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Palestinian Shot Dead In Jerusalem
A Palestinian died after being shot in the head in an east Jerusalem neighbourhood near the Old City on Friday, the...
Remove Jerusalem Metal Detectors, Erdogan Tells Israeli Counterpart
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday urged his Israeli counterpart Reuven Rivlin to swiftly remove metal...
Israel Weighs Removal of Metal Detectors At Heart of Religious Row
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is debating whether to remove new metal detectors at the centre of a dispute with...
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...
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...
Israel To Reopen Sensitive Jerusalem Holy Site After Attack
Israeli authorities were to reopen an ultra-sensitive holy site Sunday closed after an attack that killed two...
Israeli Minister Backs Annexing Settlements Into Jerusalem
Israel's intelligence minister proposed on Monday to annex five settlements into the Jerusalem municipality, while also...
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...
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...
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...
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...
For Jerusalem Palestinians, A Dilemma To Seek Israeli Citizenship
It's a dilemma many Palestinians from Jerusalem confront: Resign yourself to becoming an Israeli citizen or press ahead...
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...
Trump Reviews Option To Move US Embassy To Jerusalem
US President Donald Trump will decide on Thursday whether to renew a legal waiver that delays an eventual move of the...
Five Questions On Trump’s Potential Move of US Israel Embassy
US President Donald Trump faces a Thursday deadline to decide whether to move the US embassy in Israel to the disputed...
Israel Approves Controversial Jerusalem Cable Car Project
Israel's government on Sunday approved plans to install a cable car to Jerusalem's Old City, a project likely to anger...
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...
Trump Becomes First Sitting US President To Visit Western Wall
Donald Trump on Monday became the first sitting US president to visit the Western Wall in the disputed city of...
City of Prayer and Conflict
Donald Trump was on Monday to become the first serving US president to visit the Western Wall, the holiest site where...