Pulling out - in Jerusalem, too
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On the Friday when the late Palestinian Authority chairman Yasser Arafat was buried in the courtyard of the Muqata, the media reported that because of the fear of riots, the Israeli government had decided to close the Temple Mount mosques to residents of
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The second Palestinian intifada or uprising broke out at the end of September 2000 and is named after the Jerusalem mosque complex where the violence began.
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JERUSALEM Almost at the very moment that the Jordanian helicopter took off, lifting Yasser Arafat away from his prolonged siege in Ramallah, the heavens opened with a downpour.
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JERUSALEM Aug. 30, 2004 - Israel has proposed leaving a Gaza settlement intact to be used as a hospital after an Israeli pullout, and wants to sell an industrial zone on the edge of the coastal strip to international bodies, Israeli officials said.
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Muslim prayers at Jerusalem's holiest site end peacefully as thousands of police are deployed.
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The town where Jesus was born is being turned into a &quot;big prison&quot; by the separation fence, the heads of churches in the Holy Land said in a pre-Christmas message yesterday.
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JERUSALEM Israeli security officials say the nation is preparing to hand over security in the northern Gaza Strip to Palestinians well before Israel withdraws from the area in mid-2005.
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JERUSALEM, September 2.âThe Israeli occupation forces destroyed a mosque and two housing blocks today, leaving hundreds of Palestinian homeless and wounding various others, during an intense Nazi-style operation in Khan Yunes, in the south of the Gaza
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Yasser Arafat&#39;s illness and his departure from the West Bank presents a blessing and a curse for Israelis and Palestinians alike.
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JERUSALEM -- Anger over Israeli construction to repair a damaged ramp near a disputed Jerusalem holy site erupted into violence yesterday as police used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse thousands of rioting Muslims.
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Building a housing complex or a road in the Holy Land can often have grave implications.
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Thousands of Jewish settlers and their supporters have staged a big protest in Jerusalem over plans to force them to leave Gaza and parts of the West Bank.
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Hundreds of cheering gay activists marched through downtown Jerusalem on Thursday, while ultra-Orthodox Jews held a counterdemonstration across the city, burning tires and chanting psalms.
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In a historic session, Israel&#39;s parliament on Tuesday approved a withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank. The vote marked the first time the parliament, known as the Knesset
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In Cairo, once thought to be fairly safe, many consider fleeing again - to Israel.
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JERUSALEM Dec 30, 2004 - Israel should withdraw from more of the West Bank after a small-scale pullback set for 2005, Israel&#39;s vice premier said in an interview published Thursday one of the first indications of Israel&#39;s long-term intentions.
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Take a run down the four-mile stretch of road that leads from Jerusalem to Maleh Adumim, which, with its 31,000 residents, is the West Bank&#39;s largest settlement.