Jerusalem Governorate

Israeli security forces fought with Palestinian protesters in East Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank on Nov. 7, the latest clashes in a fortnight of violence over access to Jerusalem's holiest site.

At the Qalandia checkpoint separating Ramallah from Jerusalem, troops fired rubber bullets as several hundred protesters marched.

Jewish extremist groups planned to march through Jerusalem Nov. 6 in a move expected to stoke tensions following a deadly Palestinian car attack and clashes at the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound.
     

Israeli plans for roughly 500 new settler homes in occupied east Jerusalem are a "slap in the face" of the United States and the international community, a top Palestinian official said.
      

Israel's closure of the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound to all visitors following the shooting of a Jewish hardliner is tantamount to a "declaration of war," Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said Oct. 30.      

Israel has advanced the planning of more than 1,000 new Jewish settler homes in annexed east Jerusalem, an official said Oct. 27, sparking a Palestinian warning of an "explosion" of violence.

Israel deployed police in force in Jerusalem Oct. 24  for weekly Muslim prayers and restricted access to a flashpoint mosque, after a deadly attack by a Palestinian sent tensions soaring.
      

UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Monday condemned Israeli settlement building and warned against "provocations" at Jerusalem's holy sites

Palestinians clashed with Israeli police in east Jerusalem on Friday, ahead of the emotionally-charged funeral of a Palestinian teenager believed murdered by Israelis.
      

A Palestinian teenager from annexed east Jerusalem was kidnapped and killed early July 2 in a suspected act of revenge for the murder of three Israeli youths, army radio reported.        

Police closed off the flashpoint Al-Aqsa compound to visitors on Wednesday as Israelis marked Jerusalem Day, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledging to never allow the city to be divided.