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Also known as: Bayt al-Muqaddas, Jerushalayim, Urusalim, Yerushalayim, al-Quds
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Jun. 8, 2023, 2:20 AM ET (AP)
Israel demolishes home of Palestinian suspect in Jerusalem attacks that killed 2
The Israeli army says it has demolished the West Bank home of a Palestinian suspected of involvement in twin bombings in Jerusalem that killed two and wounded at least 18 others in November
May 29, 2023, 11:12 AM ET (AP)
Jerusalem's redesigned Tower of David museum opens after 3-year renovation
Jerusalem’s iconic citadel has opened its revamped museum after a three-year, $50 million makeover that included a restoration of its signature minaret
May 22, 2023, 8:48 AM ET (AP)
3 Palestinian militants killed in Israeli West Bank raid; US slams latest settlement expansion
Three Palestinian militants were killed in an Israeli army raid in a West Bank refugee camp early Monday, Palestinian officials said, while the Biden administration sharply condemned Israel’s latest act of settlement expansion
May 21, 2023, 11:15 AM ET (AP)
Extremist Israeli Cabinet minister visits sensitive Jerusalem holy site
A far-right Israeli Cabinet minister visited Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site on Sunday, declaring that “we are in charge,” while the Israeli Cabinet held a rare meeting in Jerusalem’s Old City to celebrate its control of the area
May 18, 2023, 1:24 PM ET (AP)
Israeli crowds chant racist slogans, taunt Palestinians during Jerusalem march
Thousands of Jewish nationalists, some of them chanting “Death to Arabs” and other racist slogans, have paraded through the main Palestinian thoroughfare of Jerusalem’s Old City
Jerusalem, Hebrew Yerushalayim, Arabic Bayt al-Muqaddas or Al-Quds, ancient city of the Middle East that since 1967 has been wholly under the rule of the State of Israel. Long an object of veneration and conflict, the holy city of Jerusalem has been governed, both as a provincial town and a national capital, by an extended series of dynasties and states. In the early 20th century the city, along with all of historic Palestine, became the focus of the competing national aspirations of Zionists and Palestinian Arabs. This struggle often erupted in violence. The United Nations (UN) attempted to declare the ...(100 of 11472 words)