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1:02pm, 1st April, 2019

Bolsonaro visits Western Wall, Palestinians angry at Jerusalem mission

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, accompanied by Israel's prime minister, visited Jerusalem's Western Wall on Monday as the Palestinians considered recalling their ambassador in Brasilia over a new trade mission to Israel in the holy city...

Palestinians consider recalling envoy over Brazil's Jerusalem trade mission

10:59am, 1st April, 2019

World

Palestinians consider recalling envoy over Brazil's Jerusalem trade mission

The Palestinian ambassador to Brazil said on Monday he may be recalled home after right-wing Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's new government said it will open a trade mission to Israel in Jerusalem.

Brazil opens Israel trade mission in Jerusalem, short of full embassy move

11:16am, 31st March, 2019

World

Brazil opens Israel trade mission in Jerusalem, short of full embassy move

Brazil opened a new trade mission to Israel in Jerusalem on Sunday, appearing to edge back from earlier signals it would follow the United States by moving its full embassy to the contested city.

U.S. Palestinian mission in Jerusalem to merge with Israel embassy on Monday

8:23pm, 3rd March, 2019

World

U.S. Palestinian mission in Jerusalem to merge with Israel embassy on Monday

The U.S. consulate in Jerusalem, which serves Palestinians, will be absorbed into the new U.S. Embassy to Israel on Monday, the State Department said, a planned merger that has angered Palestinian leadership.

Israel releases Muslim cleric arrested after Jerusalem holy site unrest

11:06am, 24th February, 2019

World

Israel releases Muslim cleric arrested after Jerusalem holy site unrest

Israeli police on Sunday arrested and later released a senior Muslim cleric who helps administrate a sacred compound in the Old City, two days after he re-opened a mosque sealed by Israel during a Palestinian uprising in 2003.

Prayers at Jerusalem mosque end peacefully after days of tension

8:32am, 22nd February, 2019

World

Prayers at Jerusalem mosque end peacefully after days of tension

Prayers at the compound of Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque passed off peacefully on Friday despite a week of tension over access to a corner of the compound.

Palestinian president urges Trump to rescind Jerusalem, aid decisions

12:27pm, 27th September, 2018

World

Palestinian president urges Trump to rescind Jerusalem, aid decisions

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday called on the United States to reverse its recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital and cuts in aid to the Palestinians, saying these had undermined the two-state solution to the conflict.

Tens of thousands at Jerusalem's Western Wall for priestly blessing

7:35am, 26th September, 2018

World

Tens of thousands at Jerusalem's Western Wall for priestly blessing

Tens of thousands of worshippers packed Jerusalem's Western Wall plaza on Wednesday to receive a blessing from members of Judaism's priestly caste.

Trump axes $25 million in aid for Palestinians in East Jerusalem hospitals

12:01pm, 8th September, 2018

Politics

Trump axes $25 million in aid for Palestinians in East Jerusalem hospitals

President Donald Trump has ordered that $25 million earmarked for the care of Palestinians in East Jerusalem hospitals be directed elsewhere as part of a review of American aid, a U.S. State Department official said on Saturday.