Al Jazeera English
| Mar 29, 2013
Christians marking Good Friday in Jerusalem are part of an ever-shrinking minority, Al Jazeera finds. The city's Christian population has been dwindling since 1946 and has now fallen below 10,000. The believers, most of them Palestinian, say Israe...
The New York Times
| Mar 21, 2013
A heckler interrupted President Obama in a keynote speech to Israeli youth in Jerusalem. Obama urged the audience to channel their energy into debating the current state of affairs between Israel and Palestine.
Al Jazeera English
| Mar 20, 2013
US President Barack Obama has pledged unwavering support for Israel on his first visit there as US President. He also stressed the need for Middle East peace at the start of a three-day trip to the region, but didn't mention the Palestinian issue...
CNN
| Mar 10, 2013
Playboy magazine is expanding its jet-set cred by adding another international edition, this time in Israel, and it's all in Hebrew. It reads from right to left, if you happen to be looking at the articles, chortles CNN. The steamy mag m...
Press TV
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Mosaic
| Feb 4, 2013
The Israeli Army has issued house demolition orders for the the majority of homes in the Bedouin village of Jaba, on the outskirts of Jerusalem. Press TV reports the residents are continuously harassed by Israeli soldiers and settlers from a nearb...
BBC Arabic
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Mosaic
| Jan 31, 2013
The United Nations Human Rights Council issued a report in which it found Israeli settlements illegal and said that the settlers must be withdrawn. The report states that the Israeli settlements impede all aspects of life in Palestine. Al Jazeer...
BBC Arabic
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Mosaic
| Jan 17, 2013
The Israeli army has demolished an ad-hoc village called Bab Al-Shams, located near Jerusalem. Over two hundred Palestinians created the temporary village and built tents and residences to prevent Israel from building settlements on what they cons...
Press TV
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Mosaic
| Nov 20, 2012
Press TV reports that for the first time in decades, Palestinian fighters have managed to send Grad rockets deep into Israel. Tel Aviv and Jerusalem came under attack with what are claimed to be Iranian-made Fajr-5 missiles. Earlier, Hezbollah lea...
Associated Press
| Nov 20, 2012
In a bid to forestall further violence in Gaza, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is making an emergency trip to the Mideast today. She'll travel first to Jerusalem, then Ramallah and Cairo. “Any resolution has to include an end to tha...
— Mar 30, 2012 at 09:15 pm
— May 8 at 10:43 am
...the partition plan). At the time of the cease-fire that ended the 1948 War for Independence, Jordan was in control of the Old City and eastern J...
— Feb 27, 2012 at 10:10 pm
...has said Jerusalem must be freed of Israeli occupation if a lasting settlement is to reign in the Middle East. “Without the liberation of Jerusa...
Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, though not internationally recognized as such, and one of the oldest cities in the world. It is located in the Judean Mountains, between the Mediterranean Sea and the northern edge of the Dead Sea. It is Israel's largest city in both population and area, if East Jerusalem is included, with a population of 801,000 residents over an area of 125.1 km². Jerusalem is also a holy city to the three major Abrahamic religions—Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
During its long history, Jerusalem has been destroyed twice, besieged 23 times, attacked 52 times, and captured and recaptured 44 times. The oldest part of the city was settled in the 4th millennium BCE. In 1538, walls were built around Jerusalem under Suleiman the Magnificent. Today those walls define the Old City, which has been traditionally divided into four quarters—known since the early 19th century as the Armenian, Christian, Jewish, and Muslim Quarters. The Old City became a World Heritage site in 1981, and is on the List of World Heritage in Danger. Modern Jerusalem has grown far beyond its boundaries.
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