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NEWS ABOUT: Jerusalem

Jerusalem stories: 48 news summaries

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Israel Signals Willingness to Split Jerusalem

Jordan would assume control in exchange for truce with Palestinians

Oct 8, 07 4:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Israel appears willing to consider splitting Jerusalem to achieve peace with the Palestinians, ahead of a critical November summit in Annapolis, Md. A deputy PM said almost “all Palestinian neighborhoods would be transferred.” The Jewish state reportedly has also considered transferring the city’s holiest site—already partly... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Israel • Jordan • Palestine • Jerusalem • Israel and Palestinians • Annapolis • Temple Mount • Dome of the Rock

Israel to Release 87
Fatah Prisoners

Fatah supporters to be freed in bid to shore up moderate faction

Oct 1, 07 8:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Israel will free 87 Palestinian prisoners today despite unspecific "technical reasons" that held up their release after they donned civilian clothes and were about to board a bus for home. Most of the prisoners are Fatah supporters, and their freedom is a bid by Israel to shore up the... More »

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Israel • Palestine • Hamas • Fatah • Jerusalem

Ancient Israeli Tunnel Found

Israeli archaeologists uncover tunnel Jews used to escape ancient Romans

Sep 11, 07 2:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - While searching for the ancient main road of Jerusalem, Israeli archaeologists stumbled upon a 2,000-year-old tunnel that residents used to escape Roman invaders destroying the Second Temple. The tunnel was originally used to drain rain water and prevent flooding, and its discovery is doubly significant, the AP reports, because... More »

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Israel • Jews • Jerusalem • Rome • Second Temple • Romans • Near East • Kidron River • Dead Sea • tunnel • channel • discovery

Israel Delays Prisoner Release

Negotiations dragged out

Sep 10, 07 7:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Israel is unlikely to release up to 100 prisoners scheduled for release, Yediot Aharonot reports. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas are in meetings today in advance of a summit in Washington. Israel normally releases some non-violent prisoners as a goodwill gesture at Ramadan, but officials say... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Fatah • Jerusalem • Ramadan

Rice Pushes Peace Talks
With Olmert, Abbas

Takes mission to Jerusalem, West Bank

Aug 1, 07 1:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Condoleezza Rice took her diplomatic tour to Jerusalem and the West Bank today, hoping to rekindle peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian government of Mahmoud Abbas. Rice comes bearing a promise from Saudi Arabia to support the peace conference proposed by the White House for later this year, Reuters... More »

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Israel • Middle East • Saudi Arabia • Ehud Olmert • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Hamas • Condoleezza Rice • Fatah • United States • Jerusalem • West Bank

Blair Debuts as Mideast Envoy

Ex-PM the only one smiling as he tackles plan to build a viable Palestinian state

Jul 23, 07 3:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Less than a month after vacating 10 Downing, Tony Blair jumped into his new role as Mideast peace envoy today, meeting Jordanian and Israeli leaders in Jerusalem. Tomorrow he  sits down with  Palestinian PM Mahmoud Abbas, and Wednesday with Israeli PM Ehud Olmert. Blair remains upbeat in the face of... More »

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Tony Blair • Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Jerusalem • Mideast envoy

Barrier Draws Palestinians  Into Jerusalem

Wary of being cut off, thousands  are moving into East Jerusalem

Jun 4, 07 5:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Since the wall between the West Bank and Jerusalem started going up, thousands of Palestinians have moved from the former into the latter, anxious to make  sure they are not cut off from the Israeli city when the barrier is complete. Dismayed by the deteriorating conditions in the West Bank,... More »

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Israel • Palestine • migration • Jerusalem • West Bank • population • barrier

Klein: War on Terror Has Hurt Israel

Hawks in the Bush administration were pro-Israel, but the results weren't

Mar 26, 07 12:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - "As a Jew, I am embarrassed by the role that so many prominent Jews have had in empowering the enemy," Joe Klein writes in a blog from Jerusalem, noting the number of neoconservatives in the Bush  war machine who had close ties to the Israeli government. Klein says... More »

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Israel • Middle East • Lebanon • Gaza • Hamas • Jews • Hezbollah • Jerusalem • West Bank • Islamic extremists • neocon

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