Palestinian protesters reportedly fired flares and hurled stones at Israeli troops in the Old City in Jerusalem amid violent protests in the West Bank.
Three Arab teenagers from eastern Jerusalem were arrested on suspicion that they attacked a haredi Orthodox Jewish man.
“No Shopping!” guide Nadav Kersh admonished his charges as they entered the crowded Old City of Jerusalem. “I mean it. No shopping! It’s just too easy to get lost here.”
Israeli police reportedly pushed back rioters on the Temple Mount.
Three suicide car bombs and a mortar barrage ripped through a government-controlled district of central Aleppo housing a military officers\’ club on Wednesday, killing 48 people according to activists.
Police dispersed Muslim rioters on the Temple Mount who apparently had been spurred by reports that Jewish extremists planned to enter the site.
Israel on Monday closed a footbridge it deemed unsafe at Jerusalem\’s holiest and most volatile religious site after fears that demolition of the structure, used mainly by non-Muslim tourists, could spark Arab anger.
The U.S. Consulate General has banned its personnel from visiting the Old City of Jerusalem due to fears of violence.
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The Eastern Europe-Israel Pilgrimage, sponsored by the Conservative movement\’s United Synagogue Youth.
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