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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...

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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...

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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...

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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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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...

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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 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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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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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...

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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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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...

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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...

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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...

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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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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...

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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...