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Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men clash with Israeli police during a protest in Jerusalem on September 17, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 18, 2017, 8:39 am
Officials to look into police violence after clash with ultra-Orthodox
Public security minister says it seems cops used excessive force in breaking up protest, calls pictures 'shocking'
By Stuart Winer and TOI staff
Ultra-Orthodox protesters demonstrating in Jerusalem against a court ruling that rejected legislation deferring mandatory conscription into the Israel Defense Forces, September 17, 2017. (Israel Police)
September 17, 2017, 6:39 pm
Violent clashes as hundreds of ultra-Orthodox rally against IDF draft
8 protesters arrested after clashing with police, blocking roads; video footage shows police throwing demonstrators to the ground, punching and kicking them
By Raoul Wootliff and AFP
Illustrative photo of an Israel Police vehicle, August 4, 2017. (Roy Alima/Flash90)
September 17, 2017, 5:58 pm
7 arrested for planning mob hit on Jerusalem resident
Police say criminal underworld suspects installed video camera to track movements of their intended target
By Stuart Winer
Israeli police officers clash with ultra-Orthodox Jews during an operation to arrest the attackers of soldiers at the Mea Shearim in Jerusalem on June 4, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 15, 2017, 5:06 pm
Ultra-Orthodox soldier attacked in Jerusalem neighborhood
Haredi men yell slogans against the IDF and throw rocks at store front before police rescue soldier
By TOI staff
Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III (C) leads the Palm Sunday Easter procession at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City on April 9, 2017. (AFP Photo/Gali Tibbon)
September 9, 2017, 6:40 pm
Palestinians call for ouster of Greek Orthodox patriarch
Demonstrators protest outside of patriarchate in Jerusalem over sale of church land in city to anonymous investors
By AP and Sue Surkes
Conductor of the Jerusalem Orchestra East West, Tom Cohen, and singer Nasreen Qadri, at a rehearsal for the Kulna concert in Jerusalem. (Gil Rouvio/Mekudeshet)
September 6, 2017, 10:15 am
Jerusalem concert and art show imagines a different kind of Middle East
'Kulna,' scheduled for Thursday, looks to bring together capital's residents with blend of material from Israel and the Arab world
By Luke Tress
Remake of iconic "Visit Palestine" poster shows Jesus, Joseph and Mary blocked from Jerusalem by Israel's security barrier. (Judah Ari Gross / Times of Israel)
September 6, 2017, 1:08 am
Jesus heads to J’lem, but is blocked by wall, in revised iconic poster
Originally designed in 1930s to bolster Jewish tourism to Holy Land, ‘Visit Palestine’ image has become symbol of Palestinian nationalism
By Dov Lieber
Hamdi and Maria Aman smile in their home in the Beit Safafa neighborhood of Jerusalem on August 23, 2017. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)
September 4, 2017, 6:49 am
Gazan girl paralyzed by Israeli airstrike lives and paints in Jerusalem
Maria Aman lost four family members in the 2006 bombing that left her in a wheelchair; now she depends on her father and brother, who are battling for permanent residency status
By Judah Ari Gross
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres places a wreath during a ceremony at the Hall of Remembrance in the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, August 28, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 28, 2017, 10:44 pm
UN head, in Israel, slams Trump for tepid Charlottesville response
In TV interview, Guterres says Jerusalem is a holy place for all three religions equally, thinks Israel sometimes overreacts to criticism
By David Sedley
Illustrative: A family enjoys a picnic in the grass, near the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Abu Tur on April 8, 2016. (Corinna Kern/FLASH90)
August 28, 2017, 12:53 pm
Surge of East Jerusalemites getting citizenship still leaves lion’s share in limbo
More Palestinians in Jerusalem became Israeli in 2017 than in the last 3 years combined, but a massive backlog remains; Supreme Court has ordered the Interior Ministry to explain why process takes so long
By Dov Lieber
View of empty houses at the Arab village of Lifta, on January 10, 2016. (Lior Mizrahi/Flash90)
August 23, 2017, 5:51 pm
Jerusalem freezes plan to build luxury villas on ancient village
Opponents of construction in Lifta say theirs is only a temporary victory, as city hall is keen to push plan forward
By Dov Lieber
August 23, 2017, 2:49 pm
Jerusalem: A library-poor city
Why does the capital city of the People of the Book have few options for kids to take summer refuge in the stacks?
By Julie Rosenzweig
A screen shot taken of Hamas's official website on August 21, 2016. The graphic shows the al Aqsa Mosque on fire due to a 1969 arson attack. The photo reads: "Our Aqsa, we shall not forget." (Courtesy: Hamas website.)
August 22, 2017, 11:07 pm
PA, Hamas rehash lie that Jews planned 1969 burning of Al-Aqsa Mosque
Palestinian leaders link 48-year-old arson by mentally-ill Christian tourist to recent conflict on Temple Mount
By Dov Lieber
A library full of books, similar to Bashaer Othman's vision for Allar's library (photo credit: Flash90)
August 22, 2017, 12:39 pm
Jerusalem: A library-poor city
A petition was recently launched by residents of a Jerusalem neighborhood with no municipal library branch whose population – mainly young families – is now approaching 30,000 people
By Julie Rosenzweig
Illustrative photo of an Israel Police vehicle, August 4, 2017. (Roy Alima/Flash90)
August 21, 2017, 12:47 pm
Mother arrested on suspicion of abusing daughter, 3
Hospital alerts police after child is brought in with injuries; woman's partner also detained
By Stuart Winer
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