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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...

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Netanyahu Says Jerusalem ‘always Israel’s Capital’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Jerusalem will always be the capital of the Jewish state,...

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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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Controversial New US Ambassador Arrives In Israel

Controversial new US ambassador to Israel David Friedman arrived in the country on Monday to take up his post, days...

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Israel Dismisses US Concern Over Embassy Move To Jerusalem

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday challenged US concerns over moving the American embassy to...

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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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Palestinian Charged Over Murder of British Student

Israeli authorities on Thursday charged a Palestinian with murder over the fatal stabbing of a young British woman on a...

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Erdogan Says US Debates Over Jerusalem Embassy Move ‘wrong’

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday said debates over the possibility of moving the US embassy in Israel...

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UNESCO Ratifies Jerusalem Resolution Slammed By Israel

The executive board of the UN's cultural agency ratified Friday a resolution that identifies Israel as "the occupying...

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Netanyahu Slams ‘absurd’ UN Vote On Jerusalem

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday slammed an "absurd" UNESCO resolution he said denies the Jews'...

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British Woman Stabbed To Death In Jerusalem

A Palestinian man stabbed a British woman to death on Friday near Jerusalem's Old City, where thousands of Jewish and...

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British Woman Killed In Tram Attack

A British woman has been stabbed to death on a tram in Jerusalem. She has been named as student Hannah Bladon by...

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Jews Hold Mass Passover Blessing At Western Wall

Tens of thousands of Jews congregated at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Thursday for a mass priestly blessing on...

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Christians Hope For An ‘open Jerusalem’ For Easter

Christians in Jerusalem said Thursday that they are hoping for an "open Jerusalem" ahead of Passover and Easter...

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Anti-Occupation Peace Demo In Jerusalem

Several hundred mostly Jewish protesters marched in Jerusalem late Saturday to denounce nearly 50 years of Israeli...

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Jerusalem Marathon Brings Arabs and Jews Together

The Jerusalem Marathon winds its way through one of the most historic -- and contentious -- cities on earth. Islam,...

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Israel Closes Palestinian Map Bureau, Arrests Head

Israeli police on Tuesday closed a Palestinian research centre in Jerusalem and briefly arrested its director, a...

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Israeli Lawmakers Give Initial Approval To Bills Quieting Mosques

Israel's parliament gave preliminary approval Wednesday to two controversial measures that would limit calls to prayers...

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Arab League To Resist Embassies’ Move To Jerusalem

Arab League foreign ministers adopted a resolution Tuesday against any attempt to move diplomatic missions to...