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Israel restricts access to Friday prayers in Jerusalem

Israeli police bans men under 50 from attending Friday prayers at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque, following scuffles there on Thursday.

28/07/2017

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Palestinians celebrate as barriers removed from Jerusalem holy site

Despite the scenes of joy there is uncertainty over the overall Palestinian stance on Israeli security measures.

27/07/2017

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Dozens wounded as Palestinians clash with Israeli security forces in Jerusalem

Chaotic scenes at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque as thousands of Muslims poured through the gates to pray

27/07/2017

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Muslim leaders in Jerusalem call for return to prayer at Al Aqsa mosque after Israel scales back security measures

27/07/2017

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Palestinians reject new al-Aqsa security measures

Tensions remain high in Jerusalem after Israel replaced metal detectors at the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City with CCTV cameras, hoping to calm days of bloodshed.

26/07/2017

Israel

Hamas is to remain on EU terror blacklist

Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas is to remain on the EU terrorism blacklist after Judges at the European court of Justice overruled a decision by the General Court in 2014

26/07/2017

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Palestinian leaders reject new Israeli measures at Jerusalem holy site

Thousands of Palestinians prayed outside the site on Tuesday in protest at Israel's modified security measures.

26/07/2017

Israel

Muslim boycott of mosque in Jerusalem to continue

Muslims in Jerusalem will continue the boycott of the Al Aqsa mosque despite Israel dismantling metal detectors at the entrances

25/07/2017

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Israel to remove metal detectors from holy site

Israel has said it will remove the metal detectors it placed at the entrance to a holy site in Jerusalem’s Old City.

24/07/2017

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New questions over security at Jerusalem holy site

New security cameras reportedly installed at the entrance of the Jerusalem mosque at the centre of deadly new tension between Israelis and Palestinians

23/07/2017

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West Bank: Two Palestinians killed in clashes with Israeli security forces

Two Palestinians have been killed in violence prompted by Israel's installation of metal detectors at entry points of the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem.

23/07/2017

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Brother of West Bank stabbing suspect arrested

sraeli forces have raided the home of a Palestinian accused of stabbing to death three members of an Israeli family

22/07/2017

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Six killed in violence following new Israeli security measures at Jerusalem's holiest site

Six people killed in Israeli-Palestinian violence following new Israeli security measures at Noble Sanctuary-Temple Mount compound in Jerusalem's walled Old City.

22/07/2017

Israel

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to freeze contact with Israel 'on all levels'

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has announced that the Palestinian leadership will freeze all contact with Israel, as mass protests over new Israeli security measures at the al-Aqsa compound turn deadly.

21/07/2017

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Dozens injured in clashes at al Aqsa mosque

Musims protest over Israeli security measures imposed at religious site in Jerusalem - dozens injured in clashes

19/07/2017

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Two police officers among five killed in Jerusalem shooting

14/07/2017

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Five dead in Jerusalem shooting

Two police officers have died in a shooting outside Jerusalem's holiest site. The three gunmen were killed at the scene.

14/07/2017

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Israeli army replaces llamas with robots

The last of Israeli army's llamas are to be pensioned in September off after years of active service in favour of more nimble and less complaining robots.

11/07/2017

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Israel ex-PM Ehud Olmert freed from prison

02/07/2017

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[watch] Mountain goat versus hungry wolf: who wins?

What happends when a wolf takes on a sure-footed mountain goat?

22/06/2017

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Kushner in Middle East

President Donald Trump's special adviser and son-in-law has been in Israel and the West Bank to talk peace

22/06/2017

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Ai Weiwei's ''Maybe, Maybe Not'' exhibition opens

02/06/2017

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Palestinian prisoners end hunger strike

27/05/2017

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American casino owner loads the dice against Netanyahu in testimony in corruption case

Major Republican, Trump and Netanyahu supporter Sheldon Adelson gives testimony in Israel in the hearings into corruption allegations against Benjamin Netanyahu.

25/05/2017

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Trump visits Western Wall

President Donald Trump made a historic visit to Jerusalem’s Western Wall on Monday (May 22), standing before the holiest place where Jews are permitted to pray and saying a few words before inserting

23/05/2017

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Trump to Abbas: Peace can't take root if violence is tolerated

Donald Trump and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas held a joint press conference after meeting on the last day of the US president’s visit to the Middle…

23/05/2017