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Analysis-Jerusalem clashes raise fears of wider conflict

One year after events in Jerusalem led to war in Gaza, clashes during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan are raising fears of renewed Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with leaders on both sides warning of possible escalation.

Reuters · Apr 15, 2022

Palestinians clash with Israeli police at Jerusalem holy site, 152 injured

At least 152 Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli riot police inside Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Friday, the latest outbreak in a recent upsurge of violence that has raised fears of a slide back to wider conflict.

Reuters · Apr 15, 2022

Jerusalem’s Christian Churches Resist Israeli Settlers

Churches in Jerusalem are up in arms against Jewish "radicals" who are settling in the Christian Quarter and threatening a fragile religious balance in the ancient Holy City. "We have a major problem here," said Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilus III in Jerusalem's Old City, which is split into historic Jewish,…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 14, 2022

Nine Quarters of Jerusalem by Matthew Teller review – a new map of a contested city

The journalist and documentary-maker draws on interviews and millennia of history to challenge traditional models of Jerusalem’s Old City

The Guardian - UK · Mar 6, 2022

Israeli Authority Backs Down from Mount of Olives Park Plan

Israel’s Nature and Parks Authority on Monday said it was backing down from a contentious plan to encompass Christian holy sites on Jerusalem’s Mount of Olives in a national park following vociferous outcry from major churches. The Mount of Olives in east Jerusalem rises above Jerusalem’s Old City and its…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 21, 2022