Turkey Hosts Meeting of Pan-Islamic Group Over Jerusalem Tensions
Turkey on Tuesday hosted a meeting of the main grouping of the world's Muslim nations to discuss the crisis that ...
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Israelis Gather In Jerusalem’s Old City After Weeks of Tension
Thousands of Jews attended prayers at the Western Wall in Jerusalem to observe the start of the Tisha B'av fasting ...
Arab League Chief Says Israel Risks Igniting ‘religious War’
The head of the Arab League warned Thursday that Israeli attempts to control highly sensitive religious sites in Jerusalem by ...
Israel Removes Jerusalem Flashpoint Security Apparatus
Muslim leaders have lifted a boycott of a key holy site in East Jerusalem after Israel removed the last of ...
Abbas Backs Call For Palestinians To Return To Al-Aqsa
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas backed calls for worshippers to return to Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque on Thursday after Israeli authorities removed ...
White House Hails Israel For Removing Holy Site Metal Detectors
The White House welcomed Israel's decision to remove metal detectors from a highly sensitive Jerusalem holy site on Tuesday after ...
Erdogan Urges All Muslims To ‘visit’ and ‘protect’ Jerusalem
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday urged all Muslims to visit and protect Jerusalem after violence broke out over ...
Israel Removes Metal Detectors From Jerusalem Holy Site
Israel removed metal detectors from a highly sensitive Jerusalem holy site before dawn on Tuesday and said they would no ...
Jerusalem Holy Site Crisis
Eight people have been killed in a weekend of violence following new Israeli security measures at an ultra-sensitive Jerusalem holy ...
Thousands Protest In Amman Over Israeli Measures In Jerusalem
Thousands of protesters took to the streets of the Jordanian capital on Friday to condemn Israel's latest security measures at ...
Muslims Heed Calls To Avoid Holy Site Over Israeli Security Measures
Muslims heeded calls Monday not to enter a Jerusalem holy site and protested outside after Israeli authorities installed metal detectors ...
Jerusalem’s Flashpoint Holy Site
The Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem reopened Sunday after being closed following a deadly attack, but Muslims were refusing to ...
Israel Reopens Sensitive Holy Site, But Muslims Refuse To Enter
Israel reopened an ultra-sensitive holy site Sunday closed after an attack that killed two policemen, but Muslim worshippers were refusing ...
Israel Reopens Sensitive Jerusalem Holy Site Closed After Attack
Israel reopened an ultra-sensitive holy site Sunday closed after an attack that killed two policemen, but Muslim worshippers were refusing ...
Security Tight, Holy Site Shut After Jerusalem Attack
Security forces locked down parts of Jerusalem's Old City on Saturday and an ultra-sensitive holy site remained closed after an ...
Three Attackers Shoot At Police In Jerusalem Before Being Killed
Three assailants opened fire on Israeli police in Jerusalem's Old City on Friday before fleeing to a nearby highly sensitive ...
Three Attackers Shoot At Police Jerusalem Before Being Killed
Three assailants opened fire on Israeli police in Jerusalem's Old City on Friday before fleeing to a nearby highly sensitive ...
Jerusalem, So Close, Still Out of Reach For Many Palestinians
He lives only a 20-minute drive from Jerusalem but for Palestinian Abu Bashir the city and its sacred sites might ...
Israelis Mark 50 Years Since Capture of Jerusalem’s Old City
Thousands of Israelis marched through east Jerusalem´s Old City on Wednesday to commemorate 50 years since the Jewish state seized ...
Jewish Hardliners Ejected From Jerusalem Mosque Compound
A group of hardline activists were removed from the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound in east Jerusalem on Wednesday after violating ...