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Prayer Mats, Police and Clashes Outside Jerusalem’s Old City

They come every day, spreading out prayer mats in a Jerusalem street under the watchful eyes of Israeli police and...

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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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What Is the Hebron Row?

The United Nations declared the Old City of Hebron a heritage site on Friday, sparking Israeli fury and Palestinian...

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Netanyahu Under Fire After Reneging On Western Wall Deal

Israel's shelving of a deal to allow mixed-gender prayers at the Western Wall echoed far beyond religion Monday, with...

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Israel Cancels Landmark Plan For Western Wall Mixed Prayer

Israel's government on Sunday cancelled a landmark deal to create a space for women and men to pray together at the...

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Government To Begin Overseeing Christian Pilgrimages

The government is set to airlift Christian pilgrims from Ghana to Israel and other parts of the Christian world on an...

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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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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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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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Six Days That Changed the Face of the Middle East

The Arab-Israeli war of June 1967, or Six-Day War, radically changed the map of the Middle East. Between June 5 and 10,...

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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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Israeli Joy At Trump Visit, But Substance Lacking

Israeli right-wingers celebrated US President Donald Trump's visit after he made no mention of the two-state solution,...

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Trump Meets Palestinian Leader In Bethlehem

Donald Trump made the short trip from Jerusalem to Bethlehem Tuesday to meet Mahmud Abbas, who was hoping to convince...

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Trump Visits Abbas In Bethlehem, Salutes Palestinian Military Officers

Donald Trump made the short trip from Jerusalem to Bethlehem Tuesday to meet Mahmud Abbas, who hopes to convince the...

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Trump Heads For Bethlehem To See Palestinian Leader

Donald Trump makes the short trip from Jerusalem to Bethlehem Tuesday to meet Mahmud Abbas, who hopes to convince the...

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Trump Tells Israel Iran Will Never Have Nuclear Weapons

Trump tells Israel Iran will never have nuclear weapons Mr Trump (C) met both Mr Netanyahu (R) and Israeli President...

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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...