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Masked Palestinians throw stones at Israeli policemen in Jerusalem's Old City, near the Lion Gate, as part of ongoing violent clashes, Oct. 25, 2009.
Masked Palestinians throw stones at Israeli policemen in Jerusalem's Old City, near the Lion Gate, as part of ongoing violent clashes, Oct. 25, 2009. (Yossi Zamir / Flash90 / JTA)

Battle over Jerusalem heats up as Arabs let charges fly, Jews build

By Leslie Susser · November 3, 2009

In an intensifying struggle over Jerusalem, Arab leaders are accusing Israel of trying to undermine the mosque on the Temple Mount and Israel is backing Jewish construction in eastern Jerusalem in a bid to keep the city under Israeli control. Read more »

Obama’s Nobel, Israel’s problem?

By Leslie Susser · October 12, 2009

Israel is worried about the Obama administration being sucked into a seemingly aimless dialogue with Iran -- and new pressure from the Nobel Peace Prize winner on concessions to the Palestinians. Read more »

West Bank construction task force approved

October 20, 2009

Israel will appoint a task force to issue building permits in the West Bank. Read more »

Spanish prime minister visits Israel

October 16, 2009

Spain’s prime minister visited Israel and the West Bank and received a medal from the Palestinian Authority president. Read more »

Photos and Videos

Israeli children play baseball, a game becoming increasingly popular in their country, on JNF fields. (JNF) Masked Palestinians throw stones at Israeli policemen in Jerusalem's Old City, near the Lion Gate, as part of ongoing violent clashes, Oct. 25, 2009. (Yossi Zamir / Flash90 / JTA) Yaakov "Jack" Teitel sits in an Israeli police vehicle after being arrested in October 2009 for killing two Palestinians in 1997 and other attacks. (Israeli Police Handout / Flash90 / JTA) A yoetzet halachah, or Jewish legal counselor, answers a hotline for women with questions relating to Jewish laws on sex and intimacy. (Courtesy Nishmat) Richard Goldstone, left, shown meeting on June 1, 2009 with Ghazi Hamad of Hamas at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, echoes many by saying Israel can end the international inquiry into his report on the Gaza war by establishing an independent commission. (Rahim Khatib / Flash90 / JTA) Jewish Agency chairman Natan Sharansky, right, watching a slide presentation and listening to University of Bar Ilan professor Gerald Steinberg speak on the Goldstone report during a board of governors committee meeting in Jerusalem on anti-Semitism, Oct 26, 2009. (Brian Hendler) Some of the seven descendants of the ancient Jewish community of Kaifeng, China, arriving in Israel at Ben Gurion Airport, Oct. 20, 2009. The descendants, who were brought by the Shavei Israel organization, were issued one-year entry permits. (Michael Freund)

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  • Nir Birkat, Mayor-Elect of Jerusalem, introduces his civic agenda to the United Jewish Communities General Assembly on November 17, 2008.
  • Prime Minister Ehud Olmert addresses the 2008 United Jewish Communities General Assembly in Jerusalem.
  • Israeli children play baseball, a game becoming increasingly popular in their country, on JNF fields.
  • Masked Palestinians throw stones at Israeli policemen in Jerusalem's Old City, near the Lion Gate, as part of ongoing violent clashes, Oct. 25, 2009.
  • Tzipora Livni, Israel's Foreign Minister and a candidate for Prime Minister, addresses the United Jewish Communities General Assembly, discussing what it means for Israel to exist as a Jewish state.
  • Yaakov "Jack" Teitel sits in an Israeli police vehicle after being arrested in October 2009 for killing two Palestinians in 1997 and other attacks.
  • A yoetzet halachah, or Jewish legal counselor, answers a hotline for women with questions relating to Jewish laws on sex and intimacy.
  • Richard Goldstone, left, shown meeting on June 1, 2009 with Ghazi Hamad of Hamas at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, echoes many by saying Israel can end the international inquiry into his report on the Gaza war by establishing an independent commission.
  • Jewish Agency chairman Natan Sharansky, right, watching a slide presentation and listening to University of Bar Ilan professor Gerald Steinberg speak on the Goldstone report during a board of governors committee meeting in Jerusalem on anti-Semitism, Oct 26, 2009.
  • Some of the seven descendants of the ancient Jewish community of Kaifeng, China, arriving in Israel at Ben Gurion Airport, Oct. 20, 2009. The descendants, who were brought by the Shavei Israel organization, were issued one-year entry permits.
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