Work starts near Jerusalem shrine
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Work begins on an ancient mound near Jerusalem's holiest site, a move expected to raise tensions.
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Israel's security minister warns a sacred site in Jerusalem will collapse unless the number of Muslim pilgrims is limited.
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Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli police in Jerusalem over building work being done at disputed holy site.
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Palestinians are preparing to bury leader Yasser Arafat in the spruced up grounds of his battered West Bank headquarters on the soil of his beloved Jerusalem.
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The site of an Israeli archaeological dig that has sparked angry Muslim reaction worldwide contains what could be a Muslim prayer room, an Israeli archaeologist said Sunday.
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Jewish leaders are to join Polish dignitaries for the start of work on a museum in the former Warsaw Ghetto.
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ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia  - Muslim pilgrims poured onto the plain of Arafat east of Mecca on Tuesday as the sun rose over the rocky hills for the day marking the climax of the annual haj pilgrimage.
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JERUSALEM -- Israel activated webcams yesterday at the site of a controversial building project in Jerusalem's Old City as part of an effort to refute accusations by Muslims that the work is threatening the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
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Political sources in Israel say the state has begun building housing units in the Gilo settlement outside Jerusalem. A leading newspaper has confirmed the decision and reports that a new plan will allow the
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JERUSALEM -- Hoping to quell days of Muslim protests, Jerusalem's ultra-Orthodox Jewish mayor yesterday ordered a review of construction outside a holy site at the heart of the Arab-Israeli conflict, a spokesman said.
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JERUSALEMâA vigil appeared to be building around ailing Yasser Arafat early today at his besieged compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
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In the space of one day, a small archaeological dig in Jerusalem's Old City became a rallying call aimed at uniting Palestinians against Israel.
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Israeli excavation work on Tuesday near an entrance to a compound in Jerusalem that houses the al-Aqsa mosque drew Palestinian protests and Israeli assurances the dig would not harm Islam's third holiest shrine.
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Israel's cabinet decided on Sunday to press ahead with archaeological digging outside Jerusalem's most contentious religious site despite Arab protests, a government official said.
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A team of experts from UNESCO toured on Wednesday an Israeli archaeological excavation that Muslims fear could damage Islam's holiest site in Jerusalem.
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Hundreds of Palestinians were trying to reach a key Islamic shrine in Jerusalem on the first Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
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Israelis and Palestinians demonstrated Tuesday in protest of Israel's construction repairs at the Temple Mount site in Jerusalem, sacred to Muslims and Jews.