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Abbas Backs Call For Palestinians To Return To Al-Aqsa

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas backed calls for worshippers to return to Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque on Thursday...

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Palestinians To End Boycott of Jerusalem Holy Site

Palestinians will return to pray at a sensitive Jerusalem holy site Thursday after Israeli authorities removed...

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Standoff At Jerusalem Holy Site After Metal Detectors Removed

A tense standoff was underway between Israel and Muslim worshippers at a Jerusalem holy site Wednesday despite the...

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Jerusalem Holy Site Crisis

Eight people have been killed in a weekend of violence following new Israeli security measures at an ultra-sensitive...

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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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Abbas Freezes Israel Contact Over Holy Site Dispute

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said Friday he was freezing contacts with Israel over new security measures at a...

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Three Dead As Clashes Erupt Over Jerusalem Holy Site

Three Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded Friday as clashes erupted between protesters and Israeli forces over...

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Protests After Israel Restricts Jerusalem Old City Prayers

Israeli police barred men under 50 from entering Jerusalem's Old City for Friday Muslim prayers as tensions rose and...

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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, Palestinians Brace For More Unrest At Holy Site

Israel's army boosted security Thursday and braced for possibile unrest on the eve of the main weekly Muslim prayers...

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China’s Xi Reaffirms Commitment To Peace In the Middle East

China will host a symposium between Israel and the Palestinians later this year, an official said Tuesday, as president...

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Muslims Heed Calls To Avoid Holy Site Over Israeli Security Measures

Muslims heeded calls Monday not to enter a Jerusalem holy site and protested outside after Israeli authorities...

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Macron Chides Netanyahu On Settlements, Urges New Mideast Talks

French President Emmanuel Macron told Israel's visiting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday that Paris opposes...

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Macron, Netanyahu Mark 75 Years Since Paris Roundup of Jews

French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday marked 75 years since the roundup of 13,000 Jews to be sent to Nazi death...

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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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Trump Envoy Mediates Water Deal Between Israel, Palestinians

US President Donald Trump's Middle East peace envoy said Thursday Israel would supply the Palestinians with millions of...

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Gaza May Already Be ‘unlivable’

The Gaza Strip may already be "unlivable", a United Nations official warned Tuesday, after a decade of Hamas rule and a...