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Israeli security forces and an ambulance are seen at the scene of an attack outside Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City on June 16, 2017. (AFP/Thomas Coex)
June 17, 2017, 6:57 pm
True or not, Islamic State’s claim of Friday attack is a statement of intent
After all the defeats it has suffered on the battlefields of Iraq and Syria, it is no surprise to see jihadi terror group focusing on Jerusalem
By Avi Issacharoff
Jewish Home party leader and Education Minister Naftali Bennett speaks in response to the UN vote against Israeli settlements, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, on December 25, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
June 16, 2017, 11:35 am
Bennett wants to make it much harder to divide Jerusalem
Education minister reportedly seeks to require a two-thirds Knesset majority to hand over parts of the capital under a peace deal
By TOI staff
A posting for a job in Jerusalem, ‘State of Palestine‘ issued by the United Nations Office for Project Services, June 2017 (Courtesy)
June 12, 2017, 11:34 pm
UN ad for job in ‘Jerusalem, Palestine’ draws fire
Israel's ambassador says it's 'unacceptable' world body's resources are being 'used for anti-Israel activity'
By TOI staff
Two ultra-Orthodox men look at the stormy sea on a beach in Ashdod (photo credit: Edi Israel/Flash90)
June 10, 2017, 12:36 pm
19-year-old drowns off Ashdod coast
Resident of East Jerusalem pronounced dead by medical team; police investigating incident
By TOI staff
'Kahane was right' graffitied on a wall in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Safafa overnight in a suspected price tag attack, June 9, 2017. (Police spokesperson)
June 9, 2017, 10:10 am
Far-right vandalism suspected in Jerusalem
Tires slashed and the phrases 'price tag' and 'Kahane was right' are spray-painted in the Arab neighborhood of Beit Safafa
By TOI staff
US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley (L) attends a session entitled 'Human Rights and Democracy in Venezuela' on the sidelines of the United Nations Human Rights Council on June 6, 2017 in Geneva. (AFP/Fabrice Coffrini)
June 7, 2017, 9:30 am
Nikki Haley arrives in Israel for three-day visit
Trump's UN envoy meets with Netanyahu and Rivlin, day after threatening US withdrawal from human rights body over anti-Israel bias
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative photo of a Palestinian man looking at an anti-Israel Facebook page. April 07, 2013. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
June 6, 2017, 2:06 pm
19-year-old arrested in East Jerusalem for social media incitement
Police say young man expressed support for violence and terrorism on his Facebook and Instagram accounts
By TOI staff
Palestinian men seen leaving the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Old City of Jerusalem on May 29, 2017, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. (AFP Photo/Ahmad Gharabli)
June 4, 2017, 6:35 pm
5 Palestinians accused of planning attacks at Temple Mount
Shin Bet says suspects are members of a Hamas-linked terror group tasked with stoking violence at the Jerusalem holy site
By TOI staff
Palestinian Muslim worshipers attend the first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan outside the Dome of the Rock at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on June 2, 2017. (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)
June 2, 2017, 2:46 pm
Jerusalem on high alert for first Friday prayers of Ramadan
Thousands of West Bank and Gaza Palestinians attend prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque; police chief vows to keep order
By AFP and TOI staff
Palestinians queue in front of the Interior Ministry branch in East Jerusalem, July 6, 2008. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)
June 2, 2017, 2:35 am
Reality drags more East Jerusalem Arabs toward quiet Israeli citizenship
Stigmatized by Palestinians as capitulation to Israeli rule, an Israeli passport eases travel, work and assures residence in capital
By Shatha YAISH
File - In this June 7, 1967. file photo, Israeli troops enter Gaza City in the Gaza Strip during the Six-Day War. (AP Photo, File)
From the WebMay 31, 2017, 11:48 pm
Israeli documents from days after 1967 war have familiar ring 50 years on
Immediately following Six Day War, officials in Israel began to debate future of West Bank, permissibility of settlements
A knife found in the bag of a 17-year-old Palestinian girl in Hebron, May 30, 2017 (Israel Police)
May 30, 2017, 6:27 pm
Border Police say they thwarted Hebron stabbing
Security forces capture 17-year-old female with large kitchen knife near Tomb of the Patriarchs
By TOI staff
Firebomb ingredients discovered in a backpack owned by two East Jerusalem teenagers who were arrested in the Jabel Mukaber neighborhood of the capital in May 2017. (Israel Police)
May 30, 2017, 10:02 am
Police nab East Jerusalem teens with bag of firebomb ingredients
Gasoline, bottles, funnel, cloth found in backpack of Jabel Mukaber residents who said they planned to attack cops
By Judah Ari Gross
Young Arab girls seen studying during a lesson in the newly opened elementary school in the Arab neighborhood of Umm Tuba, in East Jerusalem in December 2011. (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
May 25, 2017, 11:57 pm
Cabinet to discuss $50 million improvement plan for East Jerusalem
Priorities to include investments in education, improved sewage infrastructure and more efficient trash removal
By Sue Surkes
Arabs and Jews buy school supplies at a store in downtown Jerusalem, August 26, 2013. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 25, 2017, 1:05 pm
What’ll we do with the next 50 years?
Willful neglect in east Jerusalem has divided the city, but it has also increased Jewish-Arab contact
By Marik Shtern
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