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- Fire erupts at Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Temple Mount in Old Jerusalem (VIDEOS)
One of the structures in the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem has caught fire on Monday night at the same time a massive blaze was ravaging Paris’ Notre Dame Cathedral. The fire was put out quickly with no injuries reported.Apr 16, 2019 05:04World News - Trump Tower on Temple Mount? Pompeo video tour omits mosque on holy site, includes ‘Third Temple’While Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s video tour from Jerusalem omits Muslim sites, Al-Aqsa mosque and the Dome of the Rock, it does include a model of the Third Temple some Jewish groups want in place of it.Mar 22, 2019 21:33World News
- Israeli police storm Temple Mount after firebombing (VIDEOS)Israeli police have reportedly stormed the Temple Mount compound in Jerusalem after a firebomb attack at the holy site on Tuesday.Mar 12, 2019 12:18World News
- South Africa to downgrade status of its embassy in Israel once ‘modalities’ are finalizedConcerned with Israeli treatment of Palestinians and the lack of willingness to negotiate a two-state solution, the South African President announced that he remains committed to downgrading his country’s embassy in Tel Aviv.Mar 9, 2019 02:54World News
- ‘To prison but never to the army!’ Jerusalem police crush ultra-Orthodox Jews’ protest (VIDEOS)At least 30 ultra-Orthodox Jews have been arrested after police cracked down on hundreds of Haredi men blocking the streets of Jerusalem, with some demonstrators insulting the officers by calling them Nazis. Mar 8, 2019 03:35World News
- Poles ‘suckle antisemitism with mothers’ milk’: Visegrad talks off over Israel's ‘racist’ commentsHistorical tensions have reignited as Poland pulls out of talks in Jerusalem following ‘racist’ comments by Israel's new FM implicating Poles in anti-semitism and the Holocaust, resulting in the Visegrad 4 summit’s cancellation.Feb 18, 2019 14:21World News
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