West Jerusalem

Why Are 110,000 Orthodox Israelis Rioting to 'Protect' Segregated Schools?

Eileen Read | Posted 05.25.2011

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Eileen Read

It is with American ears that revere the separation of church and state that we listen in awe to extreme religious happenings in the Middle East. Som...

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West Jerusalem Tram: Palestinians Use Courts To Fight Light Rail Linking Settlements To City

AP | KARIN LAUB | Posted 05.25.2011

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JERUSALEM — Jerusalem's first light rail starts test runs this spring, with its sleek silver cars gliding across the city and promising to relie...

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Netanyahu: Jerusalem Will Not Be Divided

AP | MARK LAVIE | Posted 05.25.2011

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JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted Thursday that all of Jerusalem will always remain under Israeli sovereignty, taki...

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Account From The Set Of "Jerusalem: Center Of The World"

Ray Suarez | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ray Suarez

I have always been interested in those places where the membrane between the seen and the unseen is thin -- where human beings feel able to touch the eternal.

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Israel Under Pressure Over Divided Jerusalem

Inter Press Services | Mel Frykberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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RAMALLAH, Mar 24 (IPS) - By late Saturday afternoon hundreds of heavily armed Israeli security forces on horseback and on foot had arrested over 20 ...

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