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Changing the status quo in Jerusalem?
Jewish Journal
November 5, 2015
After more than a month of violent Palestinian attacks that have killed 11 Israelis, and the deaths of at least 75 Palestinians in both attacks and clashes with Israeli troops, Palestinians insist that Israel wants to change the “status quo” at the Jerusalem holy site that Jews call the Temple Mount, and Palestinians the Noble Sanctuary.
Israel detains former Palestinian hunger-striker
Jewish Journal
July 13, 2015
Israeli police detained a Palestinian militant leader on Monday for questioning over his travel to Jerusalem, a police spokeswoman said, a day after he was freed from prison in a deal ending an almost two-month-long hunger strike.
Jordan to send ambassador back to Israel as tensions ease
Jewish Journal
February 2, 2015
Jordan will return its ambassador to Israel, the government said on Monday, three months after withdrawing the envoy in protest at Israeli restrictions on access to Jerusalem\’s Al Aqsa mosque.
Yehuda Glick shooting reignites holy war over Temple Mount
Simone Wilson
November 4, 2014
Snaking around the top right corner of the 2,000-year-old Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City is a rickety wooden structure called the Mughrabi Bridge — an awkward tube of scaffolding that leads to the most contested holy site in the world.
Palestinian Diaspora discover their roots
Jewish Journal
July 17, 2012
The participants gather outside the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem’s old city for a group photo. They look like any group of college students visiting Jerusalem on a summer trip. The photographer counts to three. “Free Palestine!” they yell in unison, and laugh.
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