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Massive Protest Rocks Israel As Ultra-Orthodox Jews Oppose Military Draft
Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men, dressed in black, rallied in Jerusalem on Thursday to protest against military conscription, an issue that has caused major strain in Israel's right-wing ruling coalition.
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3 People Arrested By Israeli Forces After 4 Killed In West Bank Shooting
Israeli forces arrested three people Wednesday in a Palestinian village which the military said was home to assailants who killed four Jews near a settlement in the occupied West Bank.
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US Warns Israel Against Change In Status Of Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque
Any change in the status quo of Jerusalem's holy sites is "unacceptable," the White House said Tuesday, after a visit by a far-right Israeli minister to the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, holy to both Jews and Muslims.
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Pool Of Siloam To Be Excavated And Opened To Public: Why It Is A Big Deal
The Pool of Siloam is situated in the southern portion of the City of David and within the area of the Jerusalem Walls National Park.
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31 Injured As Palestinians Clash With Israel Police In Jerusalem
At least 31 Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli police at Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem on Friday, Palestinian medics said, the latest outbreak in a recent upsurge of violence at a site revered by Muslims and Jews alike.
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In Christian-Majority Nagaland, Jerusalem Dreams On Offer Ahead Of Polls
In Nagaland, where nine out of 10 people are Christian, political parties are racing to offer the devout a sop they can't refuse. The Congress has already gone and done it in its manifesto on Monday. The BJP suggested the idea in a recent vision document and is likely to make a better offer tomorrow when it is set for release.
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Kolkata Could Be An Example For Those Locked In A Tussle Over Jerusalem
When India voted in the UN against the US decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital, it could have cited Kolkata as an example to follow. In this city, synagogues where Jews worship are maintained by Muslim caretakers - the same two communities bitterly divided over Jerusalem and more.
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Israel Revives East Jerusalem Settler Homes Plan: NGO
Jerusalem municipality on Wednesday revived plans to build 500 new homes for Jewish settlers in the Israeli-annexed east, an NGO said, a first since the US presidential election.
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Jews Expelled From Jerusalem Site On Mourning Day
Hundreds of Jews visited Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Tisha B'av, a religious day of mourning, with several expelled for praying, a right restricted to Muslims, police said on Sunday.
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Iran Guard Simulates Capture of Al Aqsa Mosque
Iranian media are reporting that thousands of paramilitary forces from the country's powerful Revolutionary Guard have held a war game simulating the capture of Jerusalem's Al Aqsa Mosque from Israeli control.
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Jordan Proposes TV Cameras to Defuse Jerusalem Tensions: John Kerry
US Secretary of State John Kerry today sketched out steps, including Israeli-Jordanian video surveillance, he hopes may ease tensions over a Jerusalem site holy to Muslims and Jews, after weeks of violence in which dozens have died.
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Al-Aqsa Takes Centre Stage in Israel-Palestinian Unrest
Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound, sacred to both Muslims and Jews, is at the heart of diplomatic efforts to defuse more than three weeks of Palestinian-Israeli violence.
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Unrest Worsens Fear, Suspicion Among Jews and Arab Israelis
A restaurant offering discounts to Jews and Arabs who share hummus and other such gestures have been portrayed as signs of hope but in reality, fear and anger dominate amid weeks of Israeli-Palestinian unrest.
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Benjamin Netanyahu Under Fire Over Claim Palestinian Inspired Holocaust
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stirred controversy by suggesting the then head of the Muslim community in Jerusalem gave Hitler the idea to exterminate Jews -- a claim historians say is inaccurate.
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Draft Arab UNESCO Resolution on Al-Aqsa Compound Draws Israel Ire
A group of Arab states has angered Israel by submitting a draft resolution to the UN cultural body stating that Jerusalem's Western Wall -- the holiest site at which Jews can pray -- is an "integral part" of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound.
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Massive Protest Rocks Israel As Ultra-Orthodox Jews Oppose Military Draft
Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men, dressed in black, rallied in Jerusalem on Thursday to protest against military conscription, an issue that has caused major strain in Israel's right-wing ruling coalition.
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3 People Arrested By Israeli Forces After 4 Killed In West Bank Shooting
Israeli forces arrested three people Wednesday in a Palestinian village which the military said was home to assailants who killed four Jews near a settlement in the occupied West Bank.
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US Warns Israel Against Change In Status Of Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque
Any change in the status quo of Jerusalem's holy sites is "unacceptable," the White House said Tuesday, after a visit by a far-right Israeli minister to the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, holy to both Jews and Muslims.
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Pool Of Siloam To Be Excavated And Opened To Public: Why It Is A Big Deal
The Pool of Siloam is situated in the southern portion of the City of David and within the area of the Jerusalem Walls National Park.
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31 Injured As Palestinians Clash With Israel Police In Jerusalem
At least 31 Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli police at Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem on Friday, Palestinian medics said, the latest outbreak in a recent upsurge of violence at a site revered by Muslims and Jews alike.
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In Christian-Majority Nagaland, Jerusalem Dreams On Offer Ahead Of Polls
In Nagaland, where nine out of 10 people are Christian, political parties are racing to offer the devout a sop they can't refuse. The Congress has already gone and done it in its manifesto on Monday. The BJP suggested the idea in a recent vision document and is likely to make a better offer tomorrow when it is set for release.
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Kolkata Could Be An Example For Those Locked In A Tussle Over Jerusalem
When India voted in the UN against the US decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital, it could have cited Kolkata as an example to follow. In this city, synagogues where Jews worship are maintained by Muslim caretakers - the same two communities bitterly divided over Jerusalem and more.
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Israel Revives East Jerusalem Settler Homes Plan: NGO
Jerusalem municipality on Wednesday revived plans to build 500 new homes for Jewish settlers in the Israeli-annexed east, an NGO said, a first since the US presidential election.
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Jews Expelled From Jerusalem Site On Mourning Day
Hundreds of Jews visited Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Tisha B'av, a religious day of mourning, with several expelled for praying, a right restricted to Muslims, police said on Sunday.
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Iran Guard Simulates Capture of Al Aqsa Mosque
Iranian media are reporting that thousands of paramilitary forces from the country's powerful Revolutionary Guard have held a war game simulating the capture of Jerusalem's Al Aqsa Mosque from Israeli control.
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Jordan Proposes TV Cameras to Defuse Jerusalem Tensions: John Kerry
US Secretary of State John Kerry today sketched out steps, including Israeli-Jordanian video surveillance, he hopes may ease tensions over a Jerusalem site holy to Muslims and Jews, after weeks of violence in which dozens have died.
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Al-Aqsa Takes Centre Stage in Israel-Palestinian Unrest
Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound, sacred to both Muslims and Jews, is at the heart of diplomatic efforts to defuse more than three weeks of Palestinian-Israeli violence.
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Unrest Worsens Fear, Suspicion Among Jews and Arab Israelis
A restaurant offering discounts to Jews and Arabs who share hummus and other such gestures have been portrayed as signs of hope but in reality, fear and anger dominate amid weeks of Israeli-Palestinian unrest.
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Benjamin Netanyahu Under Fire Over Claim Palestinian Inspired Holocaust
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stirred controversy by suggesting the then head of the Muslim community in Jerusalem gave Hitler the idea to exterminate Jews -- a claim historians say is inaccurate.
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Draft Arab UNESCO Resolution on Al-Aqsa Compound Draws Israel Ire
A group of Arab states has angered Israel by submitting a draft resolution to the UN cultural body stating that Jerusalem's Western Wall -- the holiest site at which Jews can pray -- is an "integral part" of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound.
