence minister said...

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Israel Advances Settlement Plans Despite Trump Plea

Israel has advanced plans for more than 3,000 homes in West Bank settlements this week, despite US President Donald...

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Israel Advances Plans For Further 1,500 Settler Homes

Israel has advanced plans for a further 1,500 homes in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, Peace Now said on...

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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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Billions Spent On Settlers Since Israel Captured West Bank

Successive Israeli governments have invested billions of dollars over the past 50 years on settlements in the occupied...

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Trump Will Not Move US Embassy To Jerusalem For Now

President Donald Trump postponed moving the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem on Thursday, avoiding what would be a...