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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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Israel Boosts Security Over Tensions At Religious Site

Israel's army has been boosting its forces ahead of possible unrest over new security measures at a sensitive holy site...

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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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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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Jerusalem’s Flashpoint Holy Site

The Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem reopened Sunday after being closed following a deadly attack, but Muslims were...

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Israel PM Mourns France’s Deported Jews

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in Paris to commemorate the victims of a mass arrest of Jews in...

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Israel Reopens Sensitive Holy Site, But Muslims Refuse To Enter

Israel reopened an ultra-sensitive holy site Sunday closed after an attack that killed two policemen, but Muslim...

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Israel Reopens Sensitive Jerusalem Holy Site Closed After Attack

Israel reopened an ultra-sensitive holy site Sunday closed after an attack that killed two policemen, but Muslim...

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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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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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Two Israeli Police Shot In Jerusalem Attack Die

Two Israeli police officers shot when Arab assailants opened fire in Jerusalem's Old City on Friday have died from...

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Three Attackers Shoot At Police In Jerusalem Before Being Killed

Three assailants opened fire on Israeli police in Jerusalem's Old City on Friday before fleeing to a nearby highly...

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Three Attackers Shoot At Police Jerusalem Before Being Killed

Three assailants opened fire on Israeli police in Jerusalem's Old City on Friday before fleeing to a nearby highly...

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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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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...