News on Jerusalem

Israel to build more homes in East Jerusalem

2010-04-16T07:54:08Z

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's Jerusalem municipality has approved construction of four apartment buildings next to a Jewish seminary in East Jerusalem, officials said on Tuesday, a project Palestinians called an attempt to undermine peace moves.

Palestinian President Mah...

Obama delays moving US Embassy to Jerusalem

2010-04-16T08:41:32Z

Obama follows previous presidents, delays moving US Embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv

President Barack Obama is delaying moving the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv.

A 1995 Berkley says she has a responsibility to advocate for IsraelÕs right to grow

WASHINGTON On her latest trip to the Middle East, Rep. Shelley Berkley burnished her credentials as one of the leading Democrats in Congr...

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2010-10-22T08:58:42Z

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US Jews urge Obama to move embassy to Jerusalem

2010-06-25T23:55:35Z

A group of American Jews urged president-elect Barack Obama on Thursday to move the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, which the international community does not recognise as the capital of the Jewish state.

The move would make the Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convenes the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Ronen Zvulun, Pool)

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Mideast Israel Palestinians Christmas

2010-12-25T01:00:09Z

Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Fouad Twal carries the statuette of baby Jesus during the midnight Mass ceremony which marks the beginning of Christmas Day at the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank town of Bethlehem early Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010. (AP Photo//Fadi Arouri, Pool)

Mideast Israel Palestinians Tourist Killed

2010-12-23T10:01:44Z

Members of Kristine Luken's Christian community attend a memorial service before her body is flown back to the U.S. at Christ Church in Jerusalem's old city, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010. The 44-year-old Luken was killed Saturday while hiking with a friend outside Jerusalem.(AP Photos/Oded Balilty)

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CORRECTION Mideast Israel Palestinians

2010-12-21T10:02:40Z

CORRECTS SPELLING OF TOURIST'S NAME - Israeli police stand guard near the body of U.S. tourist Kristine Luken, not seen, after she was found in a wooded area near the village of Mata, outside Jerusalem, Sunday, Dec. 19, 2010. The body, bound and with multiple stab wounds, w...

CORRECTION Mideast Israel Palestinians Tourist Killed

2010-12-21T10:02:40Z

CORRECTS SPELLING OF TOURIST'S NAME - Israeli rescue workers carry the body of U.S. tourist Kristine Luken after she was found in a wooded area near the village of Mata, outside Jerusalem, Sunday, Dec. 19, 2010. The body, bound and with multiple stab wounds, was found Sunday near a road outside Jerusalem, police said. Her friend, ...