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The Latest Breaking News from Jerusalem

Jerusalem Is Set To Become Israel’s First City Of A Million People

A total of 984,500 people call the capital home now.

Zenger

2,000-year-old Receipt On Stone Tablet Uncovered On Pilgrimage Road In Jerusalem

The inscription found in the City of David dates from the end of the Second Temple period.

Zenger

Factbox: What is 'Jerusalem Day' and why is it an Israeli-Palestinian flashpoint?

Israeli nationalists marking the 1967 capture of East Jerusalem were to march through the Muslim quarter of the Old City on Thursday in an annual parade that Palestinians see as a provocation.

Reuters

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Israel deploys heavy police presence for annual flag march through Jerusalem

Israel deployed over 2,000 police on Thursday for a march by flag-waving Jewish nationalists through the main Palestinian thoroughfare in Jerusalem’s Old City, a contentious event that comes as tensions are already running high.

France 24

Israel shuts down Palestinian life in Jerusalem for ‘flag march’

Palestinian life in the Old City comes to a halt ahead of provocative Israeli march celebrating illegal 1967 occupation.

Al Jazeera

Palestinian PM denounces Israeli flag march as ‘absurd’

Palestinian officials say the annual Israeli parade in occupied East Jerusalem attempts to establish a false reality.

Al Jazeera

Palestinians brace as far-right Israelis march in East Jerusalem

Security beefed up as thousands of Israeli nationalists participate in the march amid fears of violence.

Al Jazeera

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Israel's 'Flag March' in Jerusalem rattles Palestinians

Tens of thousands of Israeli nationalists marched through the Muslim quarter of Jerusalem's walled Old City under heavy security on Thursday in an annual event that drew condemnation from Palestinians.

Reuters

Israel deploys heavy police presence ahead of contentious Jerusalem march

Israel is deploying over 2,000 police for a parade by flag-waving Jewish nationalists through the main Palestinian thoroughfare in Jerusalem’s Old City

The Independent UK

Before Flag Day, Hamas warns tensions turning more religious

Hamas says current Israeli leadership is turning the conflict into a religious one that is more difficult to resolve.

Al Jazeera

Hamas calls on Palestinians to confront Israeli victory parade in Jerusalem

Gaza's ruling Hamas militant group is calling on Palestinians to confront a flag-waving parade planned by Jewish nationalists through the main Palestinian thoroughfare in Jerusalem’s Old City

The Independent UK

‘Our Two Cities Have A Lot In Common,’ Says San Francisco Mayor On Visit To Haifa

London Breed spent five days in Israel to mark the 50th anniversary of San Francisco’s and Haifa’s “sister city” relationship.

Zenger

What is ‘flag day’ in Jerusalem and why is it so controversial?

Thousands of young Orthodox Jewish men are expected to provocatively parade through the Old City’s Muslim Quarter.

Al Jazeera

US religious freedom report notes attack on Abu Akleh funeral

US report describes details of assault by Israeli forces on the funeral of slain Al Jazeera journalist in Jerusalem.

Al Jazeera

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Recovering from Gaza fighting, Palestinians mark 1948 Nakba

In 1948, Intisar Muhana's family fled al-Masmiyya village, northeast of Gaza during the war which accompanied the creation of Israel. Last week, she lost her home again when it was destroyed during Israeli airstrikes.

Al Jazeera

The photo archive bringing pre-Nakba Jerusalem alive

Mona Hajjar Halaby’s British Mandate Jerusalemites photo library on Facebook captures often ignored history.

ABC News

Israel, Islamic Jihad reach Egyptian-brokered cease-fire to end five days of fighting

Israel and the Islamic Jihad militant group in the Gaza Strip agree to an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire, ending five days of intense fighting that killed 33 Palestinians and two people in Israel.

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Israel and Islamic Jihad reach cease-fire to end 5 days of fighting

A fragile cease-fire between Israeli forces and militants in the Gaza Strip appeared to be holding Sunday after a five-day clash that killed 33 Palestinians and two people in Israel.

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Israel and Islamic Jihad reach cease-fire to end five days of fighting

Israel and the Islamic Jihad militant group in the Gaza Strip agreed to an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire late Saturday, ending five days of intense fighting that left 33 Palestinians, including at least 13 civilians, dead. Two people in Israel were killed by rocket fire.

ABC News

Palestinian militants fire more rockets, as Israeli air strikes hit Gaza despite cease-fire efforts

Hopes of a truce between Israel and Palestinian militants after four days of fighting are dashed after a series of Israeli air strikes on Gaza kill a sixth senior member of Islamic Jihad and rockets are fired towards Jerusalem.

Evening Standard

Israeli strikes hit Gaza as Palestinian militants fire rockets towards Jerusalem

A Palestinian armed group fired rockets towards Jerusalem as fighting escalated

Zenger

Arabs In Eastern Jerusalem Torch Bus That Took Wrong Turn

Bus torched in eastern Jerusalem after its driver accidentally entered the scene of a confrontation between IDF and Arab rioters

Reuters

Gaza cancer patients miss treatment as Israel border shut amid fighting

Gaza resident Dina El-Dhani was due to meet her oncologist this week at a hospital in Jerusalem but she has been unable to cross into Israel since the border was closed amid heavy fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants.

Zenger

Brown University Project Is Digitizing 10,000 Ancient Israel Inscriptions

A 1,500 to 2,100-year-old Hebrew

The Independent UK

Israeli security agency defends use of threatening messages

Israel’s Shin Bet internal security agency is defending its use of a surveillance tool that was used to send threatening text messages to Palestinian protesters at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site two years ago

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